Moscow hands off Ukraine!

US troops out of Eastern Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, Feb. 15. Russian rulers have hold over German rulers who increasingly rely on Moscow for natural gas.

Moscow’s military buildup and menacing war exercises in the region threatens Ukrainian sovereignty and independence and pose the potential of a ground war with devastating consequences for working people throughout Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin is using the German rulers’…


Workers, families look for relief from price hikes, capitalist crisis

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022

How to win protection from the disastrous effects of the deep-rooted social crisis of capitalism is a question confronting more working people and our families today. It’s becoming harder and harder to start a family, or hold one together. Beginning…


Protesters demand: ‘Amnesty for workers without papers in the US!’

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Union construction workers join New York “Day Without Immigrants” protest, one of more than 25 actions around U.S. Feb. 14. Bosses use threat of deportations to attack working class.

NEW YORK — Well over two dozen “Day Without Immigrants” actions took place coast to coast Feb. 14, many demanding amnesty for the 11 million immigrants in the U.S. without government-recognized papers.  The initial call for the actions was made…


Bernard Bates, Black farmers leader and fighter to the end

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Bernard Bates, leader of fight by Black farmers to keep their land, shows documents from his legal battles. His dignity, courage and fighting spirit were inspiring to all who knew him.

Bernard Bates, a longtime leader in the fight of Black farmers to keep their land, died Jan. 18 in Hays, Kansas. He was 85. He and his wife Ava farmed in Nicodemus, one of a dozen Black farming communities in…



SWP: ‘Combat Jew-hatred wherever it raises its head’

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for US Congress in New Jersey, carries party placard: “It’s not ‘hate,’ it’s Jew-hatred!” in 2020 New York “No Hate, No Fear” rally that drew 25,000.

UNION CITY, N.J. — “The Socialist Workers Party and its candidates join working-class struggles against attacks by bosses and their parties, and present a course to lead workers to take power into our own hands,” Joanne Kuniansky, the SWP’s candidate…


With one week left, ‘Militant’ renewal drive is over the top

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
SWP campaigner Leroy Watson, left, spoke to train car repairman William Robinson in Broadview, Illinois, Feb. 6. He renewed Militant subscription, looks for further discussions.

As we go into the final week of the international drive to expand the long-term readership of the Militant, supporters worldwide are poised to meet and exceed their goals. Overall, we’re already over the top, winning 310 renewals, 10 over…




Socialist Workers Party campaign offers working-class road forward

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 300 people, way over the 65 required, have signed the petition to put Eleanor García, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, on the California ballot. In addition, over $5,000 has been raised to pay…