Cuba: ‘End Washington’s economic, trade war against our revolution!’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
March against Washington’s embargo of Cuba, Aug. 27, 2022, in East Harlem, New York. U.S. rulers’ decades of economic aggression are aimed at strangling the socialist revolution in Cuba.

Below are excerpts from “Drop the Blockade!” a powerful report prepared by the Cuban government detailing the punishing effects of the U.S. rulers’ decadeslong economic, financial and trade embargo against Cuba’s people and socialist revolution. The report was submitted to…



Fired for joining a union, Dallas Black Dancers hold protest

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

DALLAS — “Tear up your ticket, join our picket!” and “Dallas Black, bring them back!” were two of the spirited chants by 50 pickets backing the fired Dallas Black Dancers here Oct. 11. They were protesting at the Dallas Black…


Richter joins strike pickets in LA, builds labor solidarity

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Dennis Richter, left, SWP candidate for vice president, and campaign supporter Gabriel Calderon, a bakery worker, center, join UAW strike picket line at Monogram Aerospace Oct. 10.

LOS ANGELES — As part of his national campaign tour Dennis Richter, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, joined campaign supporters bringing solidarity to a number of labor struggles here. Richter joined the picket line of workers striking…


Socialist Workers Party campaign: ‘Amnesty for immigrant workers!’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

Confronting the U.S. rulers’ profit-driven approach to immigration is a key issue for the working class, one in which neither of the bosses’ candidates for president — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — point any road forward.  The bosses turn…


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…