25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 36 - October 2, 2023

October 5, 1998 MUTAWINTJI, Australia — In the culmination of a 15-year fight, more than 500 Aborigines and their supporters from around eastern Australia gathered at newly renamed Mutawintji National Park Sept. 5 for a day of celebration to mark…


Correction

Vol. 87/No. 36 - October 2, 2023

In Militant issue no. 35, the Socialist Workers Party statement titled “Protest Abbas’ defense of the Holocaust” should have read, “Some two-thirds of European Jews [not all Jews] were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.”


Labor Day actions highlight union struggles worldwide

Thousands join Labor Day rallies, back union battles
Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023
Above, strikers from Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists march in New York City Labor Day Parade Sept. 9. Inset, UAW contingent at the Nashville, Tennessee, Labor Day march.

NEW YORK — Thousands joined the Labor Day Parade up Fifth Avenue here Sept. 9 in one of the liveliest actions by the union movement in years. The mood of union power was highlighted by the boisterous 1,000-strong contingent of…


SWP campaign builds union fights, points road forward

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023
Medical assistant Dulce Norberto-Pina, right, and her daughter, Maritza, center, talk with SWP member Andrea Morell at Labor Day protest in Oakland, California. Norberto-Pina said she related to the union sign, “I can’t afford to live where I work.”

At labor day events across the country and other union actions, Socialist Workers Party candidates and supporters are getting a welcome response as they bring solidarity and introduce the party’s program to advance the interests of the working class. The…


Prisoner hunger strike in Bahrain inspires protests

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Since Aug. 7, more than 800 prisoners in Bahrain have been conducting that country’s largest-ever hunger strike, protesting intolerable conditions, including systematic mistreatment, medical neglect and limited visitation. Their actions have inspired street protests led by prisoners’ families, above, calling…


Military coup in Gabon keeps power in Bongo family

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Minutes after Ali Bongo Ondimba was reelected to a third term as president of Gabon Aug. 30, a coup led by Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, head of the country’s central security forces, overthrew the government. Ali Bongo became president in…


Cuba arrests group recruiting for Moscow’s war in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Col. César Rodríguez of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior announced Sept. 7 the arrest of 17 people who were part of a secret network recruiting young men on the island to join Moscow’s forces in their war on Ukraine. Cuba’s…


Protest Abbas’ defense of the Holocaust

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Statement by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, Sept. 13. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Aug. 24 statement defending the Holocaust should be condemned by the labor movement and all those opposed to exploitation and…


Autoworkers fight for big pay boost, end to two-tier

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023
Members of United Auto Workers Local 551 rally in their union hall in Chicago Sept. 8. If no agreement is reached by Sept. 14, 150,000 autoworkers at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis voted 97% to strike.

CHICAGO — The 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers at the Big Three auto companies — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — voted by 97% to strike if their demands aren’t met by the bosses before their contract expires…


With proper leadership, the working class can overcome

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Teamster Bureaucracy by Farrell Dobbs is one of the Books of the Month for September. The last of his four volumes on the Teamsters, it covers the political campaign to organize working-class resistance to the bosses’ attacks and the U.S.…