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…


Rail worker endorses Rachele Fruit for president

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

As a Militant reader for some time, I’ve been following the campaign of Rachele Fruit, SWP candidate for president. I endorse her campaign and make a contribution because I agree with her campaign that all working people need our own…


Fruit joins campaigning, fight for ballot status in Tennessee

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rachele Fruit and Socialist Workers Party campaign supporters spent three days here May 20-22 campaigning and petitioning to put the party on the ballot in Tennessee. They collected 104 signatures toward the 375 required, won five endorsers…


Constitutional freedoms are fruit of hard-fought political struggle

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Michael Cohen testifies May 13 in New York courtroom, with prosecutor Alvin Bragg, left, and Donald Trump before Judge Juan Merchan, who imposed gag order on Trump. Biden administration uses courts to try to prevent former president from running, attacks political rights.

Driven by anti-Trump hysteria, the Joseph Biden White House and Democratic prosecutors are using the courts to try to frame up and drive their main opponent for the presidency out of politics. In doing so, they’re dealing serious blows to…


Ukrainian forces beat back new Moscow attack against Kharkiv

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

Facing a new cross-border surge by Moscow’s army in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, the country’s tenacious defenders have pushed the invading forces back. Ukrainian forces have recaptured lost ground in border towns through intense street fighting against Russian…