Month: March 2026

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund. March 14-May 12

Capitalism’s wars at home, abroad intertwined

Hard-fought labor battles at JBS in Greeley, Colorado, at the BP oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, and by the United Farm Workers in California focus on matters that are vital for the working class as a whole, as the just-ended…

25, 50, and 75 years ago

April 2, 2001 SEATTLE — A West Coast-wide meeting here celebrated the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Cuban people in defending their socialist revolution by routing a U.S.-backed invasion at Playa Girón. The gathering was an opportunity to…

Victory! Ban on ‘Militant’ in Texas prison retracted

The Militant and its readers scored a victory March 23 when the open-ended ban on the paper at the Federal Correctional Institution Three Rivers in southern Texas was reversed! Only a few days after Militant attorney David Goldstein filed an…

Australia ‘US hands off Cuba’ protest; new convoy brings aid

SYDNEY — “What do we want? End the blockade! When do we want it? Now!” chanted participants at a March 21 protest here to oppose Washington’s escalating threats and economic stranglehold on Cuba. Up to 70 people rallied outside the…

SWP on ballot in California! Next up is New Jersey

OAKLAND, Calif. — Margaret Trowe, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, was informed March 21 that she will be on the ballot this June. Supporters of the campaign collected well over the 65 signatures of registered voters required…

Join fight to reverse ‘Militant’ prison bans!

The rapid overturn of the across-the-board ban on the Militant at the Federal Correctional Institution in Three Rivers, Texas, strengthens the paper’s fight to overturn bans at state prisons in Florida. The suppression of the Militant is a serious attack…

Indiana oil workers fight BP lockout, defend jobs, union

WHITING, Ind. — Members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1 hit the picket lines outside the sprawling BP refinery here March 19, after the company locked them out in the midst of a contract dispute. The union represents over 800 operators,…

Celebrate John Benson’s six decades building the SWP

ATLANTA — John Benson, a longtime leader of the Socialist Workers Party, died here March 6 after a brief struggle with aggressive leukemia. He was 84 years old. Benson, speaking here at 2015 SWP conference, joined the Young Socialist Alliance…

Protest hits arson attack outside synagogue in London

LONDON — “Stop the Jew hate” and “Jewish and proud” were among the slogans and signs at a spirited protest march and rally of hundreds of Jews and other opponents of Jew-hatred in Golders Green here March 23. They gathered…