Workers in France are determined to defend one of the best retirement systems in the world, a retirement system based on solidarity and respect. That’s why 1.5 million workers hit the streets Dec. 5 in 250 French cities — all the big cities and most of the midsize and smaller . . .
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Adapted from a speech Workers World Party Chairperson Sam Marcy gave to a party meeting on Dec. 15, 1995 — the same day that the then French government withdrew its plan to cut pensions after militant worker demonstrations. Marcy’s evaluation followed a period of months of massive class struggle in . . .
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At the meeting of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) in Bogota, Colombia, on Dec. 3, some 15 countries took action against the Bolivarian government of Venezuela. They restricted travel of top members of the Venezuelan government, including its president and vice president. This hostile step by these countries, . . .
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Wheeling, W.Va. An unsettling picture surfaced throughout social media on Dec. 4, depicting 30 West Virginia corrections officers giving a Nazi salute — with their faces blurred. ‘No hate in my holler’ became a rallying cry in Appalachian states during the 2017 protests against white supremacist, neo-Nazi marches. The photograph . . .
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Philadelphia Over 100 activists and community members from across the country came together in Philadelphia Dec. 7 for an event that linked the struggle to free Black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, imprisoned in the U.S. for the last 37 years, with the international struggle against empire and capitalism. Janine Phillips Africa, . . .
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Portland, Ore. A militant picket line of 50 workers and supporters marched outside Oregon Public Broadcasting on Dec. 6, chanting ‘Union busting? That’s disgusting!” They were demanding that OPB negotiate a decent contract and stop trying to gut their union. The workers are represented by Service Employees Local 570. The . . .
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