UK rail workers vote up offer, end strike actions

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

MANCHESTER, England — After 33 days of strikes, beginning in June 2022, members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union voted overwhelmingly to approve an offer from 14 different rail companies covering 20,000 workers. When the strikes began the government…


Workshop highlights role of Chinese in Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Cuba’s ambassador to Thailand, Pedro Pablo San Jorge Rodríguez, left, speaking with Steve Penner, organizer of Pathfinder Press circulation in Canada, at Dec. 10 ISSCO workshop. Panel discussed important role of Chinese Cubans in Cuba’s revolutionary development.

BANGKOK — Since Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution was first published in 2005, the book has had a political impact in many parts of the world. The account…


Bangkok conference addresses threats against Chinese overseas

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Xia Jiang, right, professor from China’s Huaqiao University, addresses Dec. 10 ISSCO workshop. Washington has repeatedly suspected Chinese scientists of “being disloyal to the U.S.,” he said, “some even accused of being spies.” Inset, Audience at opening conference session Dec. 9.

BANGKOK — A conference here Dec. 9-10 focused on the history and experiences of Chinese communities from Southeast Asia to virtually every corner of the globe. Organized by the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, the gathering was…


Support struggle of the Ukrainian people to defend their independence

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Protest by soldiers’ mothers and wives in Novosibirsk, Russia, Nov. 19. Sign says, “I am disabled, return my son, there is no one else to look after me.”

At his end-of-year press conference Dec. 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the aims of his invasion of Ukraine “have not changed” despite the fierce resistance his forces continue to face. Working people in Ukraine are determined to defend…


SWP expands reach of ‘Militant,’ supports today’s union struggles

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
John Hawkins, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio, brings solidarity, the Militant to picket line of striking DHL workers in Hebron, Kentucky, Dec. 8.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. are discussing the fight against Jew-hatred, building support for today’s union struggles and presenting a revolutionary working-class program to workers on…


Derailment at CSX, toxic fire create crisis in Kentucky town

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — “The smoke was so thick you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face,” said Andrea Johnson. “I’ve had migraines, sores in my nose and throat, and stomach pain.”  Johnson and other workers who live in…


Biden says all is swell, but workers face a different reality

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

The Joseph Biden administration and his boosters in the liberal media are churning out propaganda claiming prospects for the U.S. capitalist economy have never looked better. They say inflation has been lowered to “acceptable” levels, full employment abounds and the…


Unionists discuss fight against anti-Semitism

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Guardia de Defensa Sindical, iniciada por el Local 544 de Teamsters en Minneapolis en 1938, defendió las líneas de piquetes y combatió antisemitismo expulsando a organización fascista.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — The Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,200 men, women and children in Israel by death squads organized by Hamas, the Tehran-backed Islamist terror outfit that rules Gaza, was a turning point in the class struggle. …


Memphis strikers get support from Kansas, Texas, Dominican Republic

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Picket at International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, was boosted by BCTGM members from Topeka, Kansas, and Grand Prairie, Texas, Dec. 15. The next day Gerardo Sánchez from Bimbos Bakeries in Grand Prairie, second from right, reported to union on sugarcane workers conference in Dominican Republic, brought solidarity message to strikers.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “We drove eight hours from Topeka, Kansas, to be here in support of BCTGM Local 390G union strikers,” Sam Burns, a union steward from Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 218 at Frito-Lay, told the…


Miami rally protests laws targeting the Chinese

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Miami rally protests laws targeting the Chinese

MIAMI — Some 200 people protested at the Torch of Friendship here Dec. 16 against discriminatory anti-Chinese laws adopted in Florida and 13 other states. Laura Anderson, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress, joined the action, meeting Lichun…