25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025

February 14, 2000 Dairy farmers in the Northeast held coordinated actions Feb. 1 to protest the low prices they are receiving for milk. Prices have fallen 39 percent since September. Such low prices have not been seen since 1978. “Milk…


Fight continues against South Africa gov’t over miners deaths

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
Protest by relatives and friends of miners trapped in underground gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, in November. Death toll from government blockade of mine now stands at 88.

The death toll from the South African government’s five-month blockade of miners underground at the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine stands at 88. This includes bodies retrieved by community volunteers prior to the Jan. 13-15 rescue when 78 bodies along with…


SWP: ‘Fight to unify the working class’

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
SWP: ‘Fight to unify the working class’

DALLAS — Alyson Kennedy, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Fort Worth, and Hilda Cuzco, the party’s candidate for Fort Worth City Council, joined a rally downtown of thousands here Feb. 2 to protest the step up in…


No US immigration prison in Cuba! US out of Guantánamo!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025

After Washington announced plans to imprison thousands of immigrant workers on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo, Cuba’s Ministry of the Exterior responded Jan. 29. The U.S. rulers seized Guantánamo Bay in 1903 as spoils of their victory in the…



Join fight against ban on ‘Militant’ in Phoenix jail!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025

The fight to reverse the unconstitutional ban of the Nov. 11, 2024, issue of the Militant by authorities at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix is winning support from defenders of civil liberties and prisoners’ political rights from around the…


Quebec forum builds solidarity with Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
Militant Labour Forum defends Cuban Revolution in Montreal, Feb. 1. From left, Michel Prairie, Communist League; Sean O’Donoghue, secretary of Quebec-Cuba Solidarity Roundtable; Katy LeRougetel, CL candidate for Parliament; Idrisse Diallo, doctor originally from Guinea.

MONTREAL — The Feb. 1 Militant Labour Forum here featured a panel, “Defend Cuba’s socialist revolution against the war of Washington and its allies: Remove Cuba from the list of countries that ‘support terrorism.’” Panelists included Michel Prairie from the…



Amnesty for immigrant workers in the US! No to deportations!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
Over 1,000 protesters marched in Minneapolis Feb. 1 demanding end to government arrests and deportations of immigrant workers. Similar protests took place all across the country.

One thousand immigrant workers and others marched in Minneapolis Feb. 1, one of many actions in defense of the rights of immigrants across the country. “We need to be here, there is no work in our country to help the…


SWP: Break with the bosses’ parties, build a party of labor

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
“Thank you for all you are doing,” caregiver Nimo Shafi told SWP campaign supporters Joanne Murphy and Tyler Phorn-Hurtgen in Minneapolis Feb. 2 as she bought a Militant subscription.

Supporters of the Socialist Workers Party’s 2025 campaigns are discussing with fellow workers on their doorsteps, on strike picket lines and elsewhere what we can do to defend ourselves from the impact of the unfolding capitalist crisis. One important question…