Workers and farmers in Indonesia protest gov’t attacks

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Militant correspondent Steve Penner, left, meets with representatives of Confederation of Indonesia People’s Movement in Jakarta Nov. 12. General Secretary Anwar Sastro Ma’ruf is second from right.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Thousands of workers joined demonstrations here in Indonesia’s capital city Oct. 24 and across the country in the following days. The actions protested anti-labor measures in the Omnibus Law imposed in 2020 by former President Joko Widodo…


Greetings to fellow workers behind bars

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

Holiday greetings to fellow workers behind bars! The Militant will continue telling the truth about what workers face on either side of prison walls and spreading the word about our common struggles. The dog-eat-dog capitalist rulers in the U.S. claim…



Milk-Bone strikers in Buffalo win broad support from fellow unionists

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The 165 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G continue to win broad support in their strike against Milk-Bone in Buffalo, New York. The workers walked out Oct. 28 after the company, owned…



The defense of constitutional freedoms key in class struggle

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

Defending freedom of speech, assembly, religion, the right to bear arms and other constitutional rights from attack by the rulers and the FBI remains at the center of working-class politics today. These freedoms provide working people with protection from government…


Canada Post strikers fight gov’t order to return to work

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

MONTREAL — After Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon Dec. 13 called on the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to order back to work the 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members on strike, the union denounced “this assault on our constitutionally protected…


Works by SWP leaders find keen interest at Guadalajara book fair

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Jacob Perasso, SWP member and volunteer at Pathfinder booth, discusses Pathfinder books with two call center workers at Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico Dec. 4.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Pointing to books on Cuba’s socialist revolution, the fight for women’s emancipation and titles by Karl Marx, Libertad Segura Meza said she was surprised to see so many books on working-class politics. The high school teacher was…


5,000 protest against Jew-hatred in the UK

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

LONDON — Members of the Communist League found interest in the party’s program and activity among marchers protesting the rise in attacks on Jews since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel. Over 5,000 people joined the Dec. 8 action…