Quebec maritime workers strike

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

SOREL, Quebec — “After 10 years of service, I earn just $22.16 dollars [US$17] an hour,” Pascal Delisle said on the picket line in front of Ocean Towing Aug. 21. Eight members of United Steelworkers Local 9599 have been on…


Socialist Workers Party 2022 campaign: ‘All out Labor Day’

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

Socialist Workers Party candidates across the country call on our unions, co-workers and all those who want to fight against the drive of the bosses and their government to make us pay for the crisis of their decaying capitalist system…


‘The first program for women’s equality was the revolution’

Vol. 86/No. 32 - September 5, 2022

UNITED NATIONS — “The first program for equality that Cuban women won was the revolution itself,” Teresa Amarelle, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), told the Militant during an interview here in March. “The struggle isn’t over…


Workers in Russia protest to defend wages, conditions

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

According to government officials in Russia, there are practically no labor disputes or strikes there because amicable relations exist between workers, bosses and the government. But a closer look tells a very different story.  There were almost 400 labor protests…


No to Democrats’ assaults on constitutional rights!

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

The armed raid by the FBI, on the home of former President Donald Trump in Florida Aug. 8, deals blows to rights in the U.S. Constitution that provide vital protection against state interference in political and trade union activity. These…


Beijing-Washington conflict heats up over Taiwan

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

Chinese warships and warplanes launched live-fire “exercises” surrounding Taiwan the day after an Aug. 2-3 visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit there in 25 years. Beijing says the island is part…


Raid on ex-President Trump is attack on constitutional rights

Sharp shift in political crisis of capitalist rulers
Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Armed Secret Service agents during FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, Aug. 8. Raid, Democrats’ witch hunt against Trump, are a threat to constitutional protections against the bosses’ state, rights working people need.

In a sweeping attack on constitutional rights, the Joe Biden administration ordered a pre-dawn raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, carried out by 30 or more heavily armed FBI and Secret Service agents. During the nine-hour…


‘You’re on the ballot!’ SWP is on in Pennsylvania

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Chris Hoeppner, SWP candidate for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District, left, turns in nominating petitions July 27. Party prepared for fight after state official changed requirements. “You’re on the ballot! And good luck!” SWP attorney Larry Otter, right, told Hoeppner Aug. 9.

PHILADELPHIA — “You’re on the ballot! And good luck!” Larry Otter, the Socialist Workers Party’s lawyer in Pennsylvania, told Chris Hoeppner, the SWP candidate for U.S. Congress from the 3rd District, and the Militant Aug. 9. “Despite moves by state…


Defend Ukraine independence! Protest, demand Moscow get out

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

Nearly six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war to snuff out Ukraine’s independence and subjugate its people, Moscow’s offensive has largely stalled in the face of resolute Ukrainian resistance. Despite this, the Kremlin continues to unleash murderous…


Back Warrior Met strikers! Demand $13.3 million fine be thrown out!

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
Miners picket Warrior Met in Brookwood, Alabama, in 2021. NLRB ruling, huge fine “is a slap in the face to every worker who stands up to their boss,” said UMWA President Cecil Roberts.

BROOKWOOD, Ala. — In a calculated attack on workers’ right to strike, the National Labor Relations Board Region 10 on Aug. 2 ordered the United Mine Workers of America to pay $13.3 million to Brookwood-based Warrior Met Coal, where hundreds…