November 24, 1997 HAVANA — “In the present international conditions, we reaffirm that socialism is a necessity,” said Cuban leader José Ramón Balaguer to the Oct. 21-23 international workshop here on “Socialism as the 21st Century Approaches.” “The contradiction between…
The worldwide capitalist crisis is hitting working people hard, with increasing indications that we face an extended period of stagflation — a combination of continued rising prices with falling capitalist production, trade and workers’ jobs. Soaring prices, especially on basic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
