NEW YORK — “Working people are discussing the rise in assaults and robberies here and across the country, and police brutality,” Róger Calero, Socialist Worker Party candidate for mayor, told the Militant June 30. Calero and running mates Willie Cotton…
The strike by 2,900 members of United Auto Workers Local 2069 at Volvo’s largest North American truck manufacturing plant is now in its fourth week. Workers are standing firm with round-the-clock pickets at the New River Valley plant in Dublin,…
The 2021 Active Workers Conference sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party July 22-24 is a unique opportunity to spend three intensive days with fellow working-class fighters discussing the road forward today. The gathering, to be held at Wittenberg University in…
Actions around the country celebrated Juneteenth, which only became a federal holiday two days earlier. June 19 marks an important milestone in the Second American Revolution, which abolished slavery and led to the strengthening of the working class with millions…
UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 20 speakers from organizations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. testified at a June 18 U.N. decolonization committee hearing, speaking out on the devastating consequences of U.S. colonial rule for the Puerto Rican people. The committee…
Statement by Willie Cotton Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City public advocate, June 29. Working people — who bear the brunt of today’s crisis of the capitalist system — are looking for ways to resist attacks by the…
SUDBURY, Ontario — “Everybody’s coming together more, including support from other unions — teachers, CUPE, Unifor and some government workers have come down,” Vale striker and United Steelworkers Local 6500 member Chris Banks told these Militant worker-correspondents on the picket…
NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly June 23 to demand that Washington end its over 60-year-long economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba. At the session — the 29th in a row to vote for an…
Supporters of Doug Nelson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Minneapolis mayor, successfully completed their petitioning drive June 25-27, collecting 700 signatures, 200 more than required to put him on the ballot. Nelson is one of a slate of 19 candidates…
Reversing far-reaching unemployment still faced by millions, along with fighting the effect of rising prices for key necessities, requires action by working people and our unions — joining together to stand up to the bosses, their government and their two…
