Labor Day actions get word out on workers strike battles

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
SEIU nursing home workers, who went on strike Sept. 2 at 14 sites in Pennsylvania, join Labor Day march in Pittsburgh. Right, striking health care workers at Kaiser in Northern California at Labor Day rally in Oakland.

Across the country thousands of workers gathered and marched in Labor Day actions across the country. Many featured workers on the front line of today’s strike battles, including miners locked in a bitter 17-month fight with Warrior Met Coal bosses…


SWP leader discusses Constitution during trial against the FBI

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022
In 1786, Massachusetts farmers staged Shays’ Rebellion. Many, like their leader, Daniel Shays, were veterans of Revolutionary War. Their uprising opposed unfair tax burden imposed by new government. Such plebian revolts helped force addition of amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, that strengthened the Constitution and its protections against government intrusions.

Our book feature this week is FBI on Trial: The Victory in the Socialist Workers Party Suit Against Government Spying. Readers will find it of special interest in light of the latest assault on constitutional rights by the Biden administration…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

September 15, 1997 A long list of railroad accidents has made national news over the last several months. In response, the U.S. Federal Railway Administration announced it would step up investigations, putting the CSX and Union Pacific under particular scrutiny.…


Letters

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

‘Inhumane capitalist prison’  Thank you for the Militant, which I look forward to each week and share with my neighbors here at Scotland Correctional Institution. It’s my primary source of information about what’s going on in the world outside. Your…


Lenin led the fight for Ukrainian self-determination

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine over six months ago, he argued that the country was never a sovereign nation at all, but a “creation” of V.I. Lenin, central leader of the Bolshevik Party that led…


Gibsons win another round!

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

The Ohio Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision announced Aug. 30 that it had rejected hearing an appeal by Oberlin College and former Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo from lower court judgments holding them liable for a malicious race-baiting slander…


Join Labor Day actions! Solidarity with union battles!

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022
Mental health workers strike Kaiser San Francisco hospital Aug. 15.

Unions are organizing Labor Day marches, rallies and picnics around Sept. 5 across the country, an important opportunity to spread the word about union struggles and build solidarity that is vital to bringing home victories. Workers today face a wide…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

September 8, 1997 The statement below was released by Olga Rodríguez, Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of New York City, and Robert Miller, Socialist Workers candidate for governor of New Jersey. “We salute Abner Louima for standing up to fight…


Socialist Workers Party 2022 campaign: ‘All out Labor Day’

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

Socialist Workers Party candidates across the country call on our unions, co-workers and all those who want to fight against the drive of the bosses and their government to make us pay for the crisis of their decaying capitalist system…