Memphis strikers get support from Kansas, Texas, Dominican Republic

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Picket at International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, was boosted by BCTGM members from Topeka, Kansas, and Grand Prairie, Texas, Dec. 15. The next day Gerardo Sánchez from Bimbos Bakeries in Grand Prairie, second from right, reported to union on sugarcane workers conference in Dominican Republic, brought solidarity message to strikers.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “We drove eight hours from Topeka, Kansas, to be here in support of BCTGM Local 390G union strikers,” Sam Burns, a union steward from Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 218 at Frito-Lay, told the…


Miami rally protests laws targeting the Chinese

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Miami rally protests laws targeting the Chinese

MIAMI — Some 200 people protested at the Torch of Friendship here Dec. 16 against discriminatory anti-Chinese laws adopted in Florida and 13 other states. Laura Anderson, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress, joined the action, meeting Lichun…


Bosses’ profit drive, not the weather, is killing rail workers

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Rail bosses’ push for profits led to Canadian Pacific 2019 derailment killing three rail workers in British Columbia. From left, Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, Andrew Dockrell and Dylan Paradis.

MONTREAL — After a series of deadly accidents, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration issued a recent “advisory” urging rail bosses to expand use of technology to deal with the increased danger of operating in adverse weather conditions. According to the…



Colorado ruling Trump off ballot is blow

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

This statement by Socialist Workers Party National Campaign Director John Studer was issued Dec. 20. In a 4-3 ruling by Colorado’s all-Democratic-Party-appointed Supreme Court Dec. 19, Donald Trump was barred from appearing on the state’s presidential ballot in 2024. It…


Unions need to join fight against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

Wars in the imperialist epoch are an inevitable product of the natural workings of a system founded on exploitation and oppression. The death, destruction and suffering wars cause are hated by the working class that always bears the consequences. Nonetheless,…



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…