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…
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…
The deepening economic crisis of capitalism today forced the largest number of workers in years to take on two jobs to try to make ends meet in 2024. But some economists cynically try to argue that many of these are…
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…
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…
For the third month thousands across Georgia continue to demonstrate for a new presidential election and the release of people jailed by the pro-Moscow and increasingly authoritarian Georgian Dream government. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime invaded Georgia in 2008 to…
The increasingly unstable ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas leaves unresolved the key challenges facing Israel in securing its existence as a refuge from Jew-hatred and pogroms. Hamas, though weakened by Israeli blows over the last year, is taking…
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…
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…
President Donald Trump threatened to levy sizable tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, seeking to achieve a political goal — to force their governments to send troops to more tightly secure their borders with the U.S., to cut down…
