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French strike over pensions enters sixth week

The political strike against the French government’s regressive pension plan to raise the retirement age entered its sixth week on…

January 21, 2020

Imperialism in Africa: France steps up as U.S. threatens to withdraw

The Hill, a newspaper that chronicles the role of Congress in backing U.S. imperialism, reported Jan. 20 that Secretary of…

January 21, 2020

French and African workers, unite!

The working class of France has a proud history of struggle. The Paris Commune, established in March 1871 and brutally…

January 21, 2020

Lebanon demonstrators storm banks, demand new government

Beirut, Lebanon Published in the German daily newspaper Junge Welt, Jan. 16. Translation: John Catalinotto. For some people in Lebanon…

January 20, 2020

La huelga más grande en la historia mundial: 250 millones de trabajadores indios

India es el segundo país más poblado del mundo, con aproximadamente 1.374 mil millones de personas. Más de 928 millones…

January 20, 2020

Jan. 25 — Global Day of Protest — No war on Iran!

When President Trump ordered the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in early January, tens of thousands of people protested…

January 20, 2020

In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat

The self-appointed “interim president” of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, received a humiliating setback in that country’s National Assembly vote on Jan.…

January 17, 2020

Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria’s Homs province 

Published in Junge Welt, Dec. 16. Translation by John Catalinotto. According to Gov. Talal Barasi, about half a million people…

January 16, 2020

San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: ”Support the rising anti-war and pro-peace movement” 

The following resolution was adopted Jan. 13 by unanimous vote of the San Francisco Labor Council. Whereas, President Trump has…

January 16, 2020

San Francisco Labor Council opposes the coup in Bolivia

The following resolution was passed by unanimous vote of the San Francisco Labor Council on Jan. 13. Whereas Evo Morales,…

January 16, 2020