‘Militant,’ book, SWP fund drive go over all goals!

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021
Katy LeRougetel shows Militant, books by revolutionaries to Sif Eddine Bouchareb, a transit system mechanic originally from Algeria, in Repentigny, Quebec, Oct. 23. Eddine Bouchareb bought a Militant subscription and Cuba and the Coming American Revolution in French.

Socialist Workers Party campaigners and members of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. have just gone over the top in their fall propaganda campaign to sell 1,300 subscriptions to the Militant and 1,300 books by…


‘Capitalism contaminates land, sea and air for profit’

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

Below are excerpts from the Socialist Workers Party 2007 resolution “The Stewardship of Nature Also Falls to the Working Class: In Defense of Land and Labor.” It is available in issue no. 14 of New International, a magazine of Marxist…


Two frame-up victims exonerated. So who really killed Malcolm X?

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021
Malcolm X speaks to young people in Selma, Alabama, Feb. 4, 1965, during bloody battle for right of Blacks to vote. Both U.S. government and leadership of Nation of Islam feared Malcolm’s revolutionary course and development as a leader for the whole working class.

Two of the three men convicted for the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965 were exonerated Nov. 18. The decision reverses a decadeslong frame-up by the capitalist “justice” system.  The convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were overturned by…



Pittsburgh medical workers rally for wage raise, union

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021
Hundreds rally at Pittsburgh Medical Center Nov. 18, organized by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania union, to demand $20 starting wage, better benefits and union representation.

PITTSBURGH — Hundreds of workers rallied Nov. 18 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center headquarters here demanding a $20-an-hour starting wage, better benefits, forgiveness of medical debt and union representation. The action, organized by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, was organized…



Kyle Rittenhouse trial in Kenosha poses question of rights workers need

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021

KENOSHA, Wisc. — The murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has drawn renewed attention to events that unfolded here after cop Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake Jr. last year. The trial and debate surrounding it underscore the stakes for working people…


Pathfinder titles a big hit at Oregon book festival

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of people attended the Portland Book Festival here Nov. 13, where publishers and booksellers set up showcases of their featured titles. After almost two years of pandemic-justified government lockdowns, many were eager to get out to…


Correction

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021

The article in the Nov. 22 Militant titled, “What Do the 2021 Election Results Mean for the US Working Class?” should have quoted James Carville as saying, “I mean, this ‘defund the police’ lunacy.”


Hundreds rally with Clarks Shoe strikers fighting wage cuts in UK

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021
“They never thought we’d strike. They never thought we’d stay out. And they never thought we’d win this sort of solidarity,” striker Pete Darbo says as support comes from across U.K.

STREET, England — Hundreds of trade unionists and working people from the local area, and as far away as Wales, London and Manchester, joined a march here Nov. 13 in solidarity with striking Clarks Shoes workers fighting against wage cuts.…