MONTREAL — Some 130 Teamsters union members at the Richelieu Hardware warehouse here went on strike June 17 demanding higher wages and some respect from the bosses. Picket lines, up 12 hours a day, Monday through Friday, are greeted by…
The working class continues to feel the squeeze from high prices and challenges getting decent, well-paid full-time jobs to cover their families’ increased living expenses. This reflects the growing capitalist economic and social crisis affecting our lives every day. But…
Statement by Rachele Fruit for the Socialist Workers Party to U.N. Special Committee hearing on the decolonization of Puerto Rico, June 20. Distinguished chairperson and committee members: My name is Rachele Fruit, and I speak on behalf of the Socialist…
Decolonization panel votes to back Puerto Rico struggle UNITED NATIONS — “As we speak, thousands of Puerto Ricans remain without electrical power and potable water due to recent collapses of segments of infrastructure. The U.S. government does nothing about it,”…
The article “Rulers across Europe boost militaries, war preparations” in Militant issue no. 24 incorrectly said NATO’s base being expanded in Romania is at Ramstein. It is at Mihail Kogalniceanu air base.
Supporters of Hamas’ murderous attack on Jews in Israel have launched an escalating series of threats, violent assaults and other provocative actions around the world in an attempt to intimidate Jews and anyone who supports the right of Israel to…
LONDON — “Nothing fundamental will change for working people and youth whatever the outcome” of the July 4 general election, said Peter Clifford, Communist League candidate in the Manchester Rusholme constituency. He was responding to questions from Manchester University Students’…
With the presidential election nearly four months away, the capitalist rulers in the U.S. seek to convince working people our only choice is to pick a “lesser” evil between Donald Trump or Joseph Biden. But decades of workers subordinating our…
Elections to the European Parliament June 6-9 saw heavy losses for governing capitalist parties that tens of millions of working people hold responsible for the worsening conditions they confront. The results reflect these crisis conditions, but they’re presented in the…
Defense of free speech and the right to bear arms is at the center of a case brought by the National Rifle Association against New York state officials. Without the right to bear arms, the capacity of workers and our…
