George Johnson George Johnson, a former member and longtime supporter of the Socialist Workers Party, died after a long illness in Bend, Oregon, Oct. 15. He was 82. Johnson served in the Army, stationed in South Korea in the late…
Workers on strike since Oct. 13 against Asarco copper bosses at the company’s mine and processing complexes in Arizona and its smelter in Texas are winning broad solidarity for their fight for better wages, benefits and union rights. “The support’s…
As the governments of China and the U.S. prepare to sign “phase-one” of an agreement over their trade conflicts, rivalry between Washington, the world’s dominant imperialist power, and the rising power of Beijing continues to harden. The planned deal between…
The following is a Nov. 6 statement by Malcolm Jarrett, who ran as the Socialist Workers Party 2019 candidate for Pittsburgh City Council. The capitalist rulers use their two-party shell game to try and get working people caught up chasing…
The campaign to expand readership of the Militant and introduce working people to the program of the Socialist Workers Party has a brand new title to make use of, The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by SWP National…
In a letter to the Militant reader Virginia Wilkinson says she started reading the paper for its good labor coverage, but cannot “sympathize with your support for Donald Trump, who has shown no signs of genuine support for working people.”…
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. — In late October hundreds of thousands of California residents had their electric power shut off by Pacific, Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison — the state’s two largest utility monopolies. Both companies initially claimed the shutdowns…
Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in Baghdad Nov. 1 in the largest anti-government demonstrations since the U.S. invasion in 2003. The actions — fueled by deteriorating living conditions, demands for political rights and widespread anger about the Iranian government’s…
