Belarus regime threatens death penalty for ‘rail partisans’

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

Three Belarusian rail workers who could face the death penalty are going to trial facing government charges of “terrorism” and “treason.” This is part of a broader assault on the trade union movement of Belarus as the dictatorial regime of…



Rail workers strike in U.K. for pay raise, against job cuts

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

MANCHESTER, England — Tens of thousands of rail and telecommunication workers struck across the U.K. at the end of July, refusing to accept below inflation pay and attacks on their conditions. Retail inflation here is running at 11%, a 40-year…


Minneapolis Starbucks workers strike for hiring, union contract

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Workers picket Starbucks at Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis Aug. 1, second day of two-day strike over low wages and understaffing. Workers had recently voted to unionize the store.

MINNEAPOLIS — Some 25 workers in a south Minneapolis Starbucks went on strike, picketing on Cedar Avenue South here for two days starting July 31. The bosses were forced to close the store for both days as all the workers…


Need more Militants!

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

Thank you so much for the free subscription to the Militant. It was well read, with at least six men reading it thoroughly and many others perusing it. It certainly provoked political conversations in here, a place where politics is…


How to advance women’s rights is debated at NOW conference

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
National Organization for Women conference took place July 22-24, as deepening capitalist crisis wreaks havoc on working people, our families and our unions. Above, Heather Hernandez after being forced to quit her job last year as schools closed during the pandemic.

CHICAGO — Some 250 women and men gathered for the National Organization for Women conference here July 22-24 to discuss how to advance the fight for women’s equality at a time when soaring prices and a deepening capitalist crisis are…


No to nuclear arms! Emulate Cuba’s example

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

On Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. capitalist rulers unleashed a nuclear inferno on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were instantly incinerated or died agonizing deaths from burns and radiation poisoning.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

August 25, 1997, Supplement In the face of an all-out assault by United Parcel Service, 185,000 striking Teamster members are standing firm against the nation’s largest delivery company. Rallies in support of the striking Teamsters have been taking place across…



1969 ‘Cordobazo’ in Argentina posed working class taking power

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Workers’ uprising in Córdoba, Argentina, May 1969. Agustín Tosco, left in front, a leader of the “Cordobazo,” was a class-struggle-minded worker and secretary of energy workers union Luz y Fuerza (Light and Power). What was missing was a revolutionary party and leadership.

This special feature is from The Leninist Strategy of Party Building: The Debate on Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America by Joseph Hansen, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, cited in last week’s article, “Argentine military officer found guilty for…