25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

May 18, 1998 Labor resistance and other political struggles in the working class are accelerating. This resistance is occurring throughout the United States, and parallels the labor struggles that are breaking out in other industrialized countries, from Canada to Australia…


Working people in East Palestine keep up fight for cleanup, health

Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Three months after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, fire and burn-off of toxic vinyl chloride here, workers, farmers and small-business people continue to press to gain control over needed steps to clean up the…



East Palestine working people fight for control over their lives

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Oil refinery worker Rich Miner, center, and Sheree Artis talk to Socialist Workers Party member Seth Galinsky in Paulsboro, New Jersey, April 23. Miner said he volunteered for the cleanup after 2012 derailment there, when vinyl chloride spilled, same chemical as in East Palestine.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Workers, farmers and small-business people here continue to press for action to clean up the area and protect their health after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, fire and burn-off of toxic vinyl chloride. They’re…


Drop all charges filed against the African People’s Socialist Party!

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

Striking a serious blow at constitutional protections, Department of Justice prosecutors got a federal grand jury in Florida April 18 to indict three members of the African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement on trumped-up charges of being “foreign agents.”…


Back Ukraine independence! Moscow out of all of Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

As the first large-scale war in Europe since World War II grinds on, tensions between the world’s major capitalist powers grow and the world order imposed by Washington after the second imperialist slaughter is being shaken. At the same time…


Hey, they shrunk the Doritos, and Twinkies, and …

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

As food prices keep rising, many companies are seeking to maximize profits through “shrinkflation,” which some workers call “skimpflation,” where they fiddle with the packaging and you end up paying the same price but get less. Bosses have been doing…


Join campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

“None of the politicians care about working-class people,” office worker Bernadette Keating told Communist League member Ögmundur Jónsson when he knocked on her door in Manchester, England, April 23. “Not just the government, but the others as well. We need…


Stockholm commuter train drivers strike over one-man crews

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Commuter train drivers April 17 in Stockholm on strike against boss push for one-person crews.

STOCKHOLM — At least 70 commuter train drivers walked off the job here on a three-day protest strike April 17, shutting down over 80% of traffic during the first two days. “By striking for our working conditions and the safety…


Socialist Workers Party gets a response at L.A. book fair

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Visitors to Pathfinder booth at Festival of Books in Los Angeles April 22-23 bought 235 books, 86 Militant subscriptions. Laura Garza, left, talks with Sam Frank, right, and Evelyn Holman.

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds poured up to the Pathfinder booth at the April 22-23 Festival of Books held on the University of Southern California campus here. Participants had a hunger to discuss, debate and find a road forward in the…