In the face of more than 100 days of protests across the country by working people and youth, the capitalist government of Iran is suffering from deepening factional divisions over how best to proceed. The outpouring of opposition to the…
Working people in Ukraine continue to lead the defense of their homeland from deadly bombardment and war moves carried out by the forces of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime. They’ve pushed Moscow’s invaders back from over half the territory Russian…
CHICAGO — Even though the country’s 115,000 rail workers have been saddled with a government-imposed contract that unions representing a majority of the workers had voted down, they continue to seek to use their unions to fight for livable schedules,…
Touted by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer as good for “parents, veterans, nurses, workers” and for “vital services,” a sweeping $1.66 trillion “omnibus” spending package passed the Senate with bipartisan support Dec. 22 and the House the next day. Under…
Statement by Ilona Gersh, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Chicago, Dec. 28. Recent experiences of millions of working people have driven home the fact that the key division in U.S. politics is not the conflicts between Democrats and…
PHILADELPHIA — Some 1,400 people, mostly from universities in the United States, Canada and some African countries, attended the African Studies Association conference here Nov. 17-19. They discussed the social and political crises produced by imperialist exploitation of the continent’s…
COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the U.S. and worldwide. Close to 3,000 people died across the country in the third week of December, nearly 90% of them over 65 years old. Hospitalizations have increased 30% over the last…
“We thought we might not be getting the California Gas Tax Rebate, but after all this time it finally showed up in our mailbox. So, it gives us great pleasure to contribute the $700 we received to the Militant,” wrote…
MONTREAL — There was increased interest in books about working-class and revolutionary history and politics at the Pathfinder booth at the Nov. 23-27 annual Montreal Book Fair. Volunteers from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York City sold 138 books and…
On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…
