Month: October 2021
Protests erupt after military coup in Sudan
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021Determined to prevent a return to military rule, tens of thousands took to the streets across Sudan to protest a coup by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Oct. 25. “Don’t give your back to the army, the army won’t protect you,”…
Protests hit landlord who killed tenant arguing against eviction
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
WASHINGTON, Pa. — On Sept. 1, Leonard Wayne Williams Jr, who is African American, a U.S. Air Force veteran and a single father of two, was shot and killed by Quentin Trisler Jr. Trisler is the son of Williams’ landlord.…
Puerto Rican actions demand gov’t act to end power blackouts
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
Thousands took to the streets of San Juan Oct. 15 to demand the Puerto Rican government cancel the obscenely lucrative contract it gave Luma Energy, a privately owned U.S.-Canadian joint venture, to take over the U.S. colony’s electrical transmission and…
Cuba mobilizes to oppose US-gov’t organized call for Nov. provocations
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021Groups organized and financed by the U.S. government have announced plans for public actions in several provinces in Cuba Nov. 15, pushing the slander that Cuba is a brutal “dictatorship.” Government officials denied the request for march permits, pointing out…
Working class must lead in defense of land and labor, stewardship of nature
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
For 25 years the United Nations has hosted periodic conferences on climate change, where rival government leaders pose as self-righteous defenders of the environment. These capitalist regimes compete ruthlessly to advance their interests while perpetuating the fraud their goal is…
Vote SWP!
Expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, party
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
With the 2021 elections just days away, the Militant urges readers to campaign for and vote for the Socialist Workers Party candidates and join in the fight to advance the party’s working-class program, which the SWP fights for 365 days…
Back Kellogg strike, fight against divisive wage tiers
‘Equal pay for equal work’ wins wide support
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “This is my first strike,” Gerald Lawrence told this Militant worker-correspondent on the Kellogg’s picket line here Oct. 22. He has worked at the cereal plant for two years. “We’ve gotten so much support! At first I…
UAW strike at John Deere is a labor battle for all workers
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
As we go to press . . . On Oct. 27 Richard Rich, a member of UAW Local 79, was hit by a car and killed as he crossed over to join the picket line at the Deere parts distribution…
Death penalty is used to terrorize working people
Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021Two death-row inmates were executed in October, despite vigorous court appeals challenging the death sentences imposed on Ernest Lee Johnson and Willie B. Smith on the basis they violated the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling barring execution of “people with intellectual…