Refuse strikers remain defiant despite fine on union

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England — “We will not be pushed aside,” strike leader Danny Taylor told an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds of striking refuse workers at the Atlas depot here March 19. The workers, members of the Unite union, have been on…



In midst of US blockade, Cuba advances drug for Alzheimer’s

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Gerardo Díaz, 92-year-old retired truck driver, right, uses his electric scooter to transport bread, supplies to the José Martí Pediatric Hospital in Sancti Spíritus province in Cuba.

In the midst of Washington’s economic and political war against Cuba, working people and medical and scientific institutions on the island are not only fighting to preserve the gains made through their socialist revolution, they’re finding ways to develop vital…



Indiana oil refinery workers locked out by BP stand strong

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Members of Steelworkers Local 7-1 in Whiting, Indiana, picket March 19 after 800 workers were locked out by BP. The union is united, determined to ovecome BP’s union-busting moves.

WHITING, Ind. — One week after being locked out at the British Petroleum’s refinery here, United Steelworkers Local 7-1 stands strong, committed to fighting against BP’s union-busting takeaway contract offer. Over 800 union members were locked out March 19 after…


Capitalist rulers get richer as workers go to the wall today

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Graph shows soaring wealth for four layers of capitalist families, but not the working class.

The deepening worldwide capitalist economic crisis is bearing down hard on the working class, with decent jobs in the U.S. increasingly hard to find and prices for basic necessities continuing to rise, from groceries to electricity, housing, health care, child…




End US rulers’ war on Iran! Bring all of the troops home now

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Damage to homes in Rosh Haayin, Israel, after April 1 attack by Iranian missile carrying a cluster bomb, which sends out shrapnel. Reactionary regime targets civilian neighborhoods.

With the arrival of 2,000 soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, the U.S. rulers now have over 50,000 troops in the Middle East, poised to escalate the war against Iran. How they will be used will unfold over…


Join ‘Militant’ in winning support for union battles at JBS and BP

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Alyson Kennedy, SWP candidate for governor in Texas, shows Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde to Jacquelin Prevarice, a JBS striker in Greeley March 24.

“Everywhere I campaign I will tell working people about your courageous strike at the JBS meatpacking plant and how your fight for dignity and respect, higher wages and safety, is an example for working people and all unions,” Alyson Kennedy,…