Class-struggle road to end war in Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

Angered at the death and destruction raining down on the people of Ukraine by Moscow, and inspired by the ferocious resistance of the Ukrainian people, many protesters support calls for the U.S. rulers to impose ever-tightening sanctions and no-fly zones.…


Defeat Moscow’s war on Ukraine! Defend Ukraine independence!

All US troops, nuclear arms out of Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
“Kherson is Ukraine,” says sign at March 5 protest that confronted Moscow’s troops occupying city of Kherson. Even after soldiers shot in the air, protesters stood their ground.

Two weeks into their invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s forces are widening their assaults — slaughtering hundreds and devastating cities, leading to a fast-growing refugee crisis. At the same time, President Vladimir Putin’s forces confront courageous resistance all across the country,…


Join the fight to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin issued a warning, “Anyone who tries to interfere with us … must know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never…


Canadian truckers continue to face gov’t attack, keep pressing for rights

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022
Truck driver Wesley Green, right, at Lebanon, Ohio, truck stop Feb. 22 told Socialist Workers Party member Ned Measel he supports Canadian truckers and “protests outside White House.”

MONTREAL — Attacks continue against truckers and other participants in the recent Freedom Convoy organized in Ottawa demanding an end to government vaccine mandates, despite the protest ending and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lifting the Emergencies Act Feb. 23. The…


Prosecutors quit as frame-up of former President Trump unravels

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

After three years probing former President Donald Trump’s alleged financial skullduggery, two leading Manhattan prosecutors, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, quit Feb. 23, convinced there would be no prosecution of Trump. The grand jury they were running, empaneled as part…


Bakery workers in California make gains in 113-day strike

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

LOS ANGELES — “Management and the corporate office believed we would break once we didn’t have a paycheck or health insurance. We didn’t,” strike leader Miguel Perez told the Militant at the victorious conclusion of 113-day walkout at the Rich’s…


Ukraine toilers put up fierce resistance to Putin’s invasion

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

Unleashing a deadly bombardment on Ukrainian urban centers, the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin is slaughtering thousands. Overwhelmingly outgunned and outmanned, Ukrainian troops and civilians are mounting courageous and tenacious resistance that has so far prevented Moscow’s forces from…


Protest in Wales hits arrest of women’s rights fighter

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

NEWPORT, Wales — Some 100 women and men gathered outside the police station here Feb. 24 to protest the arrest in January of women’s rights fighter Jennifer Swayne under “hate crime” laws. The action was sponsored by the Wales Women’s…


Protests demand: End U.S. economic war against Cuba!

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

Caravans and rallies demanding an end to the U.S. economic war against Cuba took place Feb. 27 in cities across the U.S., in Canada and worldwide. In Miami some 40 cars with 60 people rolled through the streets bearing Cuban…


Worldwide protests denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022
Tens of thousands protested in Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Feb. 24, and other cities in the days after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We feel for Ukrainians,” 32-year-old taxi driver Niko Tvauri told media Feb. 27, “because we’ve seen Russian’s barbaric aggression on our soil.”

Tens of thousands of people worldwide have taken to the streets demanding Moscow get its troops out of Ukraine. This includes protests in Russia and countries like Belarus, where the government provided a platform for the Russian rulers’ assault on…