Forces on the middle-class left, echoed by the liberal media, are increasingly infatuated with the use of violence against political opponents, as shown by their fascination with Luigi Mangione’s alleged slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Their sugarcoating of such…
Cargill, one of the largest beef processors in North America, locked out 1,700 members of Teamsters Local 455 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, May 20. The lockout came hours after the union voted 1,388 to 252 to reject a five-year contract…
Tens of thousands of former students and their supporters took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities across Iraq May 18 to demand the newly formed government provide them jobs. While the unemployment rate in the oil-rich country is…
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Pathfinder Press had its books on display for the first time at the Bogotá International Book Fair from April 21 to May 4. This major Latin American book event was attended by over 560,000 participants, with more…
NITRO, W.Va. — “I was on my way to a doctor’s appointment the day of the explosion at the Catalyst Refiners plant. Even with the AC on and my windows up, I could smell the strong rotten egg odor,” Militant supporter…
CHICAGO — On May 7 nearly 200 workers, including animal care specialists, craftworkers, custodians, groundskeepers, maintenance workers, aides and others, members of Teamsters Local 727, won a new contract after two days on strike against the Chicago Zoological Society, which…
The international campaign to free political prisoner Narges Mohammadi won an important victory May 10 when authorities in Iran transferred her to a hospital in Tehran. They had refused to relocate her for 10 days despite her deteriorating health. Mohammadi,…
NEW YORK — “Above all, Dave Prince was a Marxist, a working-class revolutionist,” Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, told participants at a March 22 event here celebrating Prince’s life and political contributions building a proletarian party…
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. — Some 500 rail workers and their supporters rallied here May 9, as a strike deadline one week away approaches, in a three-year-long fight with Long Island Rail Road bosses for a new contract with wages that keep…
