California protesters: ‘Free Carlos Harris!’

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021
Rally at City Hall in San Jose, California, demands freedom for Carlos Harris, framed up and jailed on murder charges.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Several dozen protesters gathered at City Hall here on Martin Luther King Day Jan. 18 to demand “Free Carlos Harris!” and others who have been wrongfully convicted. The march and rally included members of his family.…


New Biden directive is blow to fight for women’s rights

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

Under the banner of “gender inclusiveness” President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office to force schools to let boys who decide they are girls participate in girls’ sports events. This is a frontal attack…



New Zealand home workers protest boss attacks

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Dozens of home-care workers and their supporters picketed Lifewise services here Jan. 23 against the employer’s attacks on hours and wages and in support of the workers’ demand for a union contract. The E Tu union…



‘Stimulus’ fund for ‘Militant’ over $55,000!

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

The special “stimulus” fund appeal to readers by the Militant  has taken another step upward. We’re now at $55,037 from 112 donations to the working-class newsweekly. “It is with great pleasure I send this ‘stimulus’ money to the Militant,” Helen…


Cuban Revolution advances food production despite US embargo

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

Stepped-up measures imposed by the U.S. imperialist rulers as part of its economic war against the Cuban people and their socialist revolution are having a serious impact on the country’s agricultural production. Sanctions on Venezuelan shipments of oil to Cuba,…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

February 12, 1996 Raúl  Castro: The first literacy brigade carried out in the Second Front was a mass campaign involving both Rebel Army fighters and local men and women who until then had lived in complete ignorance. The rebel leaders…


SWP campaign helps win long-term readers to ‘Militant’

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

Socialist Workers Party candidates in the 2021 elections are discussing the party’s action program with working people coast to coast. As they do so they are visiting many of the 3,000 plus people who have subscribed to the Militant  over…


Minneapolis protest: ‘Defend the Cuban Revolution!’

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021
Minneapolis protest: ‘Defend the Cuban Revolution!’

MINNEAPOLIS — More than two dozen people joined a picket here Jan. 17 in defense of the Cuban Revolution, an emergency response to the U.S. government’s decision a few days earlier to once again place Cuba on its “state sponsors…