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UNITED STATES 800 nurses have been on strike for 122 days !
In the United States, at St. Vincent’s Hospital in the state of Massachusetts (whose capital is Boston), nurses have been on a massive strike for 122 days to get the powerful Tenet company, which owns the hospital, to respond positively to their demands, a strike carried out with the support and participation of the trade…
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HAITI The Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse: A Bloody Settling of Accounts Within the Ruling Class
On the night of July 6 to 7, around one o’clock in the morning, the private residence of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was attacked by an armed commando. A few hours later, the Prime Minister reported that the president had been assassinated. In the days that followed, it was announced that the commando was composed…
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PUERTO RICO ¡Apoyo a los trabajadores de servicios públicos del sindicato UTIER en Puerto Rico!
Artículo publicado originalmente en el n°30 de la Carta semanal The Organizer de los Estados Unidos, firmado por Carol Wheeler. Al momento en que la Unión de Trabajadores Eléctricos y de la Irri- gación de Puerto Rico (UTIER), sindicato que festeja su 79o aniver- sario, sus miembros libran una feroz batalla para salvar la red…
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PUERTO RICO Support the Striking UTIER Utility Workers in Puerto Rico!
Article by Carol Wheeler first published in issue 30 of The Organizer Weekly Newsletter As the Puerto Rican Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (UTIER) celebrates its 79th year, its union members are waging a fierce battle to save Puerto Rico’s power grid from the devastating effects of privatization. On June 22, 2020, the public…
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FRANCE Communiqué of the Independent Democratic Workers Party (POID) Macron in the ultra-minority; he has to go, and his policies with him, now!
The second round of the regional and departmental elections confirmed the first: Macron is in the ultra-minority. In the first round, his lists received 3 % of the votes of registered voters. Where they could have held their own in the second round, they finished last. If democracy is the law of the majority, then…
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UNITED STATES Amazon : When profits rise, so do occupational injuries
According to a study by the trade union institute Strategic Organizing Center* based on data reported to the US Department of Labor, Amazon’s phenomenal growth in profits is closely linked to a high level of occupational injuries (OI). From 2010 to 2020, Amazon has grown from 33,700 to 1.3 million employees. Its annual net income…
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TUNISIA « We are at a turning point”
Interview with Jalel Ben Brik Zoghlami, communist activist, former political prisoner, one of the founding members of the organisation called Popular Front. What is your assessment of the situation in Tunisia? The political and social situation has suddenly worsened. It was already in crisis, but the government’s announcements have made things worse. After the revolution…
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ALGERIA « No to the 12 June elections! »
An interview with Abdelkader Bentaleb, of the Organising Committee of Internationalist Socialists of Algeria (COSI) What is the situation on the eve of the 12 June legislative elections? The regime knows perfectly well that these elections are and will be massively rejected. When he called them, the president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, had clearly indicated that the…
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FRANCE POID Banned from Demonstrating A Threat to all the Labour Movement!
Convened six weeks ago, the Paris demonstration of the Independent & Democratic Workers’ Party was banned on the very day it was to be held, 5 June, by decision of Prefect Lallement acting on behalf of the government, a decision confirmed by the administrative court. This is the right to demonstrate that is at threat.…
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PALESTINE “The Unity Intifada”
On Tuesday 18 May, a powerful general strike, having started in Palestinian youth groups, achieved the unity of the Palestinian people and its components in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the 1948 territories (the current State of Israel), as well as in the refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan. During this strike « from…
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