Solidarity
“Courage and solidarity” wins it for Rio Tinto miners
June 18, 2010The recent victory of workers at Rio Tinto's huge mine in the small town of Boron, tucked away in southern California's high desert, is a textbook case of how to win against a giant transnational corporation.
Read moreWorkers of the world uniting for justice
June 16, 2010The second world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is a significant event. Taking place in Vancouver, Canada, June 21 through 25th, the congress theme is "The People Now: From the Crisis to Global...
Read moreActivists hear Christian leader
June 10, 2010Wanda Banks gets really excited when she talks about how well her daughter is doing in her Cuban medical school. By the time she finishes, everybody is convinced that Darnna Banks really is super!
Read moreGreat socialist’s birth commemorated in London
June 10, 2010Recently, on a rainy day in London, a group of people assembled at Highgate cemetery at Karl Marx' gravesite to commemorate the 192nd anniversary of his birth.
Read moreCuban unionists tell U.S. colleagues embargo is chokehold on their nation
May 27, 2010BALTIMORE (PAI) - The 50-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba is "a chokehold" on the Caribbean island nation, Cuban union members told their U.S. colleagues during nine U.S. unionists' recent research trip there.
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