MONTREAL — “Working people and our unions should oppose Premier Francois Legault’s anti-working-class campaign against immigrants. This is now centered on demanding that Ottawa shut down the unofficial Roxham Road crossing between Canada and the U.S. used by thousands of…
BRIDPORT, Vt. — “There were 42 dairy farms in this area in the 1980s,” 11th-generation dairy farmer Paul Plouffe told these two Militant worker-correspondents when we visited his farm here Feb. 5. “Now there are just eight left, after a…
Weekly protests by retired workers in Iran that began Jan. 22 demanding the government raise social security payments to keep up with inflation continue. On March 12 and 13 retirees from the steel, telecommunications, sugar and other industries protested in…
With this issue the international campaign begins to expand the reach of the Militant and books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders and to raise $165,000 for the paper. Members of the SWP and Communist Leagues in Australia,…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Since the 15th Erbil International Book Fair kicked off March 8, tens of thousands have come looking for books on a wide range of topics — including history, politics, science, technology and religion — as…
Below are excerpts from “Revolution, Counterrevolution and War in Iran, Social and Political Roots of Workers’ Protests That Swept 90 Cities and Small Towns,” from the Militant in April 2018. BY STEVE CLARK The historic Iranian Revolution of 1979 was…
After tens of thousands took to the streets in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the country’s ruling party backed off its plans to impose a law that would curtail political rights and limit freedom of the press. Protesters say the…
Thousands of workers and youth marched across Greece again March 12, protesting the Greek government’s responsibility in the head-on collision between a passenger and a freight train that killed 57 people Feb. 28. They demanded those involved be punished. More…
LINCOLN, Neb. — Railroad derailments are increasing in many states, with Nebraska among those with the highest number of train derailments. Since 2000, a train has derailed in the state roughly once every seven days. The Feb. 3 derailment in…
PATERSON, N.J. — Hundreds took part in a vigil, march and rally outside City Hall here March 7 protesting the police killing of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks four days earlier. The action was organized by his family and the Paterson Healing…
