Montreal forum: ‘Workers in US, Canada have same class interests’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Philippe Tessier, left, a Teamster rail worker and Communist League candidate for Parliament in Montreal, speaks with Elijah Moulin, one of 600 strikers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel Feb. 15. Militant Labor Forum here discussed workers’ struggles in Canada and U.S.

MONTREAL — “Workers have the same interests in the U.S., Canada and around the world. We need to stand against Washington and Ottawa’s efforts to use their tariff confrontation to line us up behind them and against each other,” Craig…


SWP introduces candidates, ‘Militant,’ books to working people

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Eric Simpson, SWP candidate for mayor of Oakland, California, is interviewed by KQED public media reporter Alex Hall at candidates’ panel at the Allen Temple Baptist Church March 8.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party spring campaign to introduce working people to the party’s 2025 candidates, expand the readership of the Militant, get out books on revolutionary working-class politics, and raise contributions to the Militant Fighting Fund gets…


Hotel workers locked out in Montreal

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

MONTREAL — Some 600 workers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), have been locked out here since Nov. 20. This is the largest hotel in Quebec, with 950 rooms. Since the…


UK refuse workers strike wins support

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — Some 400 refuse workers, members of Unite the Union, are on strike here at three City Council-run depots. Pickets walk slowly in front of refuse trucks as they leave the depots, slowing down the bosses’ strikebreaking efforts.…


United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

NEWARK, N.J. — Some 75 United Airlines flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and their supporters joined a spirited action at Newark Liberty International Airport here March 19. It was part of nearly 20 actions at airports…


NY US-Cuba conference says, ‘End Washington’s embargo!’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
“The U.S. does a lot of damage, but it will never achieve its main objective of bringing Cuba to its knees,” Cuban diplomat Yuri Gala López told New York conference March 15.

NEW YORK — More than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada participated in a two-day conference here March 15-16 to discuss what faces the Cuban people today and plan activities to press Washington to end its more than 65-year…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

March 27, 2000 At the Barakova Mine in Ukraine, 81 miners were killed March 11 in one of the republic’s deadliest mining disasters. In addition to those killed, four escaped and several more were injured. Some 200 others escaped other…


End Moscow’s war! Support the sovereignty of Ukraine!

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Damage from March 19 Russian drone strike on civilian targets in Hostomel, near Kyiv, hours after phone call on ceasefire between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian working people are determined to keep fighting to defend their country’s sovereignty, and have largely stood their ground under assault from Moscow’s invading military over the past three years. The struggle continues as conflicts between ruling classes worldwide for…


‘Fight for workers power key to humanity moving forward’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Paul Mailhot, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York, campaigns at March 15 union rally against government job cuts. Mailhot is seeking coverage in New York media.

Below is a March 13 letter to the editors of the New York Post by Paul Mailhot, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York. Pointing to the paper’s March 9 feature interview with Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists…


New documents show Hamas, Tehran aimed to destroy Israel

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

Documents discovered by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza that were recently made public confirm that Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom had the explicit aim of destroying Israel. They record exchanges between Hamas, Hezbollah and the reactionary regime in Tehran…