Democrats tout ‘Bidenomics’ as workers face job losses, inflation

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

The Joseph Biden administration, his 2024 campaign spin doctors and the liberal media insist inflation is dropping to “acceptable” levels. But the conditions working people face are anything but “acceptable.” It’s not just grocery prices that keep going up, but…



Rail workers rally, demand paid sick leave

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Rail workers rally outside Indiana Harbor Belt railroad office in Hammond, Indiana, Nov. 15 to demand bosses agree to provide paid sick leave.

Dozens of track workers, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes union, held two protests Nov. 15 — one outside the headquarters of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad in Hammond, Indiana, and the other at the U.S. offices…


Rail workers rally, demand paid sick leave

Dozens of track workers, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes union, held two protests Nov. 15 — one outside the headquarters of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad in Hammond, Indiana, and the other at the U.S. offices…


‘Democratic’ imperialism won’t protect Jews, Israel

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Washington and other democratic imperialist governments are stepping up the pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a long-term cease-fire with Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza. That would mean Israel abandoning its efforts to destroy Hamas, allowing the terrorists to…


CSX Kentucky derailment shows threat of new rail catastrophes

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Workers were forced to evacuate Livingston, Kentucky, when CSX freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Nov. 22. Inset, Evelyn Scalf, showing map of derailment area. Scalf told the Militant she and her family had to organize their own evacuation and were denied financial assistance by rail bosses.

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — Residents in this central Kentucky town of 200 were told to evacuate Nov. 22 after 16 cars on a CSX freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed just north of here. Two of the cars were transporting molten…


The roots of Hamas lie in Hitler’s ‘final solution’

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Workers looking to understand why Hamas thugs and their backers in Tehran organized the systematic slaughter of over 1,200 Jews, as well as a few dozen Bedouin Arabs and immigrants, Oct. 7 will greatly benefit from a look at the…


Putin moves to abolish women’s right to abortion in Russia

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Billboards show fetus image alongside young boy in military gear. “Protect me today,” the fetus says. “So I can defend you tomorrow,” the child soldier says. Putin regime is trying to offset plummeting birthrate, high casualties in Ukraine war by curbing women’s access to abortion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading a drive to severely restrict women’s right to get an abortion in Russia, which in recent history has a relatively high abortion rate, an annual average of 46 per 1,000 women. At the same…


Over half a million public workers strike across Quebec

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

MONTREAL — “We don’t have enough resources to teach the students. This demonstration shows how urgent this is. We also need a real wage increase because of inflation,” striking teacher Joseph Dejustima told this Militant worker-correspondent at the start of…