Year: 2026

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund: March 14 – May 12 (week six)

US troops, ships, warplanes out of the Middle East now!

Washington seeks plunder, markets and labor to exploit

President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S. ceasefire with Tehran April 21, but said the U.S. blockade of ships to and from Iranian ports will continue. Washington’s war violates Iran’s sovereignty and is aimed at strengthening U.S.…

Back NIPSCO, BP workers in fights against boss lockouts

WHITING, Ind. — Bitter boss lockouts of workers at both the British Petroleum oil refinery here and the Northern Indiana Public Services Company across the northern part of the state continue. United Steelworkers Local 7-1 leaders say the main concerns…

The fight against Jew-hatred crucial for workers’ struggles

Assaults against Jews have spread worldwide since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel, underscoring the fact that Jew-hatred is an integral feature of the imperialist epoch we live in. These attacks show the necessity of the working class and…

Cuba celebrates anniversary of US defeat at the Bay of Pigs

Thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood April 16 to mark the 65th anniversary of both their victory over the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs — known in Cuba as Playa Girón — and the deepening…

SWP candidates campaign against US rulers’ war drive at home, abroad

Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ drive to war at home and abroad with workers on their doorsteps, on union picket lines and at political events. They’re making steady gains in the eight-week campaign…

Montreal blue-collar city workers strike for higher wages

MONTREAL — Hundreds of striking blue-collar city workers rallied here April 16 on the second day of a three-day strike by the 6,200 members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 301. They gathered at one of the city’s busiest…

Profit-driven Ohio nursing homes dump patients at homeless shelters

“Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters,” headlined an April 13 Signal Ohio news story. The outrageous tossing aside of a human life it describes is not something occurring just in Ohio, similar dumps have been reported elsewhere.…

Rallies in Canada protest US oil blockade of Cuba

MONTREAL — Actions in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution protesting Washington’s monthslong criminal oil blockade and decades of economic war on the people of Cuba were held in cities across Canada April 19. The day of protest was called jointly…

‘Militant’ fights to end weeks of bans by Florida prisons

In a victory for the Militant and its 135 readers behind bars in Florida, the Literature Review Committee of the state’s Department of Corrections overturned the ban on Militant issue no. 10. The Militant was notified of the decision April…