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Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024Washington state officials have informed the Socialist Workers Party that Henry Dennison, its candidate for U.S. Senate, is on the ballot!
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Supermarket workers in UK strike over ‘toxic’ conditions
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024LOWESTOFT, England — Some 175 workers struck the ASDA superstore in this small town 130 miles northeast of London May 10-11, the third strike in a campaign by General Municipal and Boilermakers union members against “toxic” conditions at the company.…
SWP campaign expands reach of ‘Militant,’ Pathfinder books
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, is winning a growing hearing in cities across the U.S. and Canada for the party’s call for workers to break with all the capitalist rulers’ parties and build a labor party…
Rona home improvement store workers strike over wages, hours
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024MONTREAL — “In April our strike vote was approved by 98%,” Massara Kamagate, Confederation of National Trade Unions shop steward at the Rona home improvement big-box store in Anjou, told the Militant May 9. The 172 union members walked out…
Canadian rulers move to bar national rail strike
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024MONTREAL — The Canadian government has assigned its Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine whether a work stoppage of the freight rail system would jeopardize “health and safety of Canadians” and if “essential services” should be maintained in the event…
Correction
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024In issue no. 20, the headline “Railroad, port workers in Canada vote to go on strike” was incorrect. Montreal port workers overwhelmingly rejected the bosses’ contract offer but unlike the rail workers they have not yet taken a vote to…
As Moscow hits Kharkiv region, soldiers’ deaths spur protests
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024![“Solo protest” in Moscow Jan. 6, says, “Freedom for mobilized. Bring back husbands, fathers, sons!” The Way Home group, families of Russian conscripts, denounced Putin’s May 9 rally, “Did our ancestors truly sacrifice their lives so we would be drawn into this [Ukraine] war?”](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Moscow-Protest-8821-300x218.jpg)
In an escalation of Vladimir Putin’s murderous war against the people of Ukraine, Moscow’s tanks attacked across Ukraine’s northeastern border May 10 for the first time since the early weeks of its invasion in 2022. Ukrainian reserves are engaged in…
Judge makes a mockery of the Constitution in NY Trump trial
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024The right to a fair trial and free speech were dealt serious blows by Judge Juan Merchan as part of the prosecution of presidential candidate Donald Trump initiated by New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. Bragg ran…
Road forward for working class debated at Labor Notes meeting
Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
CHICAGO — The increased mood of resistance in the working class was reflected in the Labor Notes 2024 conference, which took place here April 19-21. Among the 4,700 people attending were workers who had participated in recent strikes and contract…
Defend Israel’s right to exist as a refuge from Jew-hatred
Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024Israeli tanks and troops entered Rafah May 6, taking control over the border crossing on the Gaza side of the Egyptian border, attacking other military targets and taking out 20 Hamas troops. Israeli forces dropped tens of thousands of leaflets…