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…


White House attacks target constitutional protections

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

Backed by Democrats from the party’s fraying factions, President Joseph Biden, along with never-Trump Republicans, the New York Times and the rest of the liberal press, have stepped up their relentless drive against Donald Trump and the 74 million people…