Sugarcane cutters in Dominican Republic fight for raise, pensions

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Militant reporters from the U.S. and Canada, right, visited the Batey Marchena sugarcane community in La Romana province, Dominican Republic, Nov. 11. Left, Jesús Núñez, national coordinator of Sugarcane Workers Union, describes their fight for pensions, health care, raises.

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — “The gains we have made have been because of our mobilizations in the streets,” Jesús Núñez, national coordinator of the Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC), told the Militant. He described their yearslong fight to win pensions,…


Thousands march in London against Jew-hatred

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

LONDON — Tens of thousands joined a march and rally here Nov. 26, the first nationwide protest in the United Kingdom against Jew-hatred since the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel carried out by Tehran-backed Hamas. The action was called by…


Working people in Ukraine fight genocidal war waged by Putin

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Moscow has been waging a genocidal war against Ukraine and its people for over 21 months. Russian President Vladimir Putin denies Ukraine has a right to exist, claiming it’s part of Russia. The Kremlin has kidnapped tens of thousands of…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

December 14, 1998 CHICAGO — “My name is Randall Dale Adams. The state of Texas tried to kill me for a murder I did not commit,” Adams told a crowd of hundreds of opponents of the death penalty at Northwestern…




Putin moves to abolish women’s right to abortion in Russia

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Billboards show fetus image alongside young boy in military gear. “Protect me today,” the fetus says. “So I can defend you tomorrow,” the child soldier says. Putin regime is trying to offset plummeting birthrate, high casualties in Ukraine war by curbing women’s access to abortion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading a drive to severely restrict women’s right to get an abortion in Russia, which in recent history has a relatively high abortion rate, an annual average of 46 per 1,000 women. At the same…


CSX Kentucky derailment shows threat of new rail catastrophes

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Workers were forced to evacuate Livingston, Kentucky, when CSX freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Nov. 22. Inset, Evelyn Scalf, showing map of derailment area. Scalf told the Militant she and her family had to organize their own evacuation and were denied financial assistance by rail bosses.

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — Residents in this central Kentucky town of 200 were told to evacuate Nov. 22 after 16 cars on a CSX freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed just north of here. Two of the cars were transporting molten…