SWP ballot drive in New Jersey gains ground

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021

UNION CITY, N.J. — Supporters of the campaign of Joanne Kuniansky and Candace Wagner, the Socialist Workers Party candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of New Jersey, made steady progress during the second weekend of a six-week effort to put…


Protest: ‘Indict the police who killed Breonna Taylor now!’

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021
Tamika Palmer, center, marches behind banner with portrait of her daughter Breonna Taylor, in Louisville March 13 on first anniversary of fatal shooting by police. Hundreds who took part demanded the cops responsible face criminal charges over her killing.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On the March 13 anniversary of the midnight police raid that took Breonna Taylor’s life last year, hundreds of people marched through downtown Louisville to demand the police responsible be held accountable. Demands to prosecute the police…


1965 Selma-Montgomery mobilizations won voting rights victory

How Black-led civil rights fight that overthrew Jim Crow strengthened the fighting capacities of the working class
Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021
Demonstrators cross Edmund Pettus Bridge out of Selma, March 21, 1965, after victory in fight to march to state capital in Montgomery. Inset, days earlier, sheriff’s deputies attack protesters in Montgomery. Second from right is John Studer, who came to join the historic protests from Ohio. Stu-der is now editor of the Militant.

This month marks the 56th anniversary of the historic voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery. Together with the 1956 Montgomery bus boycott and 1963 Battle of Birmingham, these actions were high points in the proletarian-led…


Puerto Rico fighters celebrate life of Rafael Cancel Miranda

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021
Feb. 28 meeting in San Juan honors political life of Puerto Rico independence fighter Rafael Cancel Miranda a year after his death. María de los Ángeles Vázquez, Miranda’s wife, speaks.

Several events were held in Puerto Rico from Feb. 28 to March 7 to honor the life of revolutionary leader and independence fighter Rafael Cancel Miranda, who died March 2 last year. They also marked the anniversary of the 1954…


Protests in Myanmar continue in face of military junta killings

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021
March 15 protest in Thanlyin Township, on outskirts of Yangon, day after military and cops killed 71 people. Junta’s brutality has failed to quell protests by workers, farmers in Myanmar.

Despite unleashing ever more brutal violence against peaceful protesters across the country, the military junta in Myanmar has so far failed in its attempts to quell the massive movement against its Feb. 1 seizure of power. As of March 17,…


‘Workers need to fight as a class to protect their interests’

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March is Teamster Power by Farrell Dobbs. The book tells the story of how members of Teamsters Local 574 learned to wield the union power they forged through three 1934 strike victories…


Give your new gov’t ‘stimulus’ to the Socialist Workers Party!

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021

The Socialist Workers Party announced March 13 a special “stimulus” capital appeal to help finance the long-term work of the party. Party members, supporters, Militant readers and a growing number of workers, farmers and youth that SWP members are meeting…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021

April 1, 1996 DAYTON, Ohio — The strike here by 2,700 workers began March 5 at two GM brake parts plants and has ground the auto giant’s production to a halt. As the walkout began to cause shortages in assembly…


LA, NY protests hit deadly raids by Philippine gov’t

Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021

LOS ANGELES — Sixty people participated in a spirited demonstration outside the Philippines Consulate here March 13, protesting the government’s cold-blooded killings of nine political and labor activists six days earlier. Actions took place elsewhere, including 50 people demonstrating at…


Back locked-out Marathon oil workers’ fight for safety!

‘Your fight is our fight,’ say Nebraska workers
Vol. 85/No. 12 - March 29, 2021
Workers from Nebraska brought solidarity to locked-out Marathon refinery workers in St. Paul Park, Minnesota, March 13. At left, Diane Dormer and railroad conductor Lance Anton. At right, Joe Swanson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Lincoln, Nebraska, City Council.

ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. — Locked-out Marathon oil refinery workers continue to picket here 24/7 and receive much-needed solidarity from other workers and unionists. The 200 workers, members of Teamsters Local 120, were locked out by the bosses Jan. 22…