Working-class road to stop new imperialist wars

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

From Washington’s war against Iran, to Beijing’s military expansion in the Pacific, Moscow’s war to conquer Ukraine, and squabbles over who will dominate Europe, the capitalist rulers worldwide are preparing for new wars to redivide the world for their profit…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

July 30, 2001 A classified Pentagon strategy document elevates “homeland defense” into one of the four pillars of U.S. imperialist military doctrine and gives the military domestic duties in battling terrorism. The rulers know they must confront working people who…


UN meeting, US protests say ‘End US blockade of Cuba!’

Cuba’s revolution: Example for workers worldwide
Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Some 50 people joined protest in New York July 11 demanding, “U.S. hands off Cuba!” Passersby lent their support. Similar protests are taking place worldwide, more are needed!

Street protests, meetings  press for end to US attacks NEW YORK — Fifty people held a spirited picket line July 11 demanding an end to Washington’s brutal oil blockade, other far-reaching sanctions and war threats against Cuba. The action, sponsored…


Montreal Metro supermarket strikers reject low wage offer

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Striking Metro supermarket workers in Montreal rejected company’s latest contract offer June 18 by 95%. Some 550 unionists are fighting for wage raises to keep up with rising prices.

MONTREAL — After almost three months on strike, 550 workers at Metro supermarket’s fruit and vegetable warehouse in Laval, its drivers at the warehouse in Rivieres-des-Prairies, and its office workers at its headquarters in Montreal rejected the company’s latest proposal…


UN Gen’l Assembly debates US blockade of Cuba, war threats

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told U.N. General Assembly July 7 that U.S. governments’ decadeslong economic, political war has become more “ruthless in last seven months.”

“Against Cuba, the United States government is waging a multidimensional, unconventional war that has lasted for almost seven decades and has become more brutal and ruthless in the last seven months,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla told a special…


Chicago Teamsters strike for first contract at Open Kitchens

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

CHICAGO — “We want a union, we want respect,” Ernesto Patino told the Militant on the strike picket line outside Open Kitchens here July 6. “And we need a raise. We have to take care of our families and pay…


Demonstrations denounce ICE killings in Maine and Houston

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

AS WE GO TO PRESS … Six days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, ICE forces chased and then killed 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero, originally from Colombia, as he left his home…


Hilton workers rally, demand same pay as at area hotels

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Workers fighting for a contract at the Hilton Garden Inn here organized a spirited picket and rally July 9, joined by supporters from other union hotels in the area. “We the workers at the Hilton Garden Inn…


US rulers begin new assault on Tehran, demand Iran stand down

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

Washington has carried out daily intense military strikes on hundreds of targets in Iran since July 11, after Tehran ignored President Donald Trump’s ultimatum for the regime to issue a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and…


Montreal actions protest deadly cop attacks on Afghani youth

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Protest in Montreal Sept. 27, 2025, after police shot Afghani immigrant youth Nooran Rezayi. Instead of arresting the cops who killed Rezayi, authorities are harassing, arresting area youth.

MONTREAL — Eight months after a police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi in Longueuil on Sept. 21, 2025, setting off protests, police here announced not that charges were being lodged against an officer, but that criminal charges were…