25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

September 8, 1997 The statement below was released by Olga Rodríguez, Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of New York City, and Robert Miller, Socialist Workers candidate for governor of New Jersey. “We salute Abner Louima for standing up to fight…


Why we defend constitutional rights

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

The importance for working people in defending our constitutional rights and protections from government interference has been driven home by the Aug. 8 raid by the FBI, Washington’s political police, at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Since the working…


‘Militant,’ books by revolutionaries popular at Grenada Day

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022
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BROOKLYN — The Socialist Workers Party and Pathfinder books got a great political response at the Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique Day activities held here Aug. 21. The all-day festival draws hundreds of people, mostly Grenadians, who live in New…


‘The first program for women’s equality was the revolution’

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

UNITED NATIONS — “The first program for equality that Cuban women won was the revolution itself,” Teresa Amarelle, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), told the Militant during an interview here in March. “The struggle isn’t over…


Socialist Workers Party 2022 campaign: ‘All out Labor Day’

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

Socialist Workers Party candidates across the country call on our unions, co-workers and all those who want to fight against the drive of the bosses and their government to make us pay for the crisis of their decaying capitalist system…


Quebec maritime workers strike

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

SOREL, Quebec — “After 10 years of service, I earn just $22.16 dollars [US$17] an hour,” Pascal Delisle said on the picket line in front of Ocean Towing Aug. 21. Eight members of United Steelworkers Local 9599 have been on…


Santa Monica nurses picket, demand safe staffing

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Over 60 nurses and supporters held an informational picket outside Providence Saint John’s Health Center here Aug. 1. The registered nurses, members of the California Nurses Association, are in contract negotiations with hospital bosses. The nurses’…


Sequoia hospital workers forge unity, make gains in strike

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — After almost two weeks on the picket line, 300 striking workers at Sequoia Hospital here are back at work after pushing back an insulting contract offer from Dignity Health bosses. Strikers included nurses’ assistants, surgical technicians,…