Ukrainian forces push Putin back! Support Ukraine independence!

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022
Russian armored vehicles abandoned in river by demoralized troops in Kharkiv region fleeing Ukraine offensive. Russian-led forces, deeply dispirited by lack of support from Ukrainians in cities they occupied, departed in disarray, surrendered or deserted.

Ukrainian government forces are driving back the Russian rulers’ attempts to conquer and crush the Ukraine people and its independence. Kyiv’s forces broke through demoralized Russian front-line troops in northeast Ukraine Sept. 6, who fled in disarray. In a week,…


White House war on constitutional freedoms is key issue in US today

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

Constitutional freedoms won in blood that are essential for working people are under a concerted assault today from President Joseph Biden’s White House, using the Justice Department, anti-working-class laws like the Espionage Act, and the FBI, Washington’s political police, to…





25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

September 29, 1997 SAN FRANCISCO — “We raised the bar for all workers by winning this strike,” Steve Gilbert told the Militant. “The fact that we ended the two-tier system and won the wage gains sends a message to other…


Fidel: ‘Cuba never had Stalinist purges, forced collectivization’

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Cuban workers in volunteer construction brigade build child care center in 1980s. Castro said voluntary labor was the “brainchild” of Che Guevara. Castro and Guevara sought to put Cuba’s socialist revolution in hands of workers and farmers, opposite class course to Stalinism or Gorbachev’s “perestroika.”

This week — following the death of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev — we are featuring excerpts from Fidel Castro that help explain the course adopted by Cuba’s Marxist leadership to rectify problems in advancing the socialist revolution, as contrasted…


Build solidarity with rail workers fight! Help strengthen, expand the labor movement!

Rail workers fight for end to deadly schedules, crew size
Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Over 150 rail workers and supporters rallied July 30 in Galesburg, Illinois, in fight over national rail contract, including against draconian attendance policies and one-person “crews.”

CHICAGO — Mario Aurelio Navarro, a 49-year-old experienced conductor, was killed in a derailment in a Union Pacific rail yard in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 29. Two cars derailed, crushing Navarro and crashing into a neighboring backyard, rupturing a gas…


Ingredion workers rally, win wide support in Iowa strike

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Sept. 1 rally of Ingredion workers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on strike since Aug. 1. Some 122 members of Bakery Workers union Local 100G are fighting bosses to win contract gains.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Nearly 200 strikers, family members, fellow unionists and community supporters marched and rallied at the Ingredion plant here Sept. 1. The 122 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 100G at Ingredion have…


‘Militant’ wins fight against ban in Arizona federal prison

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

In an important victory for the free exchange of ideas and freedom of the press, prison authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix have reversed their unconstitutional ban on two issues of the Militant. The Militant has resent the…