To say that Zohran Mamdani winning the Democratic Party primary for mayor of New York City on June 24 was a complete stunner would be a monumental understatement. He officially beat his opponent, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who conceded his defeat the same night as the vote. While . . .
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Philadelphia At midnight on June 30, over 9,000 city workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 in Philadelphia went on strike for the first time in 40 years. Earlier in the day, hundreds of union members and their supporters rallied outside City . . .
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Kicking off Pride weekend in New York City, hundreds marched in the annual Drag March on June 27. They demonstrated against Trump’s attacks on the LGBTQIA2S+ communities, for immigrant rights and against the genocidal war on Gaza. Chants of “Stonewall means fight back! and “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist . . .
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A Veterans For Peace-sponsored “Fast For Gaza” of veterans and allies ended June 29 with a press conference and march from the United Nations to the nearby Israeli Consulate. A civil disobedience action followed that blocked the street in front of the offices of this U.S.-armed and -financed, outlaw, apartheid . . .
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By Workers World West Virginia bureau Disastrous weather conditions brought on by the ongoing climate crisis are affecting people throughout the world. There have been wildfires, tornadoes, severe storms and mass flooding both in the U.S. and around the globe. Ambulance stuck in flood water in Welch, West Virginia, Feb. . . .
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