The scourge of Jew-hatred has confronted the working class worldwide with full force since the unfolding of the imperialist epoch, exploding with unthinkable consequences in the Nazi Holocaust in World War II. It has accelerated again since Hamas’ Oct. 7,…
1,000s attend events in Cuba to back its nat’l sovereignty HAVANA — Thousands of people across Cuba paid tribute to the revolution’s central leader, Fidel Castro, Aug. 13 on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Here in the capital, the…
August 27, 2001 The following statement was released by Frank Forrestal, a union coal miner and Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh. “The federal court decision rejecting the coal industry’s challenge to new regulations on black lung disease is…
While Washington tightens its brutal economic blockade of Iran, Tehran is retaliating with attacks on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz and threatening to strike oil facilities and other economic and military sites of U.S. allies in the Middle…
PHILADELPHIA — Some 35 truck drivers, members of Teamsters Local 500, have been on strike, picketing 24 hours a day, at Quaker Valley Foods here since Aug. 5. The company distributes meat, deli and specialty foods along the East Coast.…
The Militant urges its readers to stand side by side with the Cuban people against Washington’s oil blockade, expanding sanctions and threats of invasion! Workers and our unions should demand the unconditional end of the U.S. rulers’ decades-long economic and…
NEWARK, Calif. — “No contract, no salt!” chanted members of Teamsters Local 853 picketing at Cargill Salt in the Bay Area where they’ve been on strike since Aug. 11. Two months of negotiations have failed to produce an agreement between…
NEW YORK — More than 125 people marched in the Bronx here Aug. 16 demanding independence for Puerto Rico. Thousands marched in similar actions in Puerto Rico and cities in the U.S. over the last month. Speakers pointed to the…
DALLAS — Ten members of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre troupe were fired Aug. 9, 2024, after they joined the American Guild of Musical Artists, a union that represents dancers. They launched a fight, including mounting popular protests at shows…
Like battles against Jim Crow segregation across the South and elsewhere, the 1963-64 struggle in Cambridge, Maryland, was marked by the courage of its participants standing up to cops, racist mobs and the National Guard. It was also marked by…
