Trash pickup drivers went on strike in mid-April in Novosibirsk, in south central Russia, after they discovered their bosses — the Eco-Trans-N complex — had lost their fleet of 86 trucks for unpaid debts. Company officials told them they would…
The Socialist Workers Party is campaigning, using the Militant to get out its program, and seeking to put its candidates in New Jersey on the ballot. The drive got off to a solid start April 17. The party is running…
Over the last month, tens of thousands of working people have taken to the streets demanding government action to curb the devastating impact of soaring prices in Iran, Albania, Peru, Sri Lanka, Sudan and elsewhere. They refuse to accept that…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Daily protests have taken place here since April 12, when police released a video showing the fatal shooting of unarmed Patrick Lyoya by a Grand Rapids cop following a traffic stop. Lyoya, 26, worked in an…
Economic turmoil and political conflicts are rising across Asia in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, as governments seek the best course to defend their interests in a shifting world. Alongside the rulers of China and India, the capitalist…
RICHMOND, Calif. — Several dozen workers and their families joined striking refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, at a picket line rally outside the Chevron refinery here April 7. The expanded picketing was part of ongoing efforts by…
MONTREAL — “We’ll stay out as long as we need to,” to force the excavation bosses to sign a contract, Jasvir Dhaliwal told the Militant April 16. Some 1,500 truck drivers who have been out on strike in the Greater…
MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…
May 5, 1997 STOCKHOLM — As Washington leads the imperialist drive to extend NATO into eastern and central Europe, the Swedish ruling class has become increasingly active in defending its imperialist interests in the Baltic region. Both the Social Democratic…
The Challenge of the Left Opposition (1928-29) by Leon Trotsky is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. The book documents the opposition led by Trotsky in the Soviet Communist Party to defend the proletarian and revolutionary internationalist…
