Earlier this year the Militant received a letter from Javier Perdomo, one of the millions of working people caught up by the “enormous machine for grinding people up” that is the U.S. criminal “justice” system. That quote comes from Ramón…
Ramón Labañino, center, in July 2012 at Federal Correction Institution in Jesup, Georgia, poses with fellow Cuban prisoners he met there. He and the other four revolutionaries who made up the “Cuban Five” spent up to 16 years in U.S.…
In an Aug. 4 Financial Times column, Pilita Clark, an associate editor at the paper and Harvard graduate, joined the liberal chorus attacking Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, J.D. Vance, for comments he made in 2021 about “childless cat ladies.”…
In the largest U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange since the Cold War, 24 prisoners flown in from seven countries were swapped at a Turkish airport Aug. 1. While Washington and its allies released one of Vladimir Putin KGB-styled regime’s most notorious assassins,…
In a flagrant violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty, Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims Washington has the right to decide the outcome of that country’s presidential election, calling opposition leader Edmundo González the winner. For over two decades, the U.S. rulers…
August 30, 1999 SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — An estimated 1,200 farmers organized convoys of farm vehicles, tractors, combines, and grain trucks along Saskatchewan highways Aug. 2, causing traffic delays of several hours. Farmers wanted to draw attention to the severe crisis…
MINNEAPOLIS — Chanting, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, Delta’s greed is getting old” and “Close the gap and it’s a wrap,” 40 flight attendants and their supporters rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport July 31. These members…
COVENTRY, England — Workers at the giant Amazon warehouse in this Midlands city narrowly failed to win union recognition by just 28 votes, getting 49.5%. “We see the outcome as a stepping stone toward Amazon recognizing the union,” Darren Westwood,…
Minnesota: Thousands hear the SWP campaign program MINNEAPOLIS — “No offense, but how are you guys going to change things?” Steven Lutchen, a truck driver, asked Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, at a Hmong Farmers Market…
Since the Democrats unceremoniously pushed aside incumbent President Joseph Biden as their 2024 candidate and anointed Kamala Harris to replace him, they’ve made significant progress stabilizing their party and presenting a new political image. Donald Trump has united the Republicans,…
