LOS ANGELES — Despite the catastrophic fires burning across the area, the Militant Labor Forum here held a special meeting Jan. 10, celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. “The wildfires raging through the Los Angeles area are a…
Socialist Workers Party members, and members of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, are using the Militant to discuss with working people the big political questions facing our class worldwide. They are taking the paper to…
LOS ANGELES — Over the last week, catastrophic fires have engulfed large areas of Los Angeles County. As of Jan. 14, at least 25 people have been killed and nearly 180,000 forced from their homes. Intense Santa Ana winds continue…
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party announced Jan. 11 it is running chocolate-factory worker and long-time unionist Eric Simpson in the special election here to decide who will replace former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November. The…
Two inmates on death row at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, Len Davis and Shannon Agofsky, have refused to agree to commutations issued Dec. 23 by President Joseph Biden. The outgoing president had reclassified the sentences for 37…
January 24, 2000 BIRMINGHAM — “Farmers want to go to Atlanta because they haven’t received any debt relief or money, or have been outright turned down. They want justice,” said David Howard, a cotton and soy bean farmer from Mississippi,…
The Socialist Workers Party is running Eric Simpson for mayor of Oakland, and the party will be announcing candidates across the country in coming weeks. Join in campaigning for the only party that is rooted in the working class and…
Letters from Prison by James P. Cannon, a founding leader of the Socialist Workers Party, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January. In 1944 during World War II, Cannon and 17 other leaders of the SWP and…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pushing for his regime to benefit the most from the overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship in Syria, calling it “a historic window of opportunity.” Erdogan is also urging the more than 3 million…
MIAMI — Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are discussing a tentative contract agreement reached Jan. 8 between the union and East and Gulf Coast port bosses, following negotiations. Dockworkers are voting on the contract as the Militant goes to…
