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London transport workers shut down subway system

On July 9, some 20,000 workers on the London Underground railway system, often called “the Tube,” walked off the job,…

July 14, 2015

Immigrant workers, refugees face repression in Greece

Jobless in a depression-era society, targeted by fascists like those in the Golden Dawn party and seeing benefits cut even…

July 13, 2015

Cuba eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV

By E. Catalinotto, Certified Nurse Midwife Cuba became the first country certified by the World Health Organization as having eliminated…

July 10, 2015

No to NATO and AFRICOM in Spain

The following are edited excerpts from a news release from the Global Platform Against War, which organizes across the Spanish…

July 9, 2015

Imperialist wars, growing income gap undermine U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals

This year, the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals were scheduled to reach certain objectives in reducing poverty and improving living…

July 9, 2015

Oil strike wins improved safety language

Members of Steelworkers Local 13-1 begin returning to work at Marathon Oil’s Galveston Bay Refinery (GBR) on July 6. After…

July 9, 2015

Call for mass actions to stop Saudi bombing of Yemen

July 6 — The Pentagon-backed and -coordinated bombing campaign has killed thousands and wounded thousands more in Yemen since the…

July 9, 2015

Protests challenge deportation of Haitians

July 1 saw protests in Miami, Philadelphia and New York City against the Dominican Republic’s policy of deporting Dominicans of…

July 8, 2015

Wall Street seeks neoliberal ‘solution’ for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla surprised people when he said in a televised message June 29 that Puerto Rico’s…

July 7, 2015

U.S.-NATO steps up military threats on Russia’s borders

Following a symbolic vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 10 to ban support for Ukraine’s fascist Azov…

July 7, 2015