Vol. 72/No. 50      December 22, 2008

This week we welcome the 2,374 people who subscribed during our fall circulation campaign. And we congratulate all the Militant supporters who sold subscriptions over the last eight weeks.

The Militant takes pride in our coverage of workers’ struggles, large or small, wherever they break out. This week we feature a story from worker correspondents in Chicago on the 184 workers who began a sit-in at Republic Windows and Doors when it shut down without paying them wages and benefits they were owed.

When workers enter a fight with their employers, it becomes more important to understand the capitalist system they are up against. On page 9 of this issue we print two letters from readers asking about the wages system along with a reply. On page 6, there is an excerpt from the pamphlet The Wages System by Frederick Engels, a cofounder with Karl Marx of the modern communist movement. We hope you will drop us a line with your questions, comments, or suggestions.

The working class is international and so is the Militant. Our correspondents in Athens sent us an article that appears on page 2 on the demonstrations in Greece by students and labor unions against the police murder of a high school student. A review of the documentary Cuba, An African Odyssey on page 7 explains the revolutionary role of Cuban internationalists in Africa, who have given decisive aid to the struggles there against colonialism, neocolonialism, and apartheid.

In the coming weeks and months we will highlight the U.S. election campaigns of Socialist Workers Party candidates, who are calling for working people to take political power out of the hands of the capitalist exploiters and replace them with a government of workers and farmers.

We welcome you to send in correspondence on strikes and other workplace struggles you are part of, fights against immigration raids at your plant or in your neighborhood, or protests on your campus, along with photos. Send them to: themilitant@mac.com.

In Solidarity,
Sam Manuel
Editor  
 
 
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