‘Militant’ files appeal on ban in Florida prison

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

On May 23 David Goldstein, the Militant’s attorney and member of the prominent civil liberties law firm Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky and Lieberman, filed an appeal with the Florida Department of Corrections challenging a ban on issue no. 17 by…


Despite pressure from US rulers, Israel fights on to defeat Hamas

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Railroad workers rally outside company office in Kerman province, Iran, May 19, protest firing of co-workers, demand better wages and working conditions. Protests, strikes by workers continue despite regime’s attempt to mobilize support for destruction of Israel as refuge for Jews.

Standing up to increasing pressure from capitalist officials around the world — from the White House to the European Union and the United Nations — for Israel to end its war without dismantling Hamas, Israeli forces continue to strike blows…


‘Amnesty for immigrants in the US, unify working class’

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Dennis Richter, center, party’s vice presidential candidate, campaigns May 24 in New York among delivery workers, many of whom are from West African countries. Workers face capitalist exploitation the world over, Richter said.

NEW YORK — During a visit here May 24, Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president, spoke with a dozen or more app-based bicycle food delivery workers — many from West African countries — about conditions faced…


Flight attendant unions call June 13 rallies at airports in US and Britain

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Flight attendants rally in Washington, D.C., May 9. With no pay raise in five years, their unions called protests at 30 airports June 13, demanding new contract, pay for all hours worked.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and Association of Professional Flight Attendants, representing some 77,000 flight attendants between them, have called for picket lines at 30 airports June 13 to press their demands for new contracts. After working more than two…



New Caledonia protests hit push by Paris to reinforce French rule

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Thousands of Kanak protesters march behind banner, “No to colonialism,” in Noumea, New Caledonia, March 27. After actions paralyzed capital May 13, Paris sent in extra troops, police.

SYDNEY — Over the past six months, Kanaks and other supporters of independence in New Caledonia, a French colony and Pacific island nation east of Australia and north of New Zealand, have staged protests. They are opposing moves by Paris…


UK election reveals depth of crisis facing the British rulers

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Peter Clifford, fourth from left, with fellow rail workers, joins picket line of striking nurses in Manchester, U.K., Jan. 23, 2023. Clifford is running as Communist League candidate in July 4 general election. CL says workers need a party of their own to lead fight to take political power.

LONDON — “I like that the Communist League says workers need our own party,” Hussein Mohammed, a member of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in Manchester, told Peter Clifford. Clifford is the CL’s candidate in the Manchester Rusholme constituency…



Richter: ‘Glencoe native running for vice president’

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

The following is an excerpt from an interview with Dennis Richter by Owen Elle, editor of the weekly McLeod County Chronicle published in Minnesota. The article ran on the front page May 24. Glencoe native Dennis Richter is running as…