Moscow moves to crush Memorial political rights group

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

As part of ongoing assaults on opposition political forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin is driving to shut down International Memorial, an organization that commemorates victims of repression by the Stalinist regime in the former Soviet Union and exposes attacks on…


Sudan protests continue fight to end military rule

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Defying tear gas attacks by Sudanese security forces, tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital, Khartoum, Nov. 30, above, as they continue to mobilize in opposition to military rule after an Oct. 25 coup. Neighborhood resistance committees called…


Washington fights for military superiority in space over rivals

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021
U.S. rulers are developing hypersonic missiles, high speed maneuverable weapons, in arms race with Beijing and Moscow, who are testing similar weaponry. Washington is pushing to gain the upper hand in the militarization of space as U.S. rulers prepare for future wars.

The U.S. capitalist rulers foresee a future of wars and revolutions, and have been taking bipartisan steps to prepare to defend and advance their weakened, but still dominant, place at the top of the imperialist world pecking order. Just in…


Special Metals strike in West Virginia wins support

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — “We want a fair contract,” said workers on the picket line in front of Special Metals here Dec. 5. Some 450 members of United Steelworkers Local 40 have been on strike since Oct. 1. Special Metals Corp.,…


Working people need our own party to fight for political power

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Working people confront a choice. Either organize to take power into our own hands by making a socialist revolution, or face a future of calamity — economic crises, with ruinous inflation and mass unemployment, along with social upheavals and devastating…


Back Kellogg’s, Warrior Met coal mine strikers!

Bakery workers, miners battle pro-boss court orders
Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021
Piquetes en planta de Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan, 28 de nov. La solidaridad, donaciones y apoyo a las líneas de piquetes son esenciales para lucha de 1,100 huelguistas en cuatro estados.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Morale was high on the picket lines in front of the Kellogg’s plant here Nov. 28 in spite of the freezing cold, wind, and snow that occasionally blasted the strikers. Some 325 workers are on strike…


Canada flood social disaster is a product of capitalist greed

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021

MONTREAL — Tens of thousands of workers and farmers across British Columbia face widespread flooding, mud and rock slides after torrential rain hit central and southern parts of the province beginning Nov. 14. The unfolding social catastrophe, however, is not…


Build support for women’s right to have an abortion!

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021

As the Militant goes to press, the Supreme Court was hearing arguments over a Mississippi law that poses a direct challenge to a woman’s legal right to choose whether to have an abortion. Organizing to win a strong majority of…


Rejecting self-defense claim, jury convicts killers of Ahmaud Arbery

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021
Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery, watches as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp,seated, signed repeal of Civil War-era “citizen’s arrest” law May 10. Three men who killed Arbery claimed law as their defense. Overturn of law was gain of protests against killing.

ATLANTA — Three men involved in the vigilante-style entrapment and killing of 25-year-old African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery last year were found guilty Nov. 24 in a unanimous verdict by a nearly all-white jury. Arbery was chased and gunned down…


Join ‘Militant’ to reach out to 1,333 new subscribers

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021
Matt Aubrey, UFCW Local 23D president, gets Militant subscription and Are They Rich Because They’re Smart? from Maggie Trowe during Heaven Hill distillery strike this fall in Kentucky.

The international drive to expand the readership of the Militant and of books by revolutionary leaders and to raise funds for the Socialist Workers Party was a big success. The decision to go for higher goals than previous drives —…