Tehran admits ‘strategic role’ in deadly Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Palestinian Muslims praying peacefully at Al-Aqsa Mosque during month of Ramadan, including on last day April 5, above, rejecting Hamas’ call for confrontations against Israel.

The Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces, one of the key political groups in Iran’s parliament, admitted April 3 that Tehran played a “strategic role … in planning and executing” the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel, giving the lie to…


Erdogan regime faces widespread election defeats all across Turkey

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Thousands of Kurdish national rights supporters rally in Van, in eastern Turkey, April 5. Protests forced seating of Kurdish opposition candidate Erdogan tried to bar from office.

The two-decades-long domination of Turkish politics by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was shaken March 31 when his Islamist-based Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered an unexpected and unprecedented defeat in nationwide municipal elections. For the first time the secular opposition…




Court gag orders to shut Trump up are blow to free speech

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

Judge Juan Merchan issued a gag order March 26 in an effort to further silence Donald Trump, President Joseph Biden’s main rival among the three main capitalist candidates for the White House. This assault on free speech is an attempt…


Solidarity with flight attendants fight!

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

The Association of Flight Attendants union called protests at nearly 20 airports in the United States, Guam and the United Kingdom for April 11. It’s one of many protests the three flight attendants’ unions have called in their hard-fought battle…


Calif. nurses: ‘We’re out here striking for our patients’

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Striking nurses picket at Santa Clara County hospital in Gilroy, California, April 3. They are protesting bosses’ failure to take steps to eliminate understaffing that impacts care for patients.

GILROY, Calif. — Nurses carried out a spirited four-day strike at Santa Clara County hospitals April 2-5, with loud picket lines outside two hospitals in San Jose and one here. When supporters of the Socialist Workers Party campaign of Rachele…


Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers file for UAW recognition

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

ATLANTA — “We feel great,” Jim Spitzley, a Mercedes-Benz worker in Vance, Alabama, and veteran fighter for representation by the United Auto Workers, told the Militant by phone April 7. “Everyone at work is excited that we filed for the…


Canadian National Autoport workers vote up new contract

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Unifor Local 100 members at Autoport in Eastern Passage voted to accept the latest company offer and return to work. The plant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. The deal provides 3%, 2.5%…


Ottawa’s turn against Israel spurs Jew-hatred in Canada

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Over 1,000 people rally at Toronto City Hall April 7 in protest against Jew-hatred, demand Hamas release Oct. 7 hostages. Rally took place amid sharp increase in Jew-hatred in Canada.

MONTREAL — After a daylong debate March 19, the Canadian Parliament adopted a motion approving Ottawa’s shift away from its longstanding support of Israel’s armed forces defending the country from attack. The motion adopted, proposed by the social democratic New…