Month: April 2022

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund. March 12-May 17 (week five)

Writer’s life converged with fighters organizing to build a revolutionary workers party in Iran

Reza Baraheni: poet, novelist, champion of cultural and political freedom

Reza Baraheni, a world-renowned leader in the fight for political and artistic freedom in Iran, died in Toronto March 24 at age 86. He was among that country’s most prominent poets, novelists and literary critics of the last half century.…

Join in charting new course for working class

The bosses and their political parties — facing increasing cutthroat competition and conflict worldwide — are stepping up their assaults on working people at home and abroad. To defend their dog-eat-dog profit system, they’re driving to lower our living standards,…

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

May 5, 1997 STOCKHOLM — As Washington leads the imperialist drive to extend NATO into eastern and central Europe, the Swedish ruling class has become increasingly active in defending its imperialist interests in the Baltic region. Both the Social Democratic…

Protests spread worldwide as soaring prices devastate workers and farmers

Over the last month, tens of thousands of working people have taken to the streets demanding government action to curb the devastating impact of soaring prices in Iran, Albania, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan and elsewhere. They refuse to accept that…

Quebec Molson brewery workers strike for wages and respect

MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…

Toronto truck drivers: ‘We’ll stay out as long as we need to’

MONTREAL — “We’ll stay out as long as we need to,” to force the excavation bosses to sign a contract, Jasvir Dhaliwal told the Militant April 16. Some 1,500 truck drivers who have been out on strike in the Greater…

Rally boosts Chevron refinery workers strike in California

RICHMOND, Calif. — Several dozen workers and their families joined striking refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, at a picket line rally outside the Chevron refinery here April 7. The expanded picketing was part of ongoing efforts by…

Prime Minister of Pakistan toppled amid shifts caused by Moscow’s war

Economic turmoil and political conflicts are rising across Asia in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, as governments seek the best course to defend their interests in a shifting world. Alongside the rulers of China and India, the capitalist…

Marchers: ‘Indict Grand Rapids cop who shot Patrick Lyoya in the head’

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Daily protests have taken place here since April 12, when police released a video showing the fatal shooting of unarmed Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids cop following a traffic stop. Lyoya, 26, worked in an…