Demand US rulers sign peace pact ending the Korean War!

Vol. 82/No. 33 - September 3, 2018
As part of first reunion in years Aug. 20, South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, left, looks at photo with son Ri Sang Chol, who lives in the North. They hadn't seen each other since Korean War.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to return to North Korea for the fourth time by the end of August as Washington and Pyongyang continue to work on advancing the “denuclearization” agreement reached at a June 12 summit between President…


Gov’t immigration raid sparks Nebraska protests

‘I was surprised, pleased at the size of the turnout’
Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018
Gov’t immigration raid sparks Nebraska protests

Some 80 people in O’Neill, a town of 3,700 in northeastern Nebraska, protested immigration raids as they were taking place Aug. 8 at nearby tomato and potato processing plants and some other locations, as well as in Minnesota and Nevada.…


Socialist Workers Party: ‘Amnesty for immigrants!’

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

The following statement was released Aug. 15 by Margaret Trowe, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from New York. Trowe lives in Albany, where she works for Walmart. There are 11 million immigrant workers without visas, work permits or…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

August 30, 1993 REDWOOD FALLS, Minnesota — Gene Swoboda, who farms the same rich land his great-grandfather homesteaded here in southwestern Minnesota in the 1880s, expresses concern as he watches wheat roll under the blades of his 12-year-old Case combine.…


Venezuela: Workers, farmers face effects of capitalist crisis

New government concessions to bosses, landlords
Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

In the midst of a deepening economic crisis that is devastating workers and farmers, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced measures July 25 to give more concessions to capitalist owners. He seeks their help staunching the collapse in production, winning foreign…


‘A revolution is occurring among the women of our country!’

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018
Participation in Cuba's revolution transformed women. No longer restricted to the home, they became political actors and leaders. Left, militia women prepare to defend revolution against U.S. military threats during 1962 missile crisis. Right, revolution opened up traditionally male jobs for women.

Below is an excerpt from “The Revolution Within the Revolution,” a December 1966 speech by Fidel Castro presented to the Fifth National Plenary of the Federation of Cuban Women. It’s printed in Women and the Cuban Revolution, one of Pathfinder’s…


15,000 Uber drivers strike over pay cuts in Australia

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

SYDNEY — Uber drivers across Australia stopped work Aug. 6 to protest the decline in their take-home pay caused by two new programs the company has imposed on them. The action was called by Ride Share Drivers United, which reported…


SWP: Fight for independent working-class political action

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

As historic changes are taking place in the world — in Korea, the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere — members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party are taking their class-struggle program broadly to working people. They knock on workers’…


Join fight against censorship in Illinois, Florida prisons!

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018
Join fight against censorship in Illinois, Florida prisons!

The Militant  urges readers to join in winning support for the newspaper’s fight to overturn a ban imposed on the paper to a subscriber at the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ medium security facility in Greenville, Illinois. Warden Tom Werlich justified…