Baristas have launched the largest strike in their company’s history and are standing firm until their demands are met. New York First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan with striking Starbucks workers -- image via video screenshot on X By Sonali Kolhatkar Thousands of baristas at nearly 100 Starbucks locations are on strike this holiday season, picketing outside the iconic cafes for a contract. While the corporate coffee chain has claimed little to no disruption to its bottom line

Image via the PSL on X By Subin Dennis Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a “democratic socialist”, has won the New York City mayoral elections. He is a vocal critic of billionaires, ran on a plank to make the city affordable to the working people, and took a firm pro-Palestine stand in a country whose government is the staunchest supporter of the genocidal Zionist state. His campaign overcame the challenges posed by the propaganda fuelled by billionaires and the Zioni

The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York mayor has inflated the illusion that radical change is possible without changing the mechanics of power. Image via Mamdani's Facebook page By Ali Ridha Khan & Joshua Reed, Elitsha, South Africa There is a seduction in the story of Zohran Mamdani. The insurgent from Queens. The son of an African exile and South Asian cinema royalty. A hunger striker for taxi drivers. A face of the new New York – brown, Muslim, global, young, fluent in

As its workers fight for a living wage and for the company to address hundreds of labor violation complaints, Starbucks Workers United says it’s prepared for the “biggest and longest” strike in the company’s history. Starbucks workers striking in Long Beach, CA, November 12, 2025 -- image via Starbucks Workers United on X By Stephen Prager, Common Dreams As hundreds of Starbucks workers go on strike across the US to protest the company’s unfair labor practices, its union is

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