Protests in Montreal, Seattle hit US oil blockade of Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

MONTREAL — “As a labor union, we must support the Cuban people,” said Chantal Ide, general secretary of the Montreal Metropolitan Council of the National Trade Unions Confederation (CSN), at a conference to support Cuba at the union’s offices here…


Steelworkers strike ArcelorMittal plant in Ohio

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

SHELBY, Ohio — Some 450 United Steelworkers members at the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant here have been on strike since Jan. 13 fighting demands by the company to limit health care for workers’ spouses and change their work schedule in…


All US troops, weapons out of the Mideast!

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026
Thousands attend Friday sermon by Sheik Abdul-Hamid in Zahedan, Iran, March 13, in middle of the war. The Sunni and Baluchi leader called for freeing all political prisoners in Iran.

Unable so far to bring down or to stop the reactionary regime in Iran from retaliating against the U.S. bombardment, the imperialist rulers in Washington are sending 5,000 additional Marines and sailors to the region. They are traveling on warships…




Support fight by Haitians for TPS protection!

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026
Support fight by Haitians for TPS protection!

WASHINGTON — At a press conference and rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building here March 17, Faith in Action Executive Director Bishop Dwayne Royster, above, called for the court to uphold Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000…


Join drive to expand reach of the ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

The spring campaign to expand the reach of the Militant, books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary working-class leaders and win contributions to this year’s Militant Fighting Fund kicked off March 14 and runs through May 12. Members of…


Refuse workers in the UK mark one year out on strike

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England — “Stand up, fight back!” striking bin workers chanted outside the Atlas refuse depot here to mark one year on the picket line. Members of Unite the Union walked out March 11, 2025, after Birmingham City Council cut…


Synagogues, Jews attacked in Canada as Jew-hatred spreads

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026
Swastikas painted on front of Kosher Pizza Gourmetti in Montreal March 4. That week, three synagogues in Toronto were hit with gunfire, Montreal businesses smeared with Nazi graffiti.

MONTREAL — Three synagogues in the Toronto area and several Jewish-owned businesses in Montreal have been attacked by Jew-haters since the beginning of Washington’s military assault on Iran. Multiple rounds of gunfire in the middle of the night were fired…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

March 26, 2001 NEW YORK — Some 270 people gathered here to celebrate the 40th anniversary of U.S. imperialism’s first military defeat in the Americas: the victory of the Cuban people in crushing a U.S.-backed counterrevolutionary invasion at the Bay…