Month: November 2024

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund: Sept. 21 – November 19 (week seven)

Moscow admits its strategy is to ‘destroy Ukraine’s people’

The regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin is openly admitting to a deliberate course of systematic murder, targeting Ukrainian civilians with drones, bombs and missiles. Small drones now zero in and drop grenades. “The West is faced with a choice,”…

Cubans rebuild after ravages from two hurricanes, effects of US rulers’ embargo

Since Oct. 20 Cuba has been battered by two hurricanes and two earthquakes, all made worse by Washington’s relentless economic war on the Cuban people. Hurricane Rafael made landfall Nov. 6, just 17 days after Hurricane Oscar. Artemisa, on the…

Conference to build solidarity with Cuba across Asia meets in Beijing

BEIJING — The 65-year-long punishing sanctions imposed by Washington against the Cuban people and their socialist revolution were condemned by participants at the 10th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Solidarity with Cuba, held here Oct. 29-30. The meeting took place as…

Milk-Bone strikers fight attacks on health care, win labor support

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some 30 members and supporters of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G were on the picket line at the J.M. Smucker Company’s Milk-Bone factory here Nov. 10 when Militant worker-correspondents arrived to bring solidarity.…

Jew-hating mobs attack Israeli fans after soccer game in Amsterdam

The organized vicious assaults on Jews in Amsterdam Nov. 7 — in the heartland of imperialist Europe — were planned in advance and carried out by supporters of Hamas. The Dutch police knew in advance and did little to stop…

Join campaign to expand reach of the ‘Militant,’ books, fall fund

FORT WORTH, Texas — With the 2024 election over and President-elect Donald Trump preparing his administration, members of the Socialist Workers Party are finding ongoing interest among working people in the party’s program and activity. Workers want to discuss what…

‘Unions are stepping forward to take on the bosses attacks today’

‘We learned a lot in our campaign’: an interview with Socialist Workers Party candidates Rachele Fruit and Dennis Richter Rachele Fruit and Dennis Richter, the 2024 Socialist Workers Party candidates for president and vice president, presented the SWP’s working-class program…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

November 29, 1999 The Russian government has begun a de facto military occupation of Chechnya — deploying 100,000 troops in and around the republic. The Kremlin, which originally claimed it needed to create a “buffer zone” against “Islamic terrorists,” is…

Back strike by Southern California Kaiser workers

LOS ANGELES — Some 2,400 psychologists, therapists and other mental health workers have been on strike against Kaiser Permanente across Southern California since Oct. 21. “Unless we strike, our coworkers are going to keep leaving and our patients are going…