Celia Pugh: 50-year builder of communist movement in the UK

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023

LONDON — Celia Pugh, a 50-year veteran of the communist movement, died March 4 after a long illness. She was 70. Pugh was a founding member of the Communist League in 1988 and served on its Central Committee. She joined…


Join campaign to win readers, get out books, fund ‘Militant’

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023

Join us in expanding the reach of the Militant! The paper is launching an eight-week campaign to increase its readership, get out books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders and raise $165,000 for the paper from March 18-May…


Young socialists discuss class struggle with students in Cuba

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023

HAVANA — Young socialists from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom were invited by Cuban youth organizations for an exchange with students here Feb. 17. The lively back-and-forth took up an array of topics. The students were particularly…


Fight for workers control of the railroads

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

This statement was released March 1 by Henry Dennison, a rail worker, member of SMART-TD union, and member of the Socialist Workers Party in Seattle. The disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and the ongoing damage it is doing…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

March 16, 1998 One day after the tentative pact between the UAW and Caterpillar was announced, the New York Times opened a front page article with: “In what could be a blow to America’s traditional, smoke-stack worker unions, the United…


Residents, rail workers fight toxic effects of Ohio disaster

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Working people, farmers and small-business owners here and in neighboring towns in Ohio and Pennsylvania are increasingly angry about the response of both the rail bosses and the government to the continuing effects of the Feb.…


Worldwide protests speak out: Defend Ukraine independence!

Demand Moscow’s troops out of all of Ukraine now!
Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023
Tens of thousands rallied to defend Ukrainian independence in Tiblisi, Georgia, Feb. 24, marking one year since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow invaded Georgia in 2008. Protests took place in over 100 cities, from Europe, Asia, in U.S. from Miami to Anchorage.

During the first year of the Russian rulers’ invasion of Ukraine the stark difference between the two countries’ armies has grown. The Ukrainian armed forces have fiercely resisted, strengthened by tens of thousands of volunteers, largely from the working class,…


Support grows for ‘Militant’ against ban in Florida prison

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

When they hear that Florida prison authorities banned an issue of the Militant for printing articles on a strike by New York nurses and on recent protests in Iran, many workers, farmers, union activists and others are outraged. Officials at…



Special’ grand jury probe in Georgia is attack on political rights

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

Casting aside any pretense at impartiality, special grand jury foreman Emily Kohrs has been on a “media tour” divulging selective details of the Democratic Party-run search for indictments targeting Donald Trump’s alleged interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections. A gleeful liberal…