Our book feature this week is FBI on Trial: The Victory in the Socialist Workers Party Suit Against Government Spying. Readers will find it of special interest in light of the latest assault on constitutional rights by the Biden administration…
FRESNO, Calif. — Striking bakery workers at Corn Nuts got an important boost of solidarity when nine fellow Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union members from Los Angeles traveled here Aug. 27 to join their picket line. “You…
September 15, 1997 A long list of railroad accidents has made national news over the last several months. In response, the U.S. Federal Railway Administration announced it would step up investigations, putting the CSX and Union Pacific under particular scrutiny.…
Unions are organizing Labor Day marches, rallies and picnics around Sept. 5 across the country, an important opportunity to spread the word about union struggles and build solidarity that is vital to bringing home victories. Workers today face a wide…
‘Inhumane capitalist prison’ Thank you for the Militant, which I look forward to each week and share with my neighbors here at Scotland Correctional Institution. It’s my primary source of information about what’s going on in the world outside. Your…
The retrial of two men ensnared by FBI agents in an alleged “plot” to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ended in their conviction Aug. 23 on frame-up conspiracy charges. The scheme never came close to being acted on. The government…
NEW YORK — Some 80 people participated in a spirited march and rally in East Harlem Aug. 27, protesting the over 60-year U.S. embargo of Cuba. The rally met at the First Spanish Methodist Church, known as the People’s Church,…
FRESNO, Calif. — “No contract, no crunch!” is a slogan of the 40 workers, the entire production unit, who went on strike at the Corn Nuts plant here Aug. 15. They explain the company refuses to seriously negotiate with them…
BY MARTÍN KOPPEL, SETH GALINSKY AND MARY-ALICE WATERS NEW YORK — After more than two years of debate involving millions of Cubans, a nationwide referendum will be held Sept. 25 to vote “yes” or “no” on a new Families Code.…
September 8, 1997 The statement below was released by Olga Rodríguez, Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of New York City, and Robert Miller, Socialist Workers candidate for governor of New Jersey. “We salute Abner Louima for standing up to fight…
