Declining life expectancy in the U.S. — now at its lowest point in over 25 years — is a product of the deepening social and moral crisis of capitalism today. Working people find themselves unable to afford decent medical treatment…
MANCHESTER, England — Workers employed by contractors for rail companies around the country are finding ways to fight for equal pay, improved conditions and union rights. This occurs as workers at rail companies, members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport…
LOS ANGELES — Some three dozen striking hotel workers, beating drums and plastic buckets and blowing on vuvuzelas, picketed the Westin hotel near the Los Angeles airport Oct. 7. They were protesting the latest contract offer from the bosses, an…
Hamas claims charges that its program is based on Jew-hatred are a slander. So that our readers can judge for themselves we reproduce below quotes from the 1988 Hamas covenant, which the group has never repudiated, and is in its…
Since the pogrom by Hamas and its allies, Stalinists and middle-class radicals have been organizing actions under the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free” — a call for the destruction of Israel and slaughter of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The nearly 200 members of United Auto Workers Local 2406 at the General Motors ACDelco Parts Distribution Center here walked off the job Sept. 22, joining thousands of other autoworkers on strike against the Big Three. Local…
MONTREAL — In a blatant act of censorship to impose “woke” standards and “cancel culture,” the Peel District School Board, just west of Toronto, had thousands of books removed from its 257 school libraries, especially targeting anything published before 2008. …
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Over 100 workers, members of United Auto Workers Local 2083, went on strike Sept. 20 against ZF Chassis Systems here. The workers make axles for German automaker Mercedes-Benz, which has a nearby assembly plant. “We voted down…
In Militant issue no. 37, the article “All out to back UAW strike! Bring labor’s power to bear!” misidentified United Auto Workers striker Shannon Hickle-White. She is a woman.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Around 75 union members and supporters rallied here Sept. 30 in solidarity with striking Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, joined by members of Writers Guild of America, who are discussing a proposed…
