Month: December 2019

‘The making of a union bureaucrat’

From ‘The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party,’ new book from Pathfinder Press

The following is a chapter excerpted from The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes. The Militant ran the new book’s introduction in its Nov. 11 issue, and will continue to publish…

Australia: Women make gains in right to choose abortion

SYDNEY — In a gain for women’s rights, a new bill decriminalizing abortion passed the New South Wales state parliament Sept. 26. The vote followed a rally of 500 held here Sept. 14 in support of women’s right to choose…

Fall Campaign to sell Militant subscriptions and books Oct. 5 – Dec. 10 (Week 8)

Copper strikers fight Asarco union busting

Bitter strike battle enters 8th week, no end in sight

As the bitter strike by some 1,700 workers against Asarco copper bosses’ union-busting drive entered its eighth week, the company claimed there is an “impasse” in negotiations. It is implementing its “best, last and final” offer as of Dec. 2.…