Appreciation of Omari Musa Just a note of appreciation for Omari Musa, memorialized in the April 21 issue of the Militant. My husband and I got to know Omari over several years as our guest, and at political activities. Never…
May 1, 2000 “The misery that you described in Latin America — the attacks on public education, the growing or at least persistent levels of poverty, the sell-off of the national patrimony of our countries to financial capital, the military…
MONTREAL — More than 200 demonstrators gathered at Ovila-Legare Park in the east end here April 6 to protest the police killing of 29-year-old Abisay Cruz, the father of a 9-year-old son. Carrying signs like “Justice, stop abuse by the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said repeatedly that Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons is an impermissible “red line” for Israel that it will not permit. As U.S. and Iranian government representatives began holding meetings on restricting Tehran’s nuclear program April…
After more than three years of murderous war on the Ukrainian people, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a 30-hour unilateral ceasefire over the Easter weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that although the air-raid sirens were silent, Moscow’s forces continued…
NEW LONDON, Wis. — Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in this small town in eastern Wisconsin are threatened with deportation following a Department of Homeland Security order March 25. It cancelled the government’s humanitarian parole program for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti,…
LONDON — A three-day conference on “Contemporary Antisemitism” drew 400 academics and others from 20 countries here March 29-April 1. It was the largest such event since the murderous pogrom by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. The event featured plenary…
ELIZABETH, Ind. — More than 140 workers, members of Teamsters Local 89, went on strike April 14 against Caesars Southern Indiana hotel and casino here. Their contract expired in March. “We work holidays and weekends, and this job takes away…
MINNEAPOLIS — On April 15 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 at the Cub Northside grocery store here organized an informational picket line to bring awareness to the contract issues they face. Local 663 members who work…
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Now in their fourth week on strike against the airport catering company Flying Food Group, 43 Teamsters Local 2785 drivers and helpers here are in a tough fight. “We’re not giving up, we are still…
