Solidarity
Remembering union brother Jimmy Hooks
November 19, 2021Even though Veterans Day has passed, I just wanted to get his name out there. If his friends didn’t remember, he would be just another forgotten working class hero added to a long list.
Read moreLessons from the time 250,000 workers shut down Canada’s largest city
October 25, 2021October 25, 1996. As I made my way through Toronto’s east end, it was hard to not get excited by the streets whose eerie silence was notable. There were no buses, no delivery vans, no garbage...
Read moreMeeting of Cuban and Mexican presidents displays solidarity
September 22, 2021Cuba’s friendship with Mexico hardly matches the importance of its alliance with the Soviet bloc, but there could be material benefits for both if the two nations become closer.
Read moreStriking cookie workers refuse to crumble
September 14, 2021Seven days a week, 16 hours a day: “They’d rather work us to death than pay the benefits for more employees,” says April Flowers-Lewis.
Read moreCuban doctors and nurses stationed in Haiti jump into action following earthquake
August 24, 2021Over 250 Cuban health professionals living among the Haitian people immediately started providing care, even after just becoming homeless themselves.
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