Back Ukraine independence fight, not aims of US imperialist rulers

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

The Socialist Workers Party and the Militant stand for the unconditional defense of self-determination and independence for Ukraine. This is part of our communist continuity back to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. We fielded a series of reporting teams in…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

March 31, 1997 The march in Brussels by tens of thousands of workers from across Europe protesting job cuts shows the broad desire among working people to unite internationally to combat the devastation wrought by the capitalist system in its…


Truckers protest gov’t mandates, fuel price hikes, attacks by bosses

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, organized by over-the-road truckers and others who oppose overreaching government COVID mandates and other attacks on their livelihoods, has been based at the Hagerstown, Maryland, speedway since March 6. Participants are still arriving to join…



Florida anti-solicitation law is attack on democratic rights

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022
Worker in Palm Beach County, Florida, looking for a job. Officials there have outlawed soliciting or panhandling on or near any road, restricting free speech and attacking political rights.

In 2015 officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, outlawed so-called panhandling or soliciting on or near any road, claiming it endangered people’s safety. Similar laws that exist across the country are used to turn workers who are homeless into criminals…


Judge tosses felony count against Jan. 6 defendants

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

In a blow to the drive by liberal Democrats and President Joe Biden’s Justice Department to prosecute and imprison hundreds for their part in the Jan. 6, 2021, “breach” of the Capitol, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols dismissed a key…


Militant Fighting Fund key to getting paper out

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

The enthusiastic response of Militant readers to its call for the defense of Ukraine’s independence, the defeat of Moscow’s invasion and for Washington to get all U.S. troops and nuclear weapons out of Europe is marked by contributions beginning to…


Iran deal in flux amid Ukraine war, sanctions on Russian oil

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and accelerating sanctions imposed by Washington and its imperialist rivals on Russia, are sending supplies of oil and gas spiraling downward. Prices at the pump and for home heating have skyrocketed, deepening the crisis facing working…


Iraq protest hits price jump of cooking oil, essentials

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022
Iraq protest hits price jump of cooking oil, essentials

Hundreds protested in Babil, Baghdad, and Nasiriyah (above) in southern Iraq March 9 in the face of sharp price hikes in cooking oil and other basic necessities, dealing blows to working people’s lives. “The price of some goods has doubled…