Join drive to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ SWP campaign

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

In the final weeks of the U.S. election campaign, supporters of the Socialist Workers Party presidential ticket of Rachele Fruit for president and Dennis Richter for vice president are finding widespread interest among working people who are drawn into  politics…



1970: When postal workers said ‘enough’ and went on strike

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Cartoon from March 1970 special Militant issue backing postal strike. At the time President Richard Nixon, on top of pile of letters, threatened to order the U.S. Army to deliver the mail.

Over the past two weeks, postal workers — members of the American Postal Workers Union, National Association of Letter Carriers and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association — have organized protest actions across the country against the government, which has refused…


Hurricanes’ one-two punch causes social crisis in Florida

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Crops on Karl Butts’ farm destroyed by flooding after wind, 15 inches of rain from Hurricane Milton. Densely populated parts of Central Florida were hit by deadly tornadoes spun off from storm Oct. 9. Billions of dollars in losses were caused to farmers and other producers in region.

MIAMI — Working people in the southeastern part of the United States have been hit by two devastating hurricanes in less than two weeks. The first, Hurricane Helene, cut a swath of destruction from landfall near Tampa Bay into the…


Letter carriers rallies mark over 500 days without contract

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Postal workers rally, one of many in U.S., in Minneapolis Oct. 14.

MINNEAPOLIS — Close to 100 members of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 and their supporters rallied in front of the main post office here Oct. 14. The action was part of a series of coordinated protests mounted by…



‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

NEW YORK — The New York Post, the paper with the largest daily circulation in the city, printed a special 12-page supplement wrapped around its Oct. 7 edition marking one year since Hamas’ Jew-hating pogrom in Israel. This powerful supplement…


Bosses push automation to slash jobs and safety, and boost profits

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Automated straddle carriers have replaced drivers on Los Angeles docks. Bosses seek automation to boost output, profits by eliminating jobs. With working class in power, benefits of technology would flow broadly to working people, with jobs, pay and safety protected.

After three days on the picket line, the International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike at East and Gulf coast ports, extending the current contract to Jan. 15 after winning a 62% wage increase over six years. But the sharpest point…


Memphis cops convicted in deadly beating of Tyre Nichols

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

Three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers, Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean and Justin Smith, were found guilty Oct. 3 on charges of federal witness tampering in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker. Haley was convicted of…


‘Social solidarity is moral basis of Cuba’s socialist revolution’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Peasant women learn to read, write at Ana Betancourt school in Havana in 1960. Under Fidel Castro’s leadership, all widows and children — whether those of rebel combatants or soldiers of former Batista dictatorship — were schooled, treated equally. The moral foundation of the socialist revolution was equality for all.

The Spanish edition of  Marianas in Combat: Teté Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women’s Platoon in Cuba’s Revolutionary War, 1956-58 is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Puebla was an officer in the first all-women platoon in…