US military drive against growing insurgency in ColombiaThe Pentagon, worried about recent left-wing guerilla victories, is stepping up the flow of arms and training to Colombia's military, under cover of the "war on
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Last year, the board of regents of California's university system voted to end affirmative action to help minorities gain admission. It claimed that affirmative action discriminated against whites. The results have been
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Strike leader to challenge Hoffa Jr in Teamster electionKen Hall was a key leader, along with former Teamster president Ron Carey, of the victorious strike the Teamsters Union waged against the United Parcel Service (UPS)
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Despite sabotage from Washington, some 1500 people registered for a successful conference sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley on March 19-21. Cubans prominent in their fields were invited to participate in panels
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Dock workers under attackThe Liverpool dockers' heroic 28-month struggle in England was especially noteworthy for the international solidarity campaign that resulted in actions and work stoppages by fellow dockers in more
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Class-struggle unionism isn't deadWorkers at Caterpillar, which produces farm and heavy construction equipment, have been fighting for a fair contract since November 1991, when the company forced a strike by the United
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When UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that he had secured a deal with Saddam Hussein, the anger in Washington was best expressed in Secretary of State Albright's face, twisted with rage, on TV. President Clinton was
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Anti-war anger in the heartland"One, two, three four! We don't want your racist war!", was the shout that greeted US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as she took the podium to defend Washington's policy before what was
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Sex scandal diverts attention from threat to IraqFor the past two weeks, the allegations that President Bill Clinton had an affair with a young woman working in the White House has drowned out other major news. The scandal
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Washington seeks revenge for successful UPS strikeA former federal judge, acting on behalf of the capitalist government, has barred the Teamsters' current president, Ron Carey, from running for re-election. Carey
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Christian rightists rally in WashingtonHundreds of thousands of evangelical men demonstrated in front of Congress to promote the agenda of the Christian right on October 4. The crowd was overwhelmingly white. The
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NY police torture immigrantIn the early morning hours of August 10, a Haitian immigrant in New York, Abner Louima, was outside a nightclub in a largely black and immigrant section of Brooklyn after a party. As the