FRANKFORT, Ky. — More than 100 protesters gathered at the state Capitol here Feb. 7 to demonstrate in defense of a woman’s right to choose abortion. They were speaking out in opposition to a bill in the state legislature that…
Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Dallas, turned in over 700 signatures and was told Feb. 7 that she was on the ballot. Her supporters are taking advantage of this victory to reach more broadly, knocking on…
NEW YORK — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, chanting, “Move them out!” as prisoners pounded on cell windows Feb. 1-3. They were protesting the loss of heat and light inside the prison in…
SYDNEY — Tens of thousands demonstrated Jan. 26 across Australia in support of Aboriginal rights on “Invasion Day” rallies called to counter the capitalist rulers’ annual Australia Day. The holiday marks the anniversary of the founding of the British convict…
PHILADELPHIA — “The best way to learn about Cuba is to go and see for yourself,” said Enrique Sacerio-Garí. He was encouraging the 20 people at a public meeting here Feb. 3 to sign up to go on the April…
“Keep up the good work!” retired postal worker John Sislo wrote from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he mailed in a check for $100 to the Militant ’s winter $10,000 financial appeal. Sislo said he got his first copy of the paper shortly…
PARIS — Over 60,000 workers, small proprietors and farmers marched throughout France Feb. 2 in the 12th weekly Saturday protest of the yellow vest movement. Over 13,000 marched here, triple that of the week before. The march was to protest…
BY JONATHAN SILBERMAN MARTÍN KOPPEL AND RÓGER CALERO HAVANA —After a tornado ripped through the Cuban capital Jan. 27, wreaking serious damage in several of the poorest working-class neighborhoods here, the government, mass organizations and working people across the city…
Negotiations in Washington between senior officials of the U.S. and Chinese governments over the tariff duel between the two ruling classes ended inconclusively Jan. 31. Two days before the talks U.S. authorities indicted Chinese tech giant Huawei over corporate espionage…
RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N.Y. — Peter Hula stepped outside to talk when Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate, and a campaign supporter knocked on his door Feb. 2 at his dairy farm near here. The…
