Capitalist rulers across Latin America are using coronavirus outbreaks in their countries as a pretext to attack the wages, living conditions and political rights of working people. From Chile to Panama to El Salvador these attacks are meeting resistance as…
“This is for the Militant, you take donations, right?” trucker Crystal McIntosh told James Harris at a truck drivers protest in Washington, D.C., May 10. Like others at the action she appreciated the coverage of their fight in the Militant…
ATLANTA — A multinational crowd of over 1,000 rallied in front of the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, May 8 to demand the prosecution of Travis McMichael, 34, and his father, Gregory McMichael, 64, a former cop and investigator…
The Militant was informed May 12 by Florida’s Department of Corrections that the prison ban on issue no. 13 had been overturned. This victory is important for the rights of both the working-class paper and of prisoners. After receiving numerous…
Residents of several towns and villages in Idlib province in Syria organized protests April 30 against Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that controls the area. They demanded that the reactionary sect’s forces halt moves to reopen to…
WASHINGTON — Following an April 30 shooting attack of over 30 rounds with an AK-47 assault rifle that damaged the Cuban Embassy here, the D.C. Metro Coalition in Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution sponsored a solidarity picket line there May…
CHICAGO — The videos were shocking enough to briefly break through the coronavirus media barrage and make national headlines. Two Chicago cops used a Taser, pepper-sprayed and then shot an unarmed man in a downtown subway station during rush hour…
In the last three weeks 64 contributors have brought the special Socialist Workers Party “stimulus” appeal fund to $71,717. The total keeps increasing! These contributions significantly augment the resources of the SWP for its long-term use. The funds are allocated…
Sanitation workers in New Orleans who work for PeopleReady temp agency have been on strike since May 5, demanding a pay hike, safer working conditions and more respect. They work as hoppers, loading the trash into the garbage trucks. Unlike…
