National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S. with over 225,000, members released a statement Feb. 27 calling for an end to Washington’s blockade of Cuba. Excerpts are printed below. “The nurses call on the administration…
As part of its stepped-up threats against the Cuban people and government, Washington is dusting off the long-discredited charge against Raúl Castro, a central leader of the Cuban Revolution, of ordering the shooting down of two planes by Cuba’s air…
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…
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…
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…
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 — 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…
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…
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…
The Militant is winning support for reversing the impoundment of three issues of the paper by prison authorities at the Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry, Florida. They impounded issues nos. 4, 5 and 6, dated Feb. 2, 9 and 16.…
