The overthrow of the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship in Syria has left in tatters much of the “axis of resistance” organized by Iran’s capitalist rulers to expand their power across the Middle East and to wipe out Israel. This is a…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — “Working here made me want to get involved in fighting for a union,” Aaron Nipper, an Amazon delivery driver, told the Militant here Dec. 19, as some 20 drivers and supporters from the Teamsters union picketed outside…
LAVAL, Quebec — Dozens of workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions, rallied at Canada’s only unionized Amazon warehouse Dec. 23 to demand their first contract. Supporters from other unions joined them in solidarity here, just northwest of…
As 2024 came to a close, Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Gideon Rachman insisted President-elect Donald Trump is “reviving aspects of the fascist tradition.” He also claims that Democrats lost the 2024 election because they “overestimated the depth of…
January 10, 2000 NEW YORK CITY — The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court ruled Dec. 16 that the cops charged with brutally gunning down Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old worker from Guinea, are to be tried in…
FBI on Trial: The Victory in the Socialist Workers Party Suit Against Government Spying is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January. In 1987 the SWP won its 15-year legal and political battle against decades of illegal FBI…
Hundreds of shopkeepers at several bazaars in Tehran, above, shut down their stalls Dec. 29 and protested over soaring prices, skyrocketing rents, raw material shortages and government disdain. The protest began with fabric merchants and shoemakers and spread. The plummeting…
Weeks of mass street demonstrations continue across the country of Georgia protesting the authoritarian pro-Moscow government led by the Georgian Dream party. Protesters are demanding a rerun of the October parliamentary elections, which they insist were rigged. Daily actions have…
SPALDING, England — Members of Unite the Union at Bakkavor here marked 12 weeks of their strike with a 150-strong picket Dec. 20. Workers walked out Sept. 26 over a pay claim. The strike is now a battle over the…
In the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil, a Jeju Air passenger jet crashed at Muan International Airport Dec. 29, killing all but two of the 181 people on board. This has added to the escalating political crisis facing…
