Walmart workers’ union in Chile denounces mass dismissals
The union says that workers are being dismissed for taking part in the strike and announced that it will file a lawsuit against the company for anti-union dismissals
Transport unions demand nationalization of Scottish Railways
On October 2, Labour Party’s motion to nationalize the ScotRail by 2022 was voted down in the Scottish parliament by the Scottish Nationalist Party and the Tories
October 4, 1965: First issue of Granma newspaper in Cuba
Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party
Palestinian detainees launch hunger strike against administrative detention
Some of the detainees have been on strike for more than 50 days demanding an end to their illegal administrative detention without charge or trial by the state of Israel
State of emergency declared in Ecuador amid mass protests
Thousands mobilized today across Ecuador in rejection of the new set of neoliberal economic measures announced by Lenin Moreno on Tuesday, 277 were detained
Iraqis take to the streets demanding better governance
Thousands of people across Iraq are demonstrating against the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi for its failure to provide jobs, prevent corruption and improve the quality of basic services
1965 massacre of communists in Indonesia
The most widely published estimates were that 500,000 to more than one million people were killed in that campaign with some more recent estimates going as high as two to three million.
Tragedy strikes migrant camp in Greece
The unbearable and inhumane conditions of the overcrowded migrant camp in Moria, Greece have already been subjected to widespread criticism