Manifiesta 2023: 15,000 voices amplify call for solidarity and hope
Close to 15,000 people attended Manifiesta 2023, drawing inspiration from international struggles and solidarity. Speakers from diverse sectors emphasized the concrete experiences in building socialism
Manifiesta to kick off a new political year for the left in Belgium and Europe
Thousands are gathering in Ostend for Manifiesta, the fest of solidarity on September 9-10. The program is shaped to address pressing topics such as workplace rights of health personnel and the climate crisis, while also emphasizing the significance of feminism, anti-imperialism, peace advocacy, and solidarity with the Palestinian struggle and the Cuban Revolution
Organizers march on the White House to say: take Cuba off the list!
Organizations converged in Washington DC to demand that Biden take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
Activists call on Biden to take Cuba off “sponsors of terrorism” list
Peoples Dispatch reports directly from the June 25 action in Washington DC where activists also demanded Biden lift the blockade against Cuba
Hundreds of Amazon workers in the US went on strike after a warehouse fire
Staten Island Amazon workers stand up to industry giant regarding safety hazards, citing a string of workplace-related deaths
US labor fights back against Amazon’s expansion into healthcare
Amazon has violated user data privacy multiple times. Now, the corporation will have access to patient medical records, eliciting protest across US labor organizations
Young Amazon workers on Staten Island rattle the halls of power
A closer look at the organizing efforts of the Amazon workers in Staten Island that made history by winning the first ever union in the US at the multi-billion dollar corporation
Against all odds, workers win first Amazon union in US
The multi-billion dollar company waged a well-funded campaign against grassroots labor organizers, who, after a hard-fought struggle, successfully unionized a New York City warehouse
Unionization bid at Amazon’s Bessemer facility falls through but the struggle will continue
Of the 3,215 ballots submitted by the workers of the Bessemer warehouse, 1,798 votes were against unionization and 738 votes for it. Organizers have pledged to continue the struggle against Amazon’s anti-worker and anti-union policies
Delivery workers strike on May Day in the US
Workers of major corporations such as Amazon, FedEx, Walmart, Instacart and Target stayed off work demanding personal protective equipment, safe and sanitary work environments, extra paid leaves and time-offs
It’s going to be Amazon vs the People: Chris Smalls
Chris Smalls was fired from his job at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in the US shortly after he raised issues regarding the lack of safety measures for workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Volkswagen workers in Germany strike amid dispute with management
- European countries freeze Syrian asylum requests as HTS forms transitional government
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- South Korea’s impeachment fails—what’s next?
- US elected officials and labor leaders join international call to take Cuba off US’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list
