Join Cuba May Day Brigade, see the revolution for yourself!

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019
“The best way to learn about Cuba is to go and see for yourself,” professor Enrique Sacerio-Garí told meeting in Philadelphia, Feb. 3. John Staggs, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Philadelphia City Council at-Large, described the 2019 May Day brigade to Cuba.

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…


Protesters demand dignity, rights for Australian Aborigines

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019

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…


Autoworkers strike in Hungary wins 18 percent monthly raise

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019
Strike by thousands of autoworkers in Gyor, Hungary, won 18 percent pay hike, Jan. 24-30. Government recently gave bosses right to impose mandatory overtime of 400 hours per year.

A seven-day strike by thousands of autoworkers in Hungary, members of the Audi Hungaria Independent Trade Union, ended Jan. 30 with the unionists winning an 18 percent monthly wage raise and other benefits. That means at least $273 more a…


Building workers in New Jersey strike three days for contract

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019

FORT LEE, N.J. — Chanting “What do we want? Contracts” and “If we don’t get it, shut it down,” some 200 workers at Horizon House Buildings and their supporters rallied here Jan. 29 in a fight for a new contract.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019

February 21, 1994 LOS ANGELES — Congress dealt a blow to democratic and human rights when it voted to curb disaster aid for undocumented immigrant victims of the earthquake here. The measure, an amendment to an earthquake relief bill, was…


What are lessons for workers from the LA teachers strike?

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019
Retired mine workers bring solidarity to 9-day strike by teachers and school workers, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Feb. 22, 2018. Strike took on aspects of a social movement, impacted by the fighting traditions of miners union in that state going back decades. It set an example for the kind of labor movement workers will need to build to respond to the bosses’ attacks.

The six-day strike in Los Angeles by more than 30,000 teachers deserves further assessment. This is in the interest of all those in the working class who participated in the walkout, and all those across the country interested in how…


‘There’s a revolution going on, a worldwide revolution’

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019
Malcolm X speaks to young civil rights fighters in Selma, Alabama, Feb. 4, 1965. In last weeks of his life, Malcolm spoke increasingly as a revolutionary leader of the entire working class.

The excerpt below is from  February 1965: The Final Speeches, by Malcolm X, one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. It is from the speech “There’s a Worldwide Revolution Going On” given in Harlem, New York, Feb. 15.…


Join Socialist Workers Party campaign!

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019

Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate, released this statement Feb. 6. Galinsky had just returned from two days campaigning door to door and farm to farm in upstate New York.  All you have to…


Letters

Vol. 83/No. 7 - February 18, 2019

Donate with click of the mouse Thank you for your article on the Militant  winter special appeal in the Feb. 11 issue. I appreciate your contrast of how the Militant, published in the interests of working people, is financed by…


US hands off Venezuela! Stop threats against Cuba!

Vol. 83/No. 6 - February 11, 2019

The following statement was released by Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate, Jan. 30. The U.S. government — backed by Democrats and Republicans alike — has unilaterally declared the government of Nicolás Maduro in…