‘Militant,’ Socialist Workers Party welcome new readers

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026

The Militant extends a warm welcome to readers who subscribed during our successful eight-week campaign to expand the paper’s reach, as well as our other goals. Many of you were struck by the paper’s explanation that today’s spreading wars are…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026

May 21, 2001 Immigrant workers are taking an increasingly important part in fighting for the unity of the working class. In face of the brutality of the capitalist rulers and their stepped-up harassment of immigrants, immigrant workers are taking the…


Join fight against bans on ‘Militant’ in Florida prisons

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026

The Militant won another round in its fight against a series of bans on the paper by prison authorities April 30, when the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee reversed the impoundment of issues nos. 11, 12 and 14…



Supporters of Marathon strikers turn out for ‘Solidarity Monday’

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026
Members of United Steelworkers Local 5 on strike against Marathon refinery in Martinez, California, mount expanded solidarity picket May 11 in fight for a raise, end to forced overtime.

MARTINEZ, Calif. — Over 100 unionists, family members and other supporters of the 120 workers on strike at the Marathon refinery joined an expanded picket line here May 11. The workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, are in their…


Union win at FedEx in Canada protects immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026

MONTREAL — After a yearslong battle, 52 workers in Fort McMurray, Alberta, have succeeded in unionizing their workplace, becoming the first FedEx unit to win union certification in Canada. They’re now members of Teamsters Local 362. The Canada Industrial Relations…


Strikers win new contract, gains at Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo

Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026

CHICAGO — On May 7 nearly 200 workers, including animal care specialists, craftworkers, custodians, groundskeepers, maintenance workers, aides and others, members of Teamsters Local 727, won a new contract after two days on strike against the Chicago Zoological Society, which…


Dave Prince: Marxist, revolutionary working-class leader of the SWP

New York meeting of 160 celebrated Prince’s life and political contributions over six decades
Vol. 90/No. 20 - May 25, 2026
Panel at New York meeting March 22 celebrating life and political contributions of Dave Prince. Inset, Jack Barnes, national secretary of SWP who collaborated closely with Prince in party leadership work for decades, with Mary-Alice Waters and Paul Mailhot, co-chairs of the meeting.

NEW YORK — “Above all, Dave Prince was a Marxist, a working-class revolutionist,” Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, told participants at a March 22 event here celebrating Prince’s life and political contributions building a proletarian party…


Unions joining Ottawa, bosses in trade war ‘team’ is a deadly trap

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026
After Ottawa used anti-labor laws to block three major union strikes, 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada defied government back-to-work order Aug. 16, 2025, and won important gains.

MONTREAL — Canada’s ruling rich and their government in Ottawa are calling on workers and our unions to support and collaborate in their trade war with Washington. But this class-collaborationist course is a deadly threat to the labor movement and…