Join drive to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ SWP campaign

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

In the final weeks of the U.S. election campaign, supporters of the Socialist Workers Party presidential ticket of Rachele Fruit for president and Dennis Richter for vice president are finding widespread interest among working people who are drawn into  politics…



1970: When postal workers said ‘enough’ and went on strike

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Cartoon from March 1970 special Militant issue backing postal strike. At the time President Richard Nixon, on top of pile of letters, threatened to order the U.S. Army to deliver the mail.

Over the past two weeks, postal workers — members of the American Postal Workers Union, National Association of Letter Carriers and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association — have organized protest actions across the country against the government, which has refused…


Hurricanes’ one-two punch causes social crisis in Florida

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Crops on Karl Butts’ farm destroyed by flooding after wind, 15 inches of rain from Hurricane Milton. Densely populated parts of Central Florida were hit by deadly tornadoes spun off from storm Oct. 9. Billions of dollars in losses were caused to farmers and other producers in region.

MIAMI — Working people in the southeastern part of the United States have been hit by two devastating hurricanes in less than two weeks. The first, Hurricane Helene, cut a swath of destruction from landfall near Tampa Bay into the…


Letter carriers rallies mark over 500 days without contract

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Postal workers rally, one of many in U.S., in Minneapolis Oct. 14.

MINNEAPOLIS — Close to 100 members of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 and their supporters rallied in front of the main post office here Oct. 14. The action was part of a series of coordinated protests mounted by…



‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

NEW YORK — The New York Post, the paper with the largest daily circulation in the city, printed a special 12-page supplement wrapped around its Oct. 7 edition marking one year since Hamas’ Jew-hating pogrom in Israel. This powerful supplement…


California Sheetrock workers win wage raise, strengthen union

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Yousaf Pasha, standing on right, and fellow ILWU members who were on strike against Georgia-Pacific in Antioch, California, used their fishing boat to discourage delivery ship crew from bringing supplies to company. When ship’s crew saw the signs, they turned ship around.

ANTIOCH, Calif. — After more than three weeks on the picket line, workers at the Georgia-Pacific Sheetrock plant here go back to work with a wage increase of 6% in the first year of a four-year contract, and 3% in…


Bosses push automation to slash jobs and safety, and boost profits

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Automated straddle carriers have replaced drivers on Los Angeles docks. Bosses seek automation to boost output, profits by eliminating jobs. With working class in power, benefits of technology would flow broadly to working people, with jobs, pay and safety protected.

After three days on the picket line, the International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike at East and Gulf coast ports, extending the current contract to Jan. 15 after winning a 62% wage increase over six years. But the sharpest point…


‘Working class needs to take political power’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Dennis Richter, left, SWP candidate for U.S. vice president, joined picket of 200 Service Employees International Union members at Los Angeles airport Oct. 11 for higher wages.

SWP Vice Presidential candidate Richter: ‘Defending Israel’s right to exist is in the interests of the world working class’ LOS ANGELES — “Hamas’ so-called Al-Aqsa Flood — their name for the deadly pogrom they carried out in Israel a little…