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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund April 6 – May 28 (week four)
Vol. 83/No. 20 - May 20, 2019‘Proletarians have a world to win. Workers of all countries unite!’
Vol. 83/No. 20 - May 20, 2019![Painting shows Karl Marx, left, and Frederick Engels, center, reviewing Neue Rheinische Zeitung, the newspaper they edited during 1848 revolution in Germany, after it was printed.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/BOM_8320-300x212.jpg)
The selection this week for Books of the Month is The Communist Manifesto in its Spanish edition. Written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this political pamphlet boldly announced to the world the founding of an international communist workers movement…
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 83/No. 20 - May 20, 2019May 23, 1994 DES MOINES, Iowa — In an important victory for abortion rights, a Polk County jury took less than an hour on April 26 to acquit Dr. Herbert Remer of assault charges. David Shedlock, a local leader of…
Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund (week three)
Vol. 83/No. 19 - May 13, 2019Denounce Jew-hatred, a threat to all workers
Vol. 83/No. 19 - May 13, 2019The following is from a statement released by Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Los Angeles City Council District 12, at an April 29 vigil in Poway, California, where thousands gathered to respond to the deadly attack on the…
US hands off Venezuela! Hands off Cuba!
Vol. 83/No. 19 - May 13, 2019This call to action was issued May 2 by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor in Dallas. Kennedy was the SWP candidate for president in 2016. The Socialist Workers Party calls on working people in the United States…
Origins of women’s oppression, private property and the state
Vol. 83/No. 18 - May 6, 2019This week’s Books of the Month is The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State by Frederick Engels, first published in 1884. Engels was the lifelong political collaborator of Karl Marx in founding the modern international communist movement.…
Join May Day protests for amnesty!
Vol. 83/No. 18 - May 6, 2019This statement was released April 24 by Seth Galinsky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate. He plans to participate in the May Day protest for driver’s licenses for all in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The Socialist…
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 83/No. 18 - May 6, 2019May 9, 1994 NORTHAM, South Africa — “Our strike is 100 percent effective, our members are determined to make the company meet our most important demands,” stated Joseph Moloke, branch chairman of the National Union of Mineworkers at Gold Fields…