‘Washington Post’ workers hold 1-day strike over wages, jobs

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023
Workers at Washington Post picket Dec. 7 during one-day strike demanding wage raise and against plans by Jeff Bezos-owned paper to cut 240 jobs — 10% of the workforce.

WASHINGTON — Over 700 Washington Post reporters, editors, copy editors, clerical workers and employees in the paper’s commercial and advertising departments staged a one-day strike Dec. 7. It was the largest labor protest at the company since a bitter strike…


UK refuse workers win strike, strengthen their union

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Refuse workers here returned to work Dec. 8 after their two-month-long strike won significant gains. “All 19 temporary workers on nine-month contracts are given permanent contracts, with their new contract backdated to when they started in March,…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023

December 28, 1998 We urge all working people to join in campaigning against the murderous, imperial assault Washington has unleashed against the people of Iraq, demanding, “Stop the bombing now! Hands off Iraq! All U.S. troops and inspectors out of…



Greetings to fellow workers behind bars!

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023

Greetings to fellow workers behind bars! No matter what side of prison walls workers find themselves on, the Militant provides unmatched news on labor and other struggles, presents a program for the emancipation of the working class and tells the…



Nearly half of Israel’s Jews trace their roots to Arab countries

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023
Yemeni Jews arrive at Lod Airport in 1950 after fleeing Yemen due to anti-Jewish persecution.

A recently published book — Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands, by Henry Green and Richard Stursberg — addresses a seldom-discussed history. Green touched on this in a public meeting in Miami Dec. 3, titled “Voices…


2013 Maidan uprising marked turning point in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

Ten years ago, on Dec. 6 and 8, 2013, tens of thousands of workers and other Ukrainians from all over the country rallied in Kyiv, the country’s capital, joining the battle to oust the pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych. The…


Israeli workers look to unite, overcome divisions after Hamas attack

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

Hamas hoped its Oct. 7 pogrom that slaughtered 1,200 people and wounded more than 5,000 would terrorize and demoralize Jews and all those who work with Jews in Israel. Instead, the assault has strengthened the will of working people to…


Support Israel’s fight to exist as a refuge for Jews

Fight against Jew-hatred!
Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Israeli troops in Gaza found huge stockpile of rockets, weapons, inset, near school and hospital Dec. 6. Hamas terror group deliberately hides and fires missiles into Israel from working-class areas. Their goal is to maximize civilian casualties among Palestinians from Israeli return fire in order to win international sympathy.

Israel’s efforts to dismantle Hamas’ capacity to wage wars on Jews resumed in Gaza Dec. 1, after the reactionary group reneged on its agreement to release all the women and children it seized during the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel.…