Workers face blows as today’s crisis of capitalism deepens

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

Rising prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity and health care, and now growing layoffs, are making it increasingly difficult for working people to make ends meet. This crisis has grown whether the bosses’ Democratic or Republican parties are…





Israel looks for way to destroy Hamas, faces US resistance

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, at U.S.-run Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel Oct. 24. Center’s main goal is to advance the U.S. imperialist rulers’ interests in the Middle East. Key to this for Washington is restraining Israel from continued efforts to destroy Hamas.

Hamas is purchasing and storing advanced weapons abroad for use in future pogroms against Jews. It has no intention of accepting the U.S.-imposed “peace” deal, ceding its armed control over Gaza. And it has not backed off its goal of…


US rulers push to deepen their domination in Latin America

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Fifty thousand demonstrated in Havana in solidarity with the people of Venezuela Oct. 17. Along with targeting government in Caracas, U.S. rulers look to attack the Cuban Revolution.

As a U.S. naval strike group led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest and most advanced warship, entered the Caribbean Sea, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth further heightened tensions in the region by announcing Operation Southern Spear…


‘Working class needs its own party, a road to take power

SWP ‘Militant,’ books, fund drive go over the top!
Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
SWP member Tony Lane met Mandalynn Baird on her doorstep in Moundsville, West Virginia, Nov. 16. He explained why the working class needs to take political power. “That sounds right,” Baird said. “But how do we get there?” she asked as she subscribed to the Militant.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party successfully completed the party’s eight-week fall campaign to win 1,300 new Militant subscribers and sell the same number of books by SWP leaders and other revolutionary fighters Nov. 18. Members of the Communist…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

November 27, 2000 HAVANA — The Second World Conference of Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba opened Nov. 10 with more than 4,000 in attendance from 117 countries. Hundreds of organizations are represented, including solidarity organizations, trade unions, peasant organizations and…


Allegiant pilots rally for contract, win solidarity

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Pilots demand new contract Nov. 18 at Pittsburgh airport.

PITTSBURGH — “Members of our union are protesting at 22 airports across the country today,” Will Fierman, a pilot and Teamster Local 2118 media representative, told the Militant at Pittsburgh International Airport Nov. 18. Some 1,400 Allegiant pilots are demanding…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 42 - November 24, 2025

November 20, 2000 St. Paul, Minnesota — Meat packers at two slaughterhouses owned by Rosen’s Diversified Inc. are organizing to resist an antiunion offensive by the bosses. The company has stepped up its campaign of intimidation and pressure against leaders…