Ukraine unions on May Day: Defend national sovereignty

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

As part of Moscow’s ongoing missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and workplaces, Russian military forces attacked the mining towns of Dobropillia April 30 and Pavlohrad April 25, where three were killed and 15 injured. The Pavlohrad coal complex…


Havana May Day march celebrates socialist revolution

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025
Havana May Day march celebrates socialist revolution

More than 600,000 working people marched in Havana May 1, International Workers Day, and tens of thousands more paraded through other cities and towns across Cuba in a massive celebration and expression of pride in their socialist revolution and determination…



Hamas’ origins in Jew-hating pogroms, ties to Nazis

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

Hamas isn’t now and never was a movement for Palestinian national rights. Its roots are in the reactionary Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood and the Jew-hating course led by Amin al-Husseini, appointed grand mufti of Jerusalem by the British colonial rulers of…


Trade conflicts point to coming crises, wars

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

The capitalist rulers tell U.S. workers that their tariffs against rivals abroad are the only way to protect “our economy,” that “we’re all in this together.” But this is a lie aimed at conning us into forgoing our own class…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

May 15, 2000 When Elián González was found adrift off Florida last November, “the proper procedure would have been to immediately return the child to his country of origin,” Cuban president Fidel Castro told a rally in Havana on May…



Birmingham refuse drivers continue strike over wages

Vol. 89/No. 18 - May 12, 2025
Members of Unite union on picket line in Tyseley, Birmingham, England, April 1. Hundreds of refuse workers are on strike against Birmingham City Council’s demand for job and wages cuts.

BIRMINGHAM, England — “We’re solid, 97% voted against the council deal and keep fighting,” striking Unite union steward Danny Taylor told the Militant here April 24. Hundreds of refuse workers have been on strike since March 11 against the Birmingham…


NJ Transit engineers may strike after years of negotiations

Vol. 89/No. 18 - May 12, 2025

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members voted down a proposed contract offer from NJ Transit by a resounding 87% April 15. The company then rescinded its offer, forcing negotiations to start over. Restricted by red tape and anti-strike provisions…


Moscow imprisons teenager for supporting Ukraine

Vol. 89/No. 18 - May 12, 2025
19-year-old Darya Kozyreva, imprisoned in Russia for her outspoken support for Ukraine’s sovereignty.

For the “crime” of speaking out in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty, 19-year-old Darya Kozyreva was sentenced by a court in St. Petersburg April 18 to two years and eight months in prison for “discrediting” the Russian army. The Russian teenager…