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Millions of South African workers stage one-day strike
Millions of South African workers participated in a one-day general strike on Aug. 6. The Congress of South African Trade…
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Racist judge dismissed from Jena 6 trial
On August 1, Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. was removed from the Jena 6 trial due to his highly biased remarks…
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U.S. Marines tour in Afghanistan extended as resistance grows
The Pentagon announced on Aug. 5 that over 1,200 U.S. Marines stationed in Afghanistan would be ordered to stay an…
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La Riva/Puryear Presidential Campaign on the ballot in New Jersey, Utah and Iowa
The La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign is proud to announce that we have achieved ballot status in New Jersey, Iowa…
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California budget ‘crisis’ used as club against workers
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an executive order forcing up to 200,000 permanent state workers to start receiving the…
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PSL candidates support California state workers
Statement from the campaigns of Nathalie Hrizi, U.S. Congress, District 12, and Lucilla Esguerra, California State Assembly, District 48. Both…
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Obama world tour a reassurance to U.S. ruling class
Garnering praise from the media and mainstream political pundits, Barack Obama recently returned from an international trip with stops in…
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Unemployment rises, real wages fall, workers pay
Unemployment rose yet again in July, reaching 5.7 percent, the highest level in over four years. Job losses totaled 51,000…
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War criminals conduct Karadzic show trial
Radovan Karadzic was brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Aug. 1, marking the beginning of…
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Prisoners in work program exposed to toxic substances
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health found that staff and inmates at Ohio’s Elkton Federal Correctional Institution had…
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Cuba to double rice production to tackle food crisis
Cuba is embarking on an ambitious project to tackle the food crisis. Cuba's Deputy Agriculture Minister Juan Pérez Lamas told…
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Hundreds rally against Inglewood killer cops
On July 28, over 200 community members and activists participated in a mid-day march and rally in Inglewood, Calif., to…
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Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine dead at 82
Egyptian filmmaker and producer, Youssef Chahine, died on July 27. He was 82 years old. In a statement mourning Chahine’s…
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Lenders get lifeline, homeowners drown in foreclosure crisis
President Bush recently signed into law H.R. 3221, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act, to address the foreclosure…
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Liberation Volume 2, Issue 17
Volume 2, No. 17: Will Bush attack Iran? On the cover: Will Washington attack Iran? U.S. News UC workers strike…
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Metro Transit drivers protest loss of union jobs in Seattle area
"What’s disgusting? Union busting! What's outrageous? Sweatshop wages!" Chants rang out July 29 in front of the King County Metro…
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Cop may face charges for racist killing of handcuffed Black youth
A Winn Parish grand jury will consider criminal charges against Officer Scott Nugent for the tasering Black youth Baron "Scooter"…
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Airlines rob immigrant workers of wages, overtime pay
On July 17, undocumented immigrant workers from the Chicago area filed a lawsuit in Cook County for back payment of…
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Medicine is Cuba’s number two export
In 2007, medicine came second only to nickel in the list of Cuba’s top exports. This is the third year…
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IMF loans linked to tuberculosis in former socialist republics
A report recently published in PLoS Medicine reveals an undeniable correlation between receipt of financial assistance from the International Monetary…
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