25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 83/No. 48 - December 30, 2019

December 26, 1994 The drastic cuts to Social Security proposed by Sens. Bob Kerrey and John Danforth, who head a bipartisan commission established by President Bill Clinton, are a harbinger of things to come. Clinton and the Democrats and Republicans…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 83/No. 47 - December 23, 2019

December 26, 1994 Under orders of President Boris Yeltsin 40,000 Russian troops invaded Chechnya in the northern Caucasus region December 11. The military assault, launched under the guise of “protecting” civilians, is being met by resistance in the Chechen republic…


Letters

Vol. 83/No. 47 - December 23, 2019

Cuba’s socialist revolution Keep up the good work that you are doing, especially on Cuba to defend the socialist revolution. A prisoner, Florida Could not put ‘Militant’ down Thank you for sending me the Militant. When I received my first…





All out in solidarity with striking copper workers!

Vol. 83/No. 46 - December 16, 2019

A battle with real stakes for all working people is playing out today in the copper towns of Arizona and Texas. Asarco workers are fighting a naked union-busting assault by bosses — they need our solidarity. Build support for their…




‘The making of a union bureaucrat’

From ‘The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party,’ new book from Pathfinder Press
Vol. 83/No. 46 - December 16, 2019

The following is a chapter excerpted from The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes. The Militant ran the new book’s introduction in its Nov. 11 issue, and will continue to publish…