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Rally supports Korean railway strikersRally supports Korean railway strikers

Rally supports Korean railway strikers

San Francisco -- In a quick response to calls for international support from Korean railway workers, several dozen labor activists…

January 2, 2014

South Sudan: Yet another oil war?

U.S. imperialism, which exacerbated the conflict that split the African nation of Sudan in two with the objective of controlling…

January 1, 2014

British TV airs Snowden statement

Whistleblower Edward Snowden spoke to the world for the first time on Dec. 25 via an Alternative Christmas Message aired…

January 1, 2014
Mandela mourned by millions in South Africa, worldwideMandela mourned by millions in South Africa, worldwide

Mandela mourned by millions in South Africa, worldwide

South Africa’s masses poured into the streets and assigned venues to mourn the death and celebrate the life and struggles…

December 21, 2013
President Raúl Castro: ‘ Mandela is an unsurpassable example for Latin America and the Caribbean’President Raúl Castro: ‘ Mandela is an unsurpassable example for Latin America and the Caribbean’

President Raúl Castro: ‘ Mandela is an unsurpassable example for Latin America and the Caribbean’

Taken from a speech given by Army Gen. Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at…

December 21, 2013
Demonstrators demand freedom for Nestora SalgadoDemonstrators demand freedom for Nestora Salgado

Demonstrators demand freedom for Nestora Salgado

Demonstrators demanded freedom for Nestora Salgado, an Indigenous Mexican leader, at a protest at the Mexican Consulate in Seattle on…

December 20, 2013
Haiti: Battle for $11 – a day – minimum wageHaiti: Battle for $11 – a day – minimum wage

Haiti: Battle for $11 – a day – minimum wage

By the hundreds and thousands, Haitian workers marched and protested from Dec. 9 to Dec. 12, demanding that the Supreme…

December 19, 2013
Meeting outlines Vietnam’s fight for a socialist futureMeeting outlines Vietnam’s fight for a socialist future

Meeting outlines Vietnam’s fight for a socialist future

Quito, Ecuador -- During the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students in Quito, Ecuador, the Ho Chi Minh Communist…

December 19, 2013

Imperialism escalated intervention in Africa throughout 2013

A section of the South Sudanese army, backed by politicians angry with the policies of President Silva Kiir, attempted to…

December 18, 2013

Mexico’s capitalist parties capitulate to U.S., agree to sell off energy resources

While 3,500 heavily armed police surrounded the building housing the Mexican Senate, a majority of that body approved an “energy…

December 18, 2013