January 24, 2000 BIRMINGHAM — “Farmers want to go to Atlanta because they haven’t received any debt relief or money, or have been outright turned down. They want justice,” said David Howard, a cotton and soy bean farmer from Mississippi,…
Socialist Workers Party members, and members of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, are using the Militant to discuss with working people the big political questions facing our class worldwide. They are taking the paper to…
LOS ANGELES — Despite the catastrophic fires burning across the area, the Militant Labor Forum here held a special meeting Jan. 10, celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. “The wildfires raging through the Los Angeles area are a…
PERRYVILLE, Md. — Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge I-460 have been on strike at the IKEA distribution center here since Nov. 15. Nearly 320 IAM members work at the warehouse, which distributes furniture…
Protesters demanding a new presidential election continue to take to the streets in Georgia. The actions began Nov. 28 after the pro-Moscow Georgian Dream party government announced plans to shelve talks on joining the European Union until at least 2028.…
LOS ANGELES — Over the last week, catastrophic fires have engulfed large areas of Los Angeles County. As of Jan. 14, at least 25 people have been killed and nearly 180,000 forced from their homes. Intense Santa Ana winds continue…
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party announced Jan. 11 it is running chocolate-factory worker and long-time unionist Eric Simpson in the special election here to decide who will replace former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November. The…
The overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, hastened by Israel’s blows to Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, has dealt blows to the reactionary bourgeois regime in Iran and its allies throughout the region. Israel and Hamas are reported…
On Jan. 14, President Joseph Biden filed a “Certificate of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.” It stated, “The Government of Cuba has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period” and…
Prison authorities at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix — the largest detention facility in Arizona — banned the Nov. 11, 2024, issue of the Militant. The Militant is appealing the ruling, asking supporters of civil liberties and prisoners’ political…
