Mental health workers make gains in strike against Kaiser

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 2,000 mental health workers in Northern California organized by the National Union of Healthcare Workers settled their 10-week-long strike with Kaiser Permanente Oct. 21. The strike was hard fought. The union organized weekly rallies where…


California referendum is blow to women’s emancipation

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party has a long history of backing decriminalization of abortion, a part of the broader battle to advance the rights, interests and fighting capacity of women and working people as a whole. But Proposition…


Putin’s control over Central Asia ‘allies’ unravels

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, meant to expand Moscow’s territory and “sphere of influence,” has had the opposite effect across the old Russian empire. In Central Asia and the South Caucasus, the Kremlin’s political authority is shrinking.…


Workers protest in Haiti as crisis deepens on the island

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022
Thousands demonstrate Oct. 17 in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, demand resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, oppose calls for U.S., UN intervention. Protests there continue.

Thousands marched in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Oct. 17, the latest in months of protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid Haiti’s deep political, economic and social crisis. With Washington’s backing, Henry became prime minister in July…


Working conditions, firing by UPS lead Kentucky worker to suicide

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

After being fired on Oct. 5, a pregnant UPS worker committed suicide in the company’s huge Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky, the world’s largest automated package sorting facility. Twenty thousand workers, many of whom are members of Teamsters Local 89,…


Protests: End US embargo of Cuba now!

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

NEW YORK — Opponents of Washington’s six-decade-long economic war against Cuba demonstrated here and across the country Oct. 29. Some 200 people from New York, New Jersey and cities as far away as Boston and Miami marched from Times Square…


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

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

Workers are being hard hit by soaring prices for food, gas, rents, medical expenses and more. The Militant newspaper — which fighting workers and trade unionists depend on for clarity on politics and as a guide to action — is…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022

November 17, 1997 Washington’s latest military threats against Iraq show the weakness of U.S. imperialism. In 1991 the U.S. rulers broke their teeth in Iraq. After organizing one of the most monstrous carnages in the history of modern warfare, they…


Communist League: ‘Repeal Canada’s Emergencies Act!’

Vol. 86/No. 42 - November 14, 2022
Canadian police attack truckers, other protesters with pepper spray in Ottawa Feb. 19. Justin Trudeau government used Emergencies Act to scuttle democratic rights, break up protests.

MONTREAL — Last February the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented the draconian Emergencies Act to suppress the “Freedom Convoy” of hundreds of truckers and supporters who gathered to protest in Canada’s capital. The federal Public Order Emergency Commission…