Month: May 2026

China has directly challenged the U.S. sanctions campaign against Iran, ordering all Chinese firms and individuals to ignore U.S. penalties targeting five oil refineries accused of buying Iranian crude. China’s Ministry of Commerce invoked its […]

May 1, 2026, was International Workers’ Day. Workers, students, immigrants and community organizations rallied across the United States: no school, no work, no shopping — with signs and placards demanding “No ICE, no war.” That […]

May 2 is the 12th anniversary of the Odessa massacre, when Ukrainian neo-Nazis murdered at least 46 antifascist workers and youths at the Odessa House of Trade Unions. This crime against humanity was subsequently covered […]

Talk given in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 25, 2026. Good evening. My name is Melinda, my pronouns are she/her, I’m a proud trans woman, and I am thrilled to be back in my home state […]

On April 25, activists and supporters from across southern Wisconsin gathered at the James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Hall to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement (WiBOPM or “We Bop […]

Nurses at New Orleans’ University Medical Center began a five-day strike on May 1, which is International Workers’ Day. This is their sixth time striking since they voted to unionize with National Nurses United in […]