25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

August 11, 1997 Working people in the United States and around the world should join our brothers and sisters in Cuba in denouncing the latest terrorist bombings of tourist hotels in Havana. Whether the U.S. government has a direct hand…


Workers need a program to fight high prices and unemployment

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

Soaring inflation over the past year and a half is battering the lives of millions of working people worldwide. Combined with the impact of the capitalist crisis on jobs, price hikes are making it increasingly difficult for workers to keep…



Join efforts to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ SWP campaign

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Rachele Fruit, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Florida governor, introduced Militant to Christine Rotondo and Grace, her daughter, at Ft. Lauderdale women’s rights action July 13.

“I need this paper,” school teacher Juawana Kinnard told Socialist Workers Party member Anthony Dutrow as they sat on her porch in Cincinnati and she signed up to renew her Militant  subscription July 8.  “All the other news I see…




Biden Mideast trip illustrates decline of US imperialism

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

President Joseph Biden’s July 13-16 trip to the Middle East revealed the weakened state of U.S. imperialism and the inability of the Biden administration to achieve gains for the U.S. capitalist rulers against their rivals. For decades the Iranian rulers…


Sri Lanka protests continue against new president

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

Thousands of protesters occupying the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe handed the buildings back to the government July 14 after Rajapaksa fled to Singapore and resigned. The occupation of the…


Bosses shutting Farmer John is blow to workers and farmers

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Eleanor García, center, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from California, discusses impact of bosses closing Farmer John pork packinghouse with worker July 7.

LOS ANGELES — On June 10 Smithfield Foods announced the closure of its Farmer John plant near here in Vernon, which slaughters almost 2 million hogs a year. Smithfield is owned by Hong Kong-based WH Group Ltd., the largest pork…


U.S. rulers step up economic war on revolutionary Cuba

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

On July 9 Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced another round of visa restrictions, barring 28 Cuban officials, including high-ranking members of the Cuban Communist Party, from being able to travel to the U.S. to participate in trade and political…