Biden Mideast trip illustrates decline of US imperialism

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

President Joseph Biden’s July 13-16 trip to the Middle East revealed the weakened state of U.S. imperialism and the inability of the Biden administration to achieve gains for the U.S. capitalist rulers against their rivals. For decades the Iranian rulers…




Join efforts to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ SWP campaign

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Rachele Fruit, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Florida governor, introduced Militant to Christine Rotondo and Grace, her daughter, at Ft. Lauderdale women’s rights action July 13.

“I need this paper,” school teacher Juawana Kinnard told Socialist Workers Party member Anthony Dutrow as they sat on her porch in Cincinnati and she signed up to renew her Militant  subscription July 8.  “All the other news I see…


Workers need a program to fight high prices and unemployment

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

Soaring inflation over the past year and a half is battering the lives of millions of working people worldwide. Combined with the impact of the capitalist crisis on jobs, price hikes are making it increasingly difficult for workers to keep…


Support Ukraine in fight against Moscow invasion!

Ukraine, Russian workers need to join against Putin’s war!
Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Soldiers’ wives in Buryatia, east Siberia, appeal for husbands to be sent home from Ukraine war. “May the death of every soldier in this unjust war be on your conscience,” one told the gov’t.

Determined to conquer Ukraine and crush its existence as an independent nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to resume their offensive in the east July 16. This cut short a 10-day-old pause aimed at replenishing their depleted and…


Sri Lanka protests continue against new president

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

Thousands of protesters occupying the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe handed the buildings back to the government July 14 after Rajapaksa fled to Singapore and resigned. The occupation of the…


Teamsters in Indiana strike at FireKing over health coverage

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Members of Teamsters Local 69 stand firm on picket line at FireKing, in New Albany, Indiana, July 14. Working conditions, high costs for health insurance sparked first-ever strike there.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Spirits were high on the picket line in front of the FireKing plant here July 14 where 83 members of Teamsters Local 89 have been on strike since May 9. This Militant worker-correspondent visited the pickets…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

August 11, 1997 Working people in the United States and around the world should join our brothers and sisters in Cuba in denouncing the latest terrorist bombings of tourist hotels in Havana. Whether the U.S. government has a direct hand…


Workers need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

The labor movement should join rail workers in fighting President Joseph Biden’s intervention in contract talks between rail bosses and unions aimed at preventing the workers from using their union power, after they voted by 99% to strike against industry-wide…