Havana residents condemn US-based armed provocation

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Feb. 25 meeting in Havana’s Colón neighborhood sponsored by Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. Inset, Gerardo Hernández, left, national coordinator of CDRs, spoke along with René González, right. They are two of the Cuban Five, revolutionaries who spent up to 16 years in U.S. prisons on frame-up charges before winning their freedom in 2013-14.

HAVANA — Some 120 residents of Colón, a working-class district in central Havana, gathered here Feb. 25 for an evening street meeting, organized by the neighborhood-based Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs). They discussed Washington’s latest attacks on…


Celebrate the political life of Dave Prince

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Celebrate the political life of Dave Prince

A meeting will be held in New York March 22 to celebrate the political life of Dave Prince, a central leader of the Socialist Workers Party. The program on his life, political contributions and the party he helped build, will…


Hamas moves to reestablish dictatorial control in Gaza

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026

The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, released a statement Feb. 28 condemning the bombardments of Iran by Washington and Israel. Calling for Palestinians “to act in anger against Zionist and American policy,” the group vowed the “battle with Zionists will…


‘SWP is the peace party,’ Minnesota Senate candidate says

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS — The Socialist Workers Party here publicly launched the 2026 campaign of Kevin Dwire for U.S. Senate from Minnesota March 1. Mary Martin, who chaired the meeting, welcomed the 23 people in attendance and reported on the campaign to…


Los Angeles airport workers rally for improved contract

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Los Angeles airport workers rally for improved contract

LOS ANGELES — Some 100 workers from janitors to baggage handlers, members of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West, held this spirited march at Los Angeles International Airport Feb. 25, part of a broader fight for improved contracts…


Protests back Ukraine, mark 4 years of Russian invasion

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026

The Ukrainian people are resolutely defending their county’s sovereignty as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion entered its fifth year Feb. 24. Moscow’s airstrikes on the power grid, which controls heat, light and water in the harsh winter, are only stiffening…


UK Communist League campaign winds up, gains workers’ support

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026
Hugo Wils, right, Communist League candidate for Parliament, discussed mounting war threats in the world with Mirza Arfan in Manchester Feb. 21. Arfan subscribed to the Militant.

MANCHESTER, England — “The Communist League presents a way forward for working people, to use our class power to replace capitalist rule,”  Hugo Wils, the CL’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election here, told a campaign meeting at…