Workers and their unions in Ukraine are joining in the fight to defeat Moscow’s invasion of their country, while standing up to assaults on jobs, wages and working conditions by bosses who are backed by the government of President Volodymyr…
In a successful counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces pushed the invading Russian army back from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, reaching the Russian border May 16. Moscow’s plans to capture more of the Donbas have stalled. The Vladimir Putin regime had insisted it…
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims Moscow had to invade Ukraine to “denazify” the country. He propagates through his rigidly government-controlled media the charge that “neo-Nazis” and “far-right nationalists” took over Ukraine in 2014 in a “coup” backed by Washington and…
STURTEVANT, Wis. — “Your job shouldn’t be your whole life,” Mario Palacios told the Militant as he walked the picket line outside the Case New Holland plant in this suburb of Racine May 10. “The last thing you want to…
MONTREAL — Some 530 strikers at the Rolls-Royce aircraft engine maintenance plant here rejected another company “final offer” by a vote of 94% at a well-attended union meeting May 11. The workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions…
Members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. have taken over the top the international Militant drive to win new readers and raise $165,000 to keep getting the paper out.…
Soaring prices on basic necessities are wreaking havoc with the lives of working people and our families, at the same time millions remain out of work and bosses are pushing pay cuts, “suicide schedules” and speedups that damage our bodies.…
SAN RAMON, Calif. — Dozens of striking refinery workers and family members picketed the Chevron corporate headquarters here May 10, waving signs saying, “Enough is enough, bargain in good faith,” “Safe refineries save lives,” and “500 strong striking at Chevron.”…
June 2, 1997 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Anzac Day celebrations here were seized on by capitalist politicians and media to glorify past military adventures of New Zealand imperialism, and to gain support for the government’s push to refurbish the country’s…
Over 7,000 residential and commercial drywall workers downed their tools, joining the ongoing strike of 36,000 Ontario construction workers. This brings the total on strike as of May 14 to 43,000. They are fighting for higher wages in face of…
