RENTON, Wash. — A major showdown has erupted between some 33,000 workers, organized by International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751, and Boeing, one of two major producers of commercial airplanes worldwide. The Machinists shut down production Sept. 13 after…
The brutal effects of the U.S. rulers’ six-decades-long economic, trade and financial war against the Cuban people deserve the condemnation of working people everywhere. Our unions should demand the immediate and unconditional end to the embargo, as well as Washington’s…
In a contradictory verdict, a jury in Tampa, Florida, decided Sept. 12 that Omali Yeshitela, the leader of the African People’s Socialist Party, and Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, both members of the support group UHURU, were not guilty of…
October 4, 1999 VERNON, British Columbia — “The most significant thing that has been accomplished has been everything regarding affection and solidarity between us,” stated Alcides López, representative of the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture. López was part of a delegation…
The Socialist Workers Party has launched an ambitious campaign over the final two months of the 2024 elections to expand the reach of the Militant, the SWP campaign of Rachele Fruit for president and Dennis Richter for vice president, books…
Under capitalism workers are expendable if they can’t labor to create profits for the ruling rich. Under this dog-eat-dog system, responsibility for caring for children or older relatives increasingly falls on their family. “The Crushing Financial Burden of Aging at…
The falling birth rate and rising obstacles workers face to being able to afford to raise children have become key issues in the 2024 presidential campaign. Decades of employer attacks on wages and working conditions have made starting a family…
It’s now been nearly five months since Militant issue no. 17 was impounded by Jackson Correctional Institution prison authorities in Malone, Florida. Every day that goes by without the overturn of the ban is a serious violation of prisoners’ constitutional…
It’s now been nearly five months since Militant issue no. 17 was impounded by Jackson Correctional Institution prison authorities in Malone, Florida. Every day that goes by without the overturn of the ban is a serious violation of prisoners’ constitutional…
Rachele Fruit: ‘We need to build a party of labor’ BY SARA LOBMAN NEW YORK — “The fight over which class rules is the central question facing working people everywhere in the world,” Rachele Fruit told the 48 people at…
