As part of their blockade of Iranian ports, the U.S. rulers continue to build up their military forces in the Middle East, threatening Tehran with renewed bombing and military assaults, alongside a collapse of the Iranian economy, if it doesn’t…
In victories for workers behind bars to get the news they need, the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee has overturned recent bans on four issues of the Militant. These victories can now be used to win support for…
OSLO, Norway — “On behalf of the Cape Verde Organization here in Oslo — Welcome!” Danny Venancio Soares said as he opened a meeting here April 22 to present Pathfinder Press’ newest book, Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau…
CHICAGO — Hundreds of Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers and their supporters rallied downtown here April 23 protesting the lack of progress toward a new contract after 11 months of negotiations. Along with lunchroom workers, organized by UNITE HERE Local…
In cities, towns and rural areas, Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ wars in the Middle East and their assaults on workers at home. Discussion about how working people can fight against these attacks…
ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Some 300 nursing home workers here, members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa, went on a three-day strike April 20-22 at five Monarch Healthcare Management facilities in the Twin Cities area. The action included a rally April…
WHITING, Ind. — Two groups of workers, both members of the United Steelworkers union, have been fighting boss lockouts in Indiana — refinery workers at British Petroleum here and utility workers at the Northern Indiana Public Services Company. They continue…
MONTREAL — Some 130 workers at the Lavo plant here, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) voted by 97% March 26 to go out on strike the next day. The plant makes well-known cleaning products such as…
HAVANA — I first met Eulogio Rodríguez Millares in 2008 when he was Cuba’s consul in Monterrey, Mexico. He was accompanying Armando Hart, one of the historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution, on a weeklong speaking tour. Hart addressed hundreds…
WASHINGTON — Several hundred defenders of the rights of immigrants, trade unionists and others rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court here April 29, protesting moves by the federal government to terminate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria.…
