Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11 — As mounted State Police pepper-sprayed workers protesting outside, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wasted no time today signing into law two bills that unions call “right to work for less” laws. In a state that has historically been a bastion of organized labor, the lame-duck legislation was a declaration of war [...]
A declaration of war on the entire U.S. working class and labor unions Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11 — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wasted no time signing anti-labor, so-called “right-to-work” laws passed today, disregarding the daylong protest of more than 12,000 workers and community constituents. “The workers united will never be defeated” echoed in the Capitol [...]
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians have been demonstrating on both sides with regard to a draft constitution for the North African state. President Mohamed Morsi, whose Nov. 22 edict increasing his political powers sparked mass protests, has now announced a Dec. 15 date for a national referendum to approve or reject the controversial document. The [...]
The continuing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province led to convening a regional summit in Kampala, Uganda, in late November. The March 23 rebel organization had taken control of the town of Goma and other areas in this mineral-rich area of the country. M23 Commander Sultani Makenga, a former member [...]
Mass protests erupted across Egypt following President Mohamed Morsi’s Nov. 22 announcement of a series of decrees that would further consolidate his administration’s power over areas of law, the judiciary and the constitution. On Nov. 26, he met with leaders of the Supreme Judiciary Council in Cairo in an attempt to calm the atmosphere on [...]
Proposal 1, a ballot initiative in Michigan to reinstate Public Act 4, popularly known as the “dictator law,” was defeated in the Nov. 6 elections. The act had been suspended when the Michigan Supreme Court upheld the legitimacy of the 226,000 petition signatures calling for the repeal of the draconian law. Public Act 4 was [...]
In the Western Cape of South Africa, where farmworkers produce fruits, and wines that are sold domestically and internationally, employees in 16 towns and farming communities have been on strike since Nov. 6. They are demanding a minimum wage increase from $8 to $20 per day. Many are members of the South African Commercial, Catering [...]
With Barack Obama’s reelection as president of the leading imperialist state in the world, the Obama administration will continue along the same foreign policy trajectory as in its first term: exploitation of the labor and resources of oppressed peoples and the intensification of militarism in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and other geopolitical regions. [...]
Continúan las huelgas de mineros. La huelga continúa en los sectores mineros de platino, oro, carbón, diamante y hierro surafricanos. Los empresarios amenazan con despidos masivos si los paros continúan, ya sean protegidos o no. El malestar laboral ha golpeado a la Anglo-American Platinum (Amplats) durante los últimos meses. Amplats ofreció reintegrar a 12.000 trabajadores, [...]
Tens of thousands of foreclosures have occurred in Detroit over the last five years. As a result, communities have been ruined, tax revenues drained, and 25 percent of the population has been forced out of the city during the last census period. The Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs calls for [...]
