BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 4/24/19
On April 21, the Trustees of Social Security and Medicare released their annual report. The report includes a projection that the Social Security benefits will be greater than income next year for the first time since 1982. The Social Security trust fund, which has grown to almost $3 trillion, will start to be tapped for the first time.
BY David Hoskins | Washington, D.C. | 5/30/16
Ongoing strikes by workers against proposed austerity measures, which would strip workers’ pay and protections, are disrupting France’s economy.
BY All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) | Greece | 1/18/16
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) for a general strike by Greek workers Feb. 4.
BY Communist Party of Greece (KKE) | Athens, Greece | 7/11/15
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 11 statement from the Communist party of Greece (KKE).
BY staff | Greece | 7/07/15
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 6 statement from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
BY staff | Greece | 7/06/15
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
BY Kosta Harlan | Greece | 7/05/15
Millions of Greek voters go to the polls July 5, in a referendum that will have important implications for the country's future. The prime minister Alexis Tsipras, of the governing SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left), announced the referendum last week after a breakdown in negotiations with the so-called Troika (the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the European Commission). The referendum basically asks: do you accept the Troika's proposed austerity measures ("yes" or "nai" in Greek) or do you reject them ("no" or "oxi")?
BY Fight Back! Editors | Puerto Rico | 7/04/15
The debt should be eliminated. The Jones Act must be repealed. Ultimately, what Puerto Rico needs is independence - so that the their country is in their hands, not the hands of Wall Street hedge funds and their politicians in Washington, D.C.
BY staff | Greece | 6/29/15
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 3/20/14
For the last three to four years, the U.S. government has gone an historic bout of austerity, by raising taxes and cutting spending. This has contributed to a weak economic recovery, with workers still facing an official unemployment rate of 6.7%, which would be even higher if millions of unemployed had not given up looking for work. At the same time corporate profits have boomed to record highs.
