Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund. Sept. 17 – November 15 (week seven)

Liberals push to cancel book by Justice Amy Coney Barrett

In an unbridled attack on freedom of speech, hundreds of editors, writers, publishers, librarians and a wide variety of other individuals have signed an online petition demanding that Penguin Random House halt plans to publish a book by U.S. Supreme…

Donate your California gas-tax rebate to the ‘Militant’

Workers are being hard hit by soaring prices for food, gas, rents, medical expenses and more. The Militant newspaper — which fighting workers and trade unionists depend on for clarity on politics and as a guide to action — is…

‘Cuba needs no lessons from the US about democracy’

Below are major excerpts from the reply by Yuri Gala, Cuba’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, to the speech by U.S. representative John Kelley after the Nov. 3 U.N. vote condemning Washington’s economic war on Cuba.  Mr. Chairman: In…

Australia protests hit racist murder of Aboriginal boy

SYDNEY — Thousands across Australia joined vigils protesting the racist murder of 15-year-old Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey, inset, in Perth in West Australia. Some 3,000 people rallied here Nov. 2, one of more than 40 actions in cities and regional…

Defeat of Ontario law is victory for all workers

The victory won by 55,000 school workers in Ontario, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, is an important victory for all working people and our unions. Defying the provincial government’s imposition of a new anti-strike law, they went…

Workers in US, Canada fight boss, gov’t attacks

School workers defeat Ontario gov’t attack on right to strike

TORONTO — In a major victory for working people and our unions, 55,000 education support workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, ended their two-day walkout in Ontario, after forcing the Conservative provincial government to back down from…

Workers in US, Canada fight boss, gov’t attacks

White House says Congress would prevent any rail strike

LINCOLN, Neb. — “We surprised Katie Farmer this morning, she did not expect us to greet her with our contract demands — safer working conditions and sick-days-time-off,” Jakob Forsgren, a welder and track repair worker and chair of local Lodge…

Democrats’ attacks on rights at heart of US class struggle

Throughout the final days of the 2022 campaign, Democrats centered their fire on former President Donald Trump. They claim “democracy itself” is threatened if he ever holds office again. Before Trump was even elected in 2016, Democrats unleashed the FBI…

Two months in, support grows for Iran protests

In the face of the “nationwide protests and uprising of the people of Iran for almost two months,” the Teachers’ Union in Kurdistan province stated Nov. 7, the Iranian government’s “use of naked violence has so far resulted in hundreds…