NEW YORK — More than 125 people marched in the Bronx here Aug. 16 demanding independence for Puerto Rico. Thousands marched in similar actions in Puerto Rico and cities in the U.S. over the last month. Speakers pointed to the…
The Militant urges its readers to stand side by side with the Cuban people against Washington’s oil blockade, expanding sanctions and threats of invasion! Workers and our unions should demand the unconditional end of the U.S. rulers’ decades-long economic and…
While Washington tightens its brutal economic blockade of Iran, Tehran is retaliating with attacks on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz and threatening to strike oil facilities and other economic and military sites of U.S. allies in the Middle…
Pathfinder Press has launched a special sale of selected volumes of the collected writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, as well as the collected writings of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. The books are on sale for the special price…
GRIFFITH, Ind. — A special benefit concert is being put on here by three bands — the Effigies, the Bollweevils and the Rumble — to raise money and build solidarity for the 800 oil refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers…
Over 1,700 members of Teamsters Local 455 who work at the Cargill meat processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, voted by a large majority Aug. 17 to approve a new five-year contract and to return to work. They were locked…
DALLAS — Ten members of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre troupe were fired Aug. 9, 2024, after they joined the American Guild of Musical Artists, a union that represents dancers. They launched a fight, including mounting popular protests at shows…
NEWARK, Calif. — “No contract, no salt!” chanted members of Teamsters Local 853 picketing at Cargill Salt in the Bay Area where they’ve been on strike since Aug. 11. Two months of negotiations have failed to produce an agreement between…
PHILADELPHIA — Some 35 truck drivers, members of Teamsters Local 500, have been on strike, picketing 24 hours a day, at Quaker Valley Foods here since Aug. 5. The company distributes meat, deli and specialty foods along the East Coast.…
August 27, 2001 The following statement was released by Frank Forrestal, a union coal miner and Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh. “The federal court decision rejecting the coal industry’s challenge to new regulations on black lung disease is…
