Join ‘Militant’ renewal drive, help get paper out to workers

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Readers of the Militant, including members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, are gearing up for an ambitious drive to win subscription renewals, which begins Jan. 1 and runs through Feb.…


Working people need our own party to fight for political power

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Working people confront a choice. Either organize to take power into our own hands by making a socialist revolution, or face a future of calamity — economic crises, with ruinous inflation and mass unemployment, along with social upheavals and devastating…



End US sanctions on North Korea! US troops out of Korean Peninsula!

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Washington is committed to “utilizing the full range of U.S. defense capabilities, including nuclear” to “deter” North Korea, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stated after his Dec. 2 meeting in Seoul with South Korean military officials to discuss “updating” military options…



LA County bakery workers: ‘We fight for ourselves, our children’

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021
Elvia Castillo, striker at Jon Donaire Desserts plant in Los Angeles County, California, speaks at rally Dec. 3. Strikers’ union is Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers.

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — “Don’t let them tell you we are doing something wrong. We are doing something right, we are fighting for ourselves and our children,” striker Elvia Castillo, told a rally of 90 outside Rich’s Jon Donaire…


Clarks strike strengthens union, pushes back wage cuts

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

LONDON — After eight weeks on strike, workers at Clarks Shoes distribution warehouse returned to work Nov. 30, having succeeded in pushing back the company’s demand to cut their basic wage by 15%. “It shows what can be done if…


Steel scaffolders strike continues in UK over wages, scabs, safety

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

SCUNTHORPE, England — “We’re staying out for a result,” striker Dave Birchall told the Militant on the picket line outside the massive British Steel plant here. Sixty scaffolders organized by the Unite union are now into their third month of…


New Zealand warehouse strikers win raises to cover inflation

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “All we are asking for is enough to pay our bills and feed our kids,” Tetini Rangi told the Militant as he picketed outside Countdown’s distribution center in Mangere Nov. 25. “The prices for rent, food,…