In the United States, hundreds of thousands of people marched and rallied in more than 1000 cities across the country on May 1, International Workers’ Day, reports Malik Miah.

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The attacks on immigrants, international students and permanent residents in the United States are a grim reminder of the long history of deportations and border control as a strategy to punish political radicals, writes Malik Miah.

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Construction crews swooped in and began digging up Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC on March 10, reports Malik Miah.

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As former United States President Joe Biden left office on January 20, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier’s life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the United States.

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Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has blocked Japan’s Nippon Steel from acquiring US Steel, citing national security concerns., reports Malik Miah.

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Boeing workers in the United States voted to accept a deal and end their seven-week-long strike, reports Malik Miah.

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In the United States, rank and file members of Boeing’s largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted to resoundingly reject a tentative agreement, on October 23, and to extend their strike, reports Malik Miah.

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A Jewish-led anti-war protest in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the United States surprised share-traders and finance capital figures on October 14, reports Malik Miah.

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Port workers on the United States’ Eastern and Gulf coasts took three days of strike action on October 1, halting shipping operations and disrupting supply chains, and won an average wage rise from $39 an hour to nearly $63 an hour, reports Malik Miah.

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Workers at Boeing’s commercial division in the United States voted by 94.6% on September 12 to reject a tentative collective agreement and take strike action, reports Malik Miah.

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Police once again showed their true colours on July 6, shooting in the face and killing 36-year-old Black mother, Sonya Massey, in her home in Springfield, Illinois, reports Malik Miah.

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In the US, United Auto Workers leader Shawn Fain is being targetted because of his union’s stance against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and support for divestment and a just transition for workers in the war industry, reports Malik Miah.

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The US state of Maryland made history when it legalised cannabis in a constitutional referendum on July 1, last year. The state took a further step on June 17, pardoning 175,000 cannabis convictions, reports Malik Miah.

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The United States Supreme Court sided with international coffee chain Starbucks on June 13 in a decision that will make it easier for companies to sack union organisers, reports Malik Miah.

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Malik Miah argues that racism lives on in California, echoing its history as a ‘free state’ during slavery.

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There were early signs of a victory for unionisation at Mercedes-Benz’s Alabama factory in the United States, when more than two-thirds of the workers signed cards supporting a ballot for unionisation. But in a setback for the United Auto Workers’ drive, the vote went against the union by 56% to 44%. Malik Miah looks at the reasons why.

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The Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee was previously the only VW facility in the world without union representation. But all that changed on April 20, when workers voted in favour of unionisation in a three-day ballot, reports Malik Miah.

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Malik Miah looks at the “profits before safety” failings behind the collision that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland to collapse, killing six maintenance workers.

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Malik Miah looks behind the recent spate of aircraft safety incidents in the United States and argues that aircraft workers and unions need to play a leading role in maintaining safety.

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In the March 5 primary elections in San Franciso, a city long hated by conservatives for its liberal and progressive image, voters adopted two propositions (E and F) to increase police powers. Both passed by large margins, reports Malik Miah.

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In response to United States President Joe Biden’s continued support for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, 100,000 voters in Michigan withheld their support for him in the Democratic Primary by choosing the “uncommitted” option on the ballot, reports Malik Miah.

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A recent legal appeal has further undermined the voting rights of people of colour in the United States and shows why a new civil rights movement is necessary, writes Malik Miah.

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Three 20-year-old Palestinian university students, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed, were shot in broad daylight on November 25, as they walked down a street in Burlington, Vermont in the United States, reports Malik Miah.

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A civil suit in the United States and law suits in the International Criminal Court are seeking to hold the US and Israel accountable for genocide in Gaza, reports Malik Miah.

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The actors’ union reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with Hollywood and television studio bosses in the United States on November 8, ending its historic 118-day strike, reports Malik Miah.

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The United Auto Workers (UAW) have made big gains in their industrial campaign against the big car manufacturers in the United States, which will ripple through the US labour movement, reports Malik Miah.

Pro-Palestine protests and rallies have spread across the United States in opposition to the escalation of the US-backed Israeli war against the Palestinian people, reports Malik Miah.

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Healthcare workers in the United States won a tentative agreement with industry giant, Kaiser Permanente on October 13, for a 21% pay rise over four years and other improvements following their historic three-day strike, reports Malik Miah.

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US President Joe Biden and former president Donal Trump both addressed autworkers in Michigan this week, as workers escalated their “stand up” strike at the “Big Three” car manufacturers, reports Malik Miah.

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