USA: dockworkers on strike – solidarity needed to win!
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- Written by: Stanton Young
For the first time since 1977, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has gone on strike. At midnight on October 1, 47,000 dockworkers walked off the job at 36 ports from Maine to Texas, including important logistical centers like Baltimore; Boston; Charleston, South Carolina; Houston; Jacksonville; Miami; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; New York/New Jersey; Norfolk, Virginia; Philadelphia; Savannah, Georgia; Tampa, Florida; and Wilmington, Delaware.
China: steadily marching towards crisis
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- Written by: Anthony Jobim
As the world reels between escalating wars and economic stagnation, the Chinese masses are also suffering from the consequences of these developments.