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

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…


Access to the Militant’s unique Ukraine coverage

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

The Militant’s coverage of Ukraine is unique. The paper defends the country’s right to self-determination, a political conquest of the Bolshevik-led Russian Revolution in Lenin’s time that remains decisive to forging working-class unity. Acting on that communist continuity the paper…


Minneapolis teachers, support staff strike over wages, hiring

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022
Over 1,000 members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers rally March 8, first day of citywide strike. Workers demand pay raise for teachers and support staff, and smaller class sizes.

MINNEAPOLIS — Some 4,500 teachers and professional support staff, represented by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, went on strike March 8. The school district has hard-balled the workers’ needs in negotiations so the union authorized the strike by 97%.…


Lenin fought for self-determination of oppressed nations, Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022
Working people in Odesa, Ukraine, greet Red Army after 1919 liberation from counterrevolutionary White Army, which attempted to reimpose rule of the landlord and capitalist classes.

As Ukrainian working people defend their country’s sovereignty, arms in hand, against Moscow’s invasion, this excerpt from Lenin’s Final Fight: Speeches and Writings 1922-23 is a special feature explaining why communists support Ukrainian independence. The book describes how V.I. Lenin,…



25 years after split-jury verdict Louisiana inmate finally freed

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Protest last May in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, calling for new trials for 1,500 prisoners convicted in split-jury verdicts — a product of the rise of Jim Crow segregation and terror.

Louisiana state prison inmate Brandon Jackson was released on parole Feb. 11 after serving 25 years of a 40-year sentence. He had been charged with robbing an Applebee’s restaurant at gunpoint in 1997. Jackson’s original conviction was tainted, but that…


Debt crisis in Argentina comes down hard on working people

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Teachers in Jujuy, northern Argentina, are fighting for wage raise to keep up with skyrocketing price increases. Sign says, “No to the miserable 19% increase,” referring to the government’s offer. They went on strike March 1 to demand increase to match Argentina’s 50% inflation.

A deal between the government of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund to refinance $44.5 billion in debt owed to wealthy bondholders awaits the approval of the country’s legislature. If adopted, the unending cycle of paying off…


Amazon workers in Alabama rally for pro-union vote

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

BESSEMER, Ala. — “It’s an atrocity that we, the laborers, generate 99% of the income, yet we get less than 1% of the cut,” Amazon worker Dale Wyatt told 150 unionists and others here Feb. 26. They had turned out…


Haiti garment workers strike for higher wages

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Haiti garment workers strike for higher wages

Thousands of garment and other workers, above, took to the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, Feb. 17 demanding higher wages. Police fired into a Feb. 23 protest after the workers went on strike. Maxihen Lazzare, a reporter for Roi des…