LOS ANGELES — Over the last week, catastrophic fires have engulfed large areas of Los Angeles County. As of Jan. 14, at least 25 people have been killed and nearly 180,000 forced from their homes. Intense Santa Ana winds continue…
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party announced Jan. 11 it is running chocolate-factory worker and long-time unionist Eric Simpson in the special election here to decide who will replace former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November. The…
The overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, hastened by Israel’s blows to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, has dealt blows to the reactionary bourgeois regime in Iran and its allies throughout the region. Israel and Hamas are reported…
On Jan. 14, President Joseph Biden filed a “Certificate of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.” It stated, “The Government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period” and…
Prison authorities at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix — the largest detention facility in Arizona — banned the Nov. 11, 2024, issue of the Militant. The Militant is appealing the ruling, asking supporters of civil liberties and prisoners’ political…
China’s state capitalist rulers are suffering through a yearslong slowdown in economic growth, at the same time that they confront mounting competition with rival capitalist powers, above all, Washington. As economic conditions worsen, millions of working people in China are…
MIAMI — Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are discussing a tentative contract agreement reached Jan. 8 between the union and East and Gulf Coast port bosses, following negotiations. Dockworkers are voting on the contract as the Militant goes to…
This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.
