SWP 1968 candidate takes antiwar campaign to GIs in Vietnam

Vol. 84/No. 5 - February 10, 2020

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January is Cointelpro: The FBI’s Secret War on Political Freedom by Nelson Blackstock. The extent of this decadeslong FBI disruption campaign against labor and political groups was exposed by the Socialist Workers…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 84/No. 5 - February 10, 2020

February 13, 1995 ALLIANCE, Nebraska — Rail workers here face massive overtime demands by the bosses, which have been accompanied by the most significant hiring by the railroads in more than a decade. Rail unionists are being forced to work…


Victory! Indiana prison officials overturn ban on the ‘Militant’

Vol. 84/No. 5 - February 10, 2020

A victory has been won in the fight to reverse impoundments of the Militant  from subscriber  Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, who is incarcerated at the Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana. “I am writing on behalf of the Indiana Department of Correction…




Quebec aircraft refuelers strike over pay and safety

Vol. 84/No. 4 - February 3, 2020
Aircraft refuelers in Quebec, on strike against Swissport Canada, and other unionists rally at company offices in Montreal Jan. 15 demanding higher pay and adequate on-the-job training.

MONTREAL — “Our main concerns are safety and wages,” Tony Digenova, International Association of Machinists Local 2301 chief steward,  told the Militant  on the picket line at the Montréal-Trudeau International airport Jan. 9. He is one of 108 aircraft supply…


Capitalist profit drive fuels Australia bushfire disaster

Vol. 84/No. 4 - February 3, 2020
After deadly wildfires, Australian government belatedly organized evacuation of stranded people trapped on Mallacoota Beach Dec. 31. Inset, volunteer firefighter battles bushfire. Authorities allowed huge buildup of forest and brush, “a time bomb waiting to go off.”

BALMORAL VILLAGE, Australia — Supporters of the Militant  arrived here, 60 miles southwest of Sydney, to discuss the impact of large-scale fires in December and to offer solidarity. We found a hub of activity at the local Rural Fire Service…


Delaware protest hits Planned Parenthood firebombing

Vol. 84/No. 4 - February 3, 2020

NEWARK, Del. — “Our doors stay open,” Ruth Lytle-Barnaby, president of Planned Parenthood of Delaware, told some 150 people who filled the New Ark United Church of Christ here Jan. 11 at a solidarity rally against an arson assault against…


Join 2020 International May Day Brigade to Cuba!

Vol. 84/No. 4 - February 3, 2020

“It’s important to learn about our revolution firsthand. I encourage you to go” on the 2020 International May Day Brigade to Cuba, Daniel Menocal, third secretary of Cuba’s embassy in the U.S., told more than 60 people at a D.C.…


Join Socialist Workers Party campaign!

Vol. 84/No. 4 - February 3, 2020

Socialist Workers Party candidates around the country present a course of working-class struggle against the employing class — the necessity of fighting to defend and improve our wages, social rights and working conditions. These struggles — and solidarity with others…