On actions demanding U.S. hands off Cuba, strike picket lines, and knocking on doors in working-class neighborhoods, members of the Socialist Workers Party find a growing interest in what the Militant has to say on the expanding threats of war, steep price hikes and other issues facing working people. And on what workers can do to build a party capable of charting a road toward working people taking political power into our own hands.
In Seattle, Jacob Perasso, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress, participated in a meeting May 22 of over 75 people sponsored by the Seattle Cuba Friendship Committee titled “Let Cuba Live… Stand with Cuba!”
“The entire U.S. ruling class, from the Democratic Party to the Republican administration of Donald Trump, is behind the stepped-up offensive to destroy the Cuba Revolution,” Perasso said during the discussion. “What is needed now are public actions denouncing Washington’s attacks and defending Cuba.” SWP members sold the Militant and several books on revolutionary working-class politics, including four copies of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde: The Fall of the Last Colonial Empire in Africa by Víctor Dreke.
SWP members Janice Lynn and Marklyn Wilson met Tejon Stuart, an HVAC worker, as they went door to door May 23 on Atlanta’s westside. He took a few minutes off from repairing an air conditioning unit when he saw the Militant headline, “U.S. hands off Cuba!”
“I know all about that,” he said. “I’m from Jamaica and when the Cuban doctors were forced to leave, healthcare went down the drain. People are scrambling to find decent care. The government gave in to pressure from the U.S.”
Lynn explained that the Militant has been telling the truth about the Cuban Revolution since 1959 and calls for protests against Washington’s attacks today. “It’s the same U.S. rulers that are attacking Cuba who are also attacking workers here,” she said, pointing to several articles in the Militant on union struggles by workers fighting for higher pay, decent working conditions and respect. Stuart signed up for a subscription and said he’d like to meet with them again to get a copy of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.
Communist League members in Canada, Australia and the U.K. are taking part in this work. John Steele and Steve Penner spoke to postal workers in Montreal on their way into a Canadian Union of Postal Workers meeting May 24. Two union members were attracted to placards that said, “Solidarity with the Postal Workers! Defend the Right to Strike!” Both bought subscriptions to the Militant. The union members met to discuss and vote on a proposed new contract as well as decide whether to authorize a strike if the contract is rejected.
“We need to fight for our rights otherwise they will be taken away,” Boris Andreev, one of the new subscribers, told the CL members. Andreev explained postal workers were also fighting against “big cuts in postal services across Canada that are being imposed without any consultation with the people.”
The Canadian government forced 55,000 postal workers to end a nationwide strike in December 2024. In May 2025 the Canada Labor Board, on behalf of the government, forced the workers to vote on a contract they had already rejected. They voted it down a second time by 70%. In September, workers went back on strike for two weeks, followed by six weeks of rotating walkouts.
The Militant encourages its readers to join in helping to get the paper into the hands of those looking for a way to stand up for Cuban sovereignty and a working-class road forward in the U.S. Contact the area nearest you.