Rail workers battle combined forces of bosses, Canadian gov’t

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024

MONTREAL — “We haven’t seen a class confrontation in Canada on this scale in decades,” Philippe Tessier, a Canadian National rail conductor and Teamster union strike picket captain, told a Militant Labor Forum here Aug. 24. In the final analysis,…


Defend Ukraine independence! Anti-war views spread in Russia

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024
Workers from Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine at damaged Kapitalna coal mine in Ukraine’s southeast Donetsk region. Russian missile attack Aug. 6 injured several miners.

A month after Ukrainian forces drove into the Kursk region of Russia Aug. 6, opposition to the war is growing among Russian conscripts and their families. The Ukrainian offensive is aimed at dealing blows to Moscow’s invasion led by Russian…



Defend Israel as a refuge against Jew-hatred and pogroms today

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024

The cold-blooded murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas in late August is further proof that defeating the Tehran-backed group and demolishing its command structure is essential for defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews. And for…


Monthslong fight continues to end Florida prison ban on ‘Militant’ issue

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024

The four-months-long fight continues to end the ban on Militant issue no. 17, imposed by prison authorities at Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida, at the end of April. The Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee upheld the impoundment…


Democrats attack Constitution, weaken checks on gov’t power

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024
Baltimore March 1870

President Joseph Biden announced proposals July 29 to gut the power of the U.S. Supreme Court and muzzle its justices in an attack on the constitutionally mandated role of the judiciary. Days later, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer deepened the…


US Labor Day actions marked by union battles

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024
US Labor Day actions marked by union battles

BY BETSY FARLEY, SARAH ULLMAN and JANICE LYNN Labor Day actions across the country were marked by strikes by 10,000 UNITE HERE hotel workers, 17,000 AT&T workers and other union fights. Hundreds joined the Labor Day parade in Detroit Sept.…



17,000 AT&T workers strike over wages, health care in the Southeast

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024
“We have gotten a lot of support from other unions,” striker Dennis Lawrence, right, told the Militant on picket line Aug. 26 in East Point, Georgia. CWA member Kelvin Gordon on left.

ATLANTA — Over 17,000 members of the Communications Workers of America in nine states across the Southeast went on strike Aug. 16 against telecommunications giant AT&T. Service technicians and customer service representatives walked out in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,…


Fruit, UK Amazon workers discuss union battles

Vol. 88/No. 34 - September 16, 2024
Fruit, UK Amazon workers discuss union battles

COVENTRY, England — Warehouse workers Ceferina Floresca, left, and Garfield Hylton, second right, discuss their fight for a union at Amazon’s BHX4 facility here, with Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Rachele Fruit, center; SWP leader Mary Martin, second from left;…