Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund (final chart)

UK women’s conference takes up fight for equality, rights

CARDIFF, Wales — Some 1,700 people joined discussion about how to advance the fight for women’s equality at the conference of FiLiA here Oct. 22-24. FiLiA, which describes itself as part of the women’s liberation movement, means daughter. Support for…

Ukraine pushes Moscow out of Kherson, defends nat’l sovereignty

The Ukrainian people inflicted another significant defeat onto Moscow’s attempt to conquer their country. Kyiv’s troops swept into Kherson Nov. 11, the only regional capital Moscow had taken since the war began, after the regime of President Vladimir Putin ordered…

Statue to honor Korean women forced into brothels by Tokyo

PHILADELPHIA — Some 30 people came to see a movie on the life of Kim Bok-dong, a Korean “comfort woman” and human rights activist, Oct. 30. They also discussed the decision of the Philadelphia Art Commission to approve the installation…

Puerto Rico Cuba solidarity group pushes back against FBI harassment

NEW YORK — “They haven’t been able to break Cuba, so they have to criminalize solidarity,” Milagros Rivera, president of the Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico, said in an Oct. 28 interview at the Militant office here. She was…

2022 vote yields divided gov’t, deepens crisis in bosses’ parties

While all the results of the 2022 elections will not be known for weeks, the Democrats held on to the Senate while Republicans have won the House, both by the slimmest of margins. Neither of these parties are capable of…

Workers, youth call new strikes, protests in Iran

Thousands of Iranian students, shopkeepers and workers heeded the call for protests Nov. 15-17 against the reactionary capitalist regime’s trampling on democratic rights. “The Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers Trade Unions once again honors the memory of the young people,…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

December 1, 1997 Problems on the railroad have clogged California ports, stranded grain crops in the Midwest, and closed some Gulf Coast petrochemical plants that are unable to get needed materials. The meltdown began early this summer after the Union…

Workers in US, Canada fight boss, gov’t attacks

School workers defeat Ontario gov’t attack on right to strike

TORONTO — In a major victory for working people and our unions, 55,000 education support workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, ended their two-day walkout in Ontario, after forcing the Conservative provincial government to back down from…

Australia protests hit racist murder of Aboriginal boy

SYDNEY — Thousands across Australia joined vigils protesting the racist murder of 15-year-old Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey, inset, in Perth in West Australia. Some 3,000 people rallied here Nov. 2, one of more than 40 actions in cities and regional…