Correction
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023In 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.
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Minnesota unionists rally to back striking screen actors
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023ST. 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…
UK refuse workers strike for equal pay for agency workers
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023LONDON — Over 200 refuse workers and street cleaners who work for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets voted to return to work Sept. 27. The members of the Unite union had struck Sept. 18 for higher pay. The settlement…
100,000 Quebec public workers fight gov’t attack
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023MONTREAL — Tens of thousands of public workers — 100,000 according to organizers — demonstrated in Montreal Sept. 23 to back up their demands and win support as negotiations with the Quebec government got underway. The majority were health and…
25, 50, and 75 years ago
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023October 19, 1998 Beating the drums of American nationalism, the U.S. steel bosses have launched a reactionary campaign against steel imports. This campaign is a deadly trap for working people, designed to save steel bosses’ profits, while pitting working people…
Bring labor’s power to bear in UAW strike
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023Striking United Auto Workers at the Big Three are fighting to end conditions that confront tens of millions of workers across the country and beyond. For decades, the capitalist bosses have pushed to defend their profits by a relentless assault…
Colonial rule and capitalist plunder are behind Libya flood catastrophe
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023The deaths of thousands in Libya after the collapse of two dams uphill from the coastal city of Derna Sept. 11 was a social disaster rooted in colonial oppression and capitalist greed. It resulted not because of “climate change,” as…
Aboriginal rights fight continues, vote ‘No’ on ‘Voice’ referendum
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023SYDNEY — Working people here will vote in a referendum Oct. 14 on whether to change the Constitution to “recognize” the original inhabitants of the country by creating an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander “Voice” to act as an advisory…
Fidel’s leadership key in defeat of South African invasion of Angola
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October is Cuba & Angola: The War for Freedom by Harry Villegas. Widely known as “Pombo,” he fought alongside Che Guevara in Cuba, the Congo and in Bolivia. Pombo helped lead Cuba’s…
SWP campaigners get a hearing at union struggles, workers’ doors
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
“By joining union struggles and going door to door in working-class communities, Socialist Workers Party campaigners in Georgia have sold 21 Militant subscriptions and 18 books by revolutionary leaders since the fall campaign began,” Susan LaMont, organizer of the SWP…