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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund. Sept. 17-Nov. 15 (week three)

Demand Washington end its economic war on Cuba! Now!

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY NATIONAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT

Click below for downloadable pdfs of this article in English or Spanish           The following statement was released Oct. 11 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The Socialist Workers Party demands that…

Donate California gas rebate checks to the ‘Militant’

LOS ANGELES — “We welcome the proposal from readers of the Militant in California to organize to contribute the state gas rebate payments they’re starting to get to the Militant,” said editor John Studer in an Oct. 10 interview. “This…

Striking Ingredion bakery workers fight boss threats

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Twenty-five people, members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 100G, and strike supporters, walked the picket line in front of the Ingredion plant here Oct. 6. The local’s 200 members have been on…

South Africa port, rail workers strike for pay to match inflation

More than 30,000 striking port and rail workers shut down freight transportation across South Africa, demanding pay and benefit raises to keep up with inflating prices. Members of the United National Transport Union began their strike Oct. 6. They were…

Consolidation of forces will boost Communist League in the Pacific

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “The regroupment of our forces in Sydney qualitatively changes the prospects for the Communist League to go forward in the Pacific region,” said Mike Tucker, a longtime leader and organizer of the Communist League in New…

Mariupol defenders: Help fight to free POWs held in Russia

LOS ANGELES — Over 200 people filled the Ukrainian Culture Center here Oct. 5 to hear appeals for help for Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Moscow. Speaking were several members of the Ukrainian armed forces who had been part…

Students, oil workers join protests against Iran’s rulers

In face of attacks by government thugs, protests have spread across Iran since the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman. She had been arrested three days earlier by the regime’s hated “morality police” for allegedly violating…

Join ‘Militant’ to build, go to protests against Iran gov’t

Socialist Workers Party candidates and members have been building and participating in demonstrations across the U.S. in solidarity with working people and youth protesting in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after she was detained for allegedly violating the…

Democrats attack Supreme Court, constitutional freedoms we need

U.S. bosses, backed by their twin political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are driving to put the deepening crisis of their capitalist system onto the backs of workers and farmers. Neither of the major capitalist parties, however, is able to…