US out of the Middle East! Bring all the troops home!

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

As part of their blockade of Iranian ports, the U.S. rulers continue to build up their military forces in the Middle East, threatening Tehran with renewed bombing and military assaults, alongside a collapse of the Iranian economy, if it doesn’t…



Oslo meeting honors Cuba’s role in African independence struggle

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
Amílcar Cabral, left, leader of liberation forces in Guinea-Bissau, met with Víctor Dreke in Conakry, Guinea, in 1967. Dreke led Cuba’s military mission there, collaborated with Cabral.

OSLO, Norway — “On behalf of the Cape Verde Organization here in Oslo — Welcome!” Danny Venancio Soares said as he opened a meeting here April 22 to present Pathfinder Press’ newest book, Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau…


The fight against Jew-hatred crucial for workers’ struggles

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

Assaults against Jews have spread worldwide since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel, underscoring the fact that Jew-hatred is an integral feature of the imperialist epoch we live in. These attacks show the necessity of the working class and…


Cuba celebrates anniversary of US defeat at the Bay of Pigs

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Havana rally April 16 celebrates 65th anniversary of defeat of U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood April 16 to mark the 65th anniversary of both their victory over the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs — known in Cuba as Playa Girón — and the deepening…


SWP candidates campaign against US rulers’ war drive at home, abroad

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
April 18 Militant Labor Forum in Union City, New Jersey, featured Socialist Workers Party candidates. From left, Willie Cotton for lieutenant governor in New York; Joanne Kuniansky for U.S. Senate from New Jersey; Lea Sherman, chair; and Tony Lane for governor of Pennsylvania.

Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ drive to war at home and abroad with workers on their doorsteps, on union picket lines and at political events. They’re making steady gains in the eight-week campaign…


Montreal blue-collar city workers strike for higher wages

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

MONTREAL — Hundreds of striking blue-collar city workers rallied here April 16 on the second day of a three-day strike by the 6,200 members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 301. They gathered at one of the city’s busiest…


Profit-driven Ohio nursing homes dump patients at homeless shelters

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

“Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters,” headlined an April 13 Signal Ohio news story. The outrageous tossing aside of a human life it describes is not something occurring just in Ohio, similar dumps have been reported elsewhere.…


Rallies in Canada protest US oil blockade of Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Rallies in Canada protest US oil blockade of Cuba

MONTREAL — Actions in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution protesting Washington’s monthslong criminal oil blockade and decades of economic war on the people of Cuba were held in cities across Canada April 19. The day of protest was called jointly…


‘Militant’ fights to end weeks of bans by Florida prisons

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

In a victory for the Militant and its 135 readers behind bars in Florida, the Literature Review Committee of the state’s Department of Corrections overturned the ban on Militant issue no. 10. The Militant was notified of the decision April…