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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund March 12-May 17 (week one)

Union protests challenge sacking of 800 UK ferry workers

DOVER, England — Hundreds of seafarers and workers from other unions joined protests here and in other ports across the country denouncing the summary dismissal of 800 workers by P&O Ferries shipping company. In a planned union-busting assault, P&O vessels…

25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

March 31, 1997 The march in Brussels by tens of thousands of workers from across Europe protesting job cuts shows the broad desire among working people to unite internationally to combat the devastation wrought by the capitalist system in its…

Truckers protest gov’t mandates, fuel price hikes, attacks by bosses

WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, organized by over-the-road truckers and others who oppose overreaching government COVID mandates and other attacks on their livelihoods, has been based at the Hagerstown, Maryland, speedway since March 6. Participants are still arriving to join…

New Missouri law threatens women’s fight for equality, family planning

An anti-abortion bill introduced in the Missouri legislature March 8 would allow every person in the state to file suit against anyone who assists a woman from Missouri in getting an abortion anywhere in the country. The measure, authored by…

Florida anti-solicitation law is attack on democratic rights

In 2015 officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, outlawed so-called panhandling or soliciting on or near any road, claiming it endangered people’s safety. Similar laws that exist across the country are used to turn workers who are homeless into criminals…

Judge tosses felony count against Jan. 6 defendants

In a blow to the drive by liberal Democrats and President Joe Biden’s Justice Department to prosecute and imprison hundreds for their part in the Jan. 6, 2021, “breach” of the Capitol, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols dismissed a key…

Militant Fighting Fund key to getting paper out

The enthusiastic response of Militant readers to its call for the defense of Ukraine’s independence, the defeat of Moscow’s invasion and for Washington to get all U.S. troops and nuclear weapons out of Europe is marked by contributions beginning to…

Iran deal in flux amid Ukraine war, sanctions on Russian oil

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and accelerating sanctions imposed by Washington and its imperialist rivals on Russia, are sending supplies of oil and gas spiraling downward. Prices at the pump and for home heating have skyrocketed, deepening the crisis facing working…

Iraq protest hits price jump of cooking oil, essentials

Hundreds protested in Babil, Baghdad, and Nasiriyah (above) in southern Iraq March 9 in the face of sharp price hikes in cooking oil and other basic necessities, dealing blows to working people’s lives. “The price of some goods has doubled…