No worker has to die! Young bakery worker killed on the job

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Automatic Rolls bakery, in Clayton, North Carolina, where Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, inset, was killed April 16 working on a large mixing machine. Fight for union control of line speeds, crew sizes, schedule, training is needed to counter deadly effects of capitalists’ drive for profits.

CINCINNATI — A young woman’s life was cut short when she was killed on the job April 16. Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, was crushed to death while operating a large industrial mixing machine at nonunion Automatic Rolls of North Carolina…


‘Militant’ calls target week to step up drive for new readers

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Vincent Auger shows Chantell Woods the Militant on her porch in Portland, Oregon, April 23.

Taking advantage of expanded opportunities to reach out with the Socialist Workers Party program, party members are organizing an international target week April 30 – May 8 to boost momentum in the nine-week drive to win 1,600 new readers to…



Thousands turn out as Havana Int’l Book Fair opens April 20

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Participants check out book displays at the 30th annual Havana International Book Fair.

HAVANA — Thousands of people have visited the grounds of the colonial Spanish fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña over the last five days, since the Havana International Book Fair opened at this historic site April 20. The 10-day…



Family farmers in California face soaring prices, drought

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Socialist Workers Party candidates Ellie García and Joel Britton visit Will Scott, right, on his Fresno, California, farm April 5 to discuss challenges facing small farmers from rising prices, Moscow’s war in Ukraine, and need for worker-farmer alliance to defend toilers’ livelihoods.

FRESNO, Calif. — Farmer Will Scott invited Socialist Workers Party candidates Ellie García and Joel Britton to his farm here April 5 to discuss how small farmers are affected by sharply rising prices, Moscow’s war in Ukraine and what workers…


Response at LA book festival boosts national drive

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022

LOS ANGELES — The constant stream of workers, students and other youth visiting the Pathfinder booth at the L.A. Times Festival of Books here April 23-24 were seeking an explanation for the deepening capitalist economic crisis and its resulting wars.…


Chevron refinery workers fight for more staffing, wages

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022

RICHMOND, Calif. — On strike since March 21, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, which represents over 500 production and maintenance workers, are picketing 24/7 at the Chevron oil refinery here and winning support. Strikers on the picket line April…



Toronto meeting celebrates life of Reza Baraheni

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022

TORONTO — A tribute was held here April 17 to Reza Baraheni, a leader of the fight for political and artistic freedom in Iran and one of its most prominent poets, novelists and literary critics. Baraheni died in March at…