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Labor organizing is severely restricted in Iran but independent unions have actively backed demands for women’s rights.

Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives’ attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Remembering a pathbreaker for free media

Democracy Now interviews director Santiago Mitre about “Argentina, 1985,” his dramatization of the Trial of the Juntas, when a civilian court prosecuted Argentina’s former military leaders for brutal crimes committed during the U.S.-backed right-wing military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. The film just won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language and is also shortlisted for an Oscar for best international film.

Workers at the Science Museum of Minnesota have voted overwhelmingly to join together in a union with the AFSCME Council 5.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for a global tax on high earners at 70% and a 2-3% wealth tax on large fortunes to combat widening inequality. He also talks about war profiteering, politicians who want more inequality and the sperm lottery.

More than 25% of survey respondents have avoided care fearing how they would be treated, and nearly one third reported that they had been treated unfairly.

Some researchers have theorised that ultra-processed foods increase inflammation because they are recognised by the body as foreign – much like an invading bacteria. The body mounts an inflammatory response, which has been dubbed “fast food fever”.

Two long-time organizers for economic, racial, and gender justice reflect on the lessons of the past half-century and assess the strategic challenges and opportunity confronting a new generation of workers, activists, and organizers.