Frito-Lay strikers angered by injury to temporary worker

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

On the picket line at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, May 12, members of Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union expressed anger over an injury to one of the temporary workers bosses recently…


Hundreds of coal miners protest in Ukraine over lack of pay

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Over 500 miners from state-owned coal mining operations in Donetsk, Volyn, Lviv and Luhansk protested at government offices in Kyiv May 12 over months of government nonpayment of wages. The main demands of the miners, the Independent Trade Union of…


Help to overturn Florida, Indiana prison officials’ ban on ‘Militant’

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Charles Huber, the new chair of the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee, told Militant  attorney David Goldstein May 14 that it is scheduled to review the decision of Century Correctional Institution prison authorities banning all five March issues…


Join the Syringes for Cuba campaign!

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Global Health Partners and the U.S.-Canada Saving Lives Campaign are raising funds to supply millions of syringes to Cuba over the next several months to help health workers there vaccinate the entire Cuban population against COVID-19. The Cubans are also…


SWP ‘stimulus’ fund climbs up to $163,760!

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

The SWP “stimulus” appeal now totals $163,760 from 137 contributors over the last three months! A tremendous accomplishment! The U.S. government reports the overwhelming majority of $1,400 payments have been sent out. We’ll plan a roundup of the effort two…



Witch hunt against Trump, political rights continues

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021

Liberals — in Congress and media editorial offices — backed by local prosecutors, cops and more, continue to search for ways to silence and punish former President Donald Trump, his family and former administration allies, even though he left office…


SWP ‘stimulus’ donations hit $158,940, keep climbing!

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

Over the past week 10 new contributors donated $10,140. Contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments are at $158,940 from 121 people and increasing! The U.S. government continues to send out the stimulus payments as…


High court hears challenge to California disclosure law

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021
Socialist Workers campaign office in Hazleton, Pa., damaged by firebombing Sept. 11, 2004. Disclosure laws open workers, organizations to attacks by government, political opponents.

Oral arguments were held before the U.S. Supreme Court April 26 on a lawsuit that challenges the state of California’s requirement that the over 100,000 charities registered there must hand over lists of major donors. The case poses an important…


Car caravans demand: ‘End US embargo against Cuba!’

Vol. 85/No. 18 - May 10, 2021
Participants from Las Tunas, Cuba, join worldwide April 25 caravans against the U.S. embargo.

Opponents of Washington’s over 60-year economic war against Cuba joined car caravans and rallies in at least 20 U.S. cities, and in Canada, the U.K. and other countries April 25. They demanded: End the U.S. embargo against Cuba! U.S. out…