UK Amazon workers fight for union recognition, wage raise

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

COVENTRY, England — Beginning Nov. 7, 1,000 Amazon workers at the distribution center here carried out a three-day strike, fighting for union recognition and a wage raise. The members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union announced they will walk…



Portland teachers walk out, their first strike ever

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…


Road to end Jew-hating violence is for workers to take power

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
In 1939 hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution on the ship St. Louis were forced back to Europe after Washington and Ottawa denied them entry. Many died in the Holocaust. Imperialist powers bar on Jews before, during, after the war helped lead to creation of Israel.

Below is an excerpt from the review of the new edition of   The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon published in the Feb. 1, 2021, issue of the Militant. It has been updated since Hamas’ Oct. 7…


200,000 rally against Jew-hatred
Back existence of Israel as refuge for Jews

Washington marchers say: No to cease-fire, prevent more pogroms
Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Massive nationwide rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14 defends Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews, demands release of hostages held by Hamas and protests growing antisemitic attacks.

WASHINGTON — Some 200,000 protesters from across the country came out on the National Mall here Nov. 14 to rally against the Tehran-organized-and-backed Hamas slaughter of over 1,200 people in Israel Oct. 7, overwhelmingly Jewish. The banner at the front…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

November 30, 1998 PITTSBURGH — The return of UN “inspectors” to Baghdad — under the guise of “hunting for weapons of mass destruction” — sets the stage for more provocations, which Washington will use as a pretext to launch a…


Fight to stop Hamas wins support from both Arabs and Jews alike in Israel

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Arabs, Jews work together packing food, toiletries Nov. 8 at community center in Rahat, Israel, for thousands of Bedouin, Jewish Israelis, jobless in Negev after Hamas pogrom Oct. 7.

Tehran-backed Hamas has “lost control of Gaza,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Nov. 13. But there is still a road ahead to eliminating the murderous Jew-hating organization, which is holding hostages in their network of tunnels in Gaza. A…


Hotel workers in Los Angeles area strike, rally for contract

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023
Hotel workers in Los Angeles area strike, rally for contract

LOS ANGELES — Chanting “Se ve, se siente, la unión esta presente” and “Unete, unete, a la lucha unete” (“You can see it, you can feel it, the union is here” and “Join, join, join the fight”), hundreds of hotel…


Protests demand Mexican gov’t account for 43 missing students

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

Nine years after the 2014 kidnapping and disappearance of 43 protesting students from Ayotzinapa by powerful drug cartels acting in collusion with the Mexican military and police, their relatives and supporters continue to protest and demand answers from the government…