Socialist Workers Party to host Int’l Conference

Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022

The Socialist Workers Party is hosting its annual International Conference June 9-11 at Wittenberg University in Ohio. If you’re excited by what you read in the Militant about the program and activities of the party, and if you are considering…


Ukraine fighters push back invasion – Moscow out now!

Unite workers in Ukraine, Russia against Putin’s war!
Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022
Anna Zaitseva with infant son in Zaporizhzhia after evacuation from Mariupol‘s Azovstal steelworks April 30. Her husband stayed behind to aid soldiers resisting Moscow’s intense assault.

In a successful counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces pushed the invading Russian army back from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, reaching the Russian border May 16. Moscow’s plans to capture more of the Donbas have stalled. The Vladimir Putin regime had insisted it…




Striking refinery workers picket Chevron headquarters

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022
Striking refinery workers picket entrance to Chevron corporate headquarters in San Ramon, California, May 10. Workers are fighting for wage raises, safety, sustainable work schedules.

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of striking refinery workers and family members picketed the Chevron corporate headquarters here May 10, waving signs saying, “Enough is enough, bargain in good faith,” “Safe refineries save lives,” and “500 strong striking at Chevron.”…


43,000 construction workers strike across greater Toronto metro area

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022
Striking construction workers on picket line in Ontario May 10. Then some 7,000 drywall workers downed their tools, joining 36,000 carpenters and other workers already on strike.

Over 7,000 residential and commercial drywall workers downed their tools, joining the ongoing strike of 36,000 Ontario construction workers. This brings the total on strike as of May 14 to 43,000. They are fighting for higher wages in face of…


UK rail cleaners strike for higher wages, sick pay

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022

LONDON — “Our living expenses are increasing so we need better pay,” striking train cleaner Rositsa Tomova told the Militant  outside St. Pancras International railway station here April 30. Tomova led other strikers, members of the Rail Maritime and Transport…


SWP to host Ohio conference to discuss road forward for working people today

Vol. 86/No. 21 - May 30, 2022

The Socialist Workers Party is hosting its annual International Active Workers Conference at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, June 9-11. The conference will bring together members and supporters of the communist movement and others from around the world who are…