Democrats, antifa push anti-Catholic attacks, bigotry

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

Over the last two years there have been at least 170 attacks on Catholic churches across the U.S. In 38 states and the District of Columbia, week after week churches have had services disrupted, windows broken out, bullets shot through…


Tehran regime repression fails to stop protests and strikes in Iran

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Striking workers at Isfahan iron smelting factory Nov. 26. Unionists have waged a series of strikes against boss, government attacks alongside widespread protests sweeping Iran.

Despite the death of more than 400 protesters and the arrests of thousands, the bourgeois clerical regime in Iran has not been able to stop working people and youth from joining protests and strikes that have swept the country since…


SWP launches 2023 campaign: Ilona Gersh for Chicago mayor

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

CHICAGO — The Socialist Workers Party announced Nov. 29 that it is running Ilona Gersh, a lifelong fighter for the interests of the working class, for mayor of Chicago. Gersh is a bakery worker and member of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco…


Support Ukraine independence! Moscow troops get out now!

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

The Ukrainian people are waging a determined fight to push Moscow’s invading forces out of their country and restore their sovereignty over all Ukraine. The Kremlin’s incessant airstrikes that have targeted vital infrastructure and left 6 million without power have…



Chinese American scientists beat back FBI ‘spy’ frame-up attempts

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Left, Xiaoxing Xi, Temple University physics department chair. He fought FBI frame-up, won public support, and charges were dropped. Right, Sherry Chen in 2018 after court ruling that her firing from the National Weather Service on espionage charges was a “gross injustice.”

SAN FRANCISCO — At a Nov. 12 program during the conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas here (see accompanying article), three Chinese scientists, all naturalized U.S. citizens, gave powerful accounts of how they stood up…


Donate your California gas-tax rebate to the ‘Militant’!

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

The California government is issuing payouts to state residents to “provide relief” from high gas prices. Put it to good use! Send it to the Militant to help us keep getting out the truth about the capitalist crisis and the road…


Moscow forced deadly 1932-33 famine on Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

Ukrainians are commemorating the 90th anniversary of the 1932-33 Holodomor, which literally means killing by hunger. Millions starved to death across the Soviet Union as the counterrevolutionary Stalinist regime in Moscow imposed forced collectivization on the peasantry, measures carried out…


Workers in China protest COVID-19 lockdowns

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Workers in China protest COVID-19 lockdowns

In unprecedented defiance of the Chinese government’s iron-fisted zero-COVID lockdowns, which have confined millions and left many hungry, demonstrations erupted across the country Nov. 26-27. This followed protests in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang province, the day before. After months of…


Book fair marked by solidarity with Iranian protests

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Book fair marked by solidarity with Iranian protests

SULAYMANIYAH — While browsing at the Pathfinder booth at the book fair, student Nwa Abdullah described a Sept. 28 demonstration here, above, in solidarity with protests in Iran, shortly after the killing of Jina Amini. The demonstration was attacked by…