The fight to end oppression of Indigenous peoples in Canada

Vol. 85/No. 31 - August 23, 2021
March in Chemainus, British Columbia, Aug. 2 after discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children at former residential schools. Joining fight for liberation of Indigenous peoples is “part of working-class fight for power,” Communist League leader Stan Peters told July SWP international conference in Ohio.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A series of classes were part of the Socialist Workers Party International Conference in Springfield, Ohio, July 22-24, most expanding on the central political reports at the gathering. (See article in the Aug. 16 Militant, available at…


Hundreds rally in Quebec to protest cop killing

Vol. 85/No. 31 - August 23, 2021
Hundreds rally in Quebec to protest cop killing

REPENTIGNY, Quebec — Some 400 people rallied at City Hall here Aug. 4, just east of Montreal, to protest the police killing of Jean René Olivier. Olivier was shot three times in the stomach three days earlier by cops responding…


Defend Cuba’s socialist revolution!

Vol. 85/No. 31 - August 23, 2021

Statement by Vivian Sahner, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey lieutenant governor, Aug. 11. Working people are not only capable of waging mighty revolutionary struggles, we have proven we can win. That is the lesson of the two great…



Join Socialist Workers Party campaigning!

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021
Socialist Workers Party campaigner Leroy Watson, right, discusses historic advances in fight against racism, including on strike picket lines, with Ben Allen, in Bellwood, Chicago, Aug. 1.

“SWP campaigners come out of the July 22-24 Socialist Workers Party International Conference better prepared to join in the struggles of working people and point the road forward to building a party that will lead millions to overturn capitalist rule…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021

August 19, 1996 The following statement was issued July 31 by Socialist Workers Party candidates for U.S. president and vice president, James Harris and Laura Garza. Capitalizing on the explosion of Trans World Airlines flight 800 with the loss of…


Fight to get workers back on the job, defend our jobs and unions

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021
Some 600 members of BCTGM Local 218 at Frito-Lay in Kansas returned to work July 26 after three weeks on strike over forced overtime, wages. They won broad solidarity for their fight.

While the bosses’ press celebrates a profit bonanza on Wall Street, millions of workers still don’t have jobs, employers are fighting to hold down wages as prices keep rising, and the federal government’s COVID-based bar on evictions has expired. Changing…


Macron imposes another ‘French values’ attack on working people

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron is using deadly assaults by Islamists to push through legislation restricting free speech and freedom of worship. The laws make what he calls “separatism” a criminal offense in the name of imposing “French values.” The Law…


New Zealand gov’t’s ‘save the environment’ law targets farmers

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021

OREWA, New Zealand — Hundreds of angry farmers rode their tractors through 55 towns and cities across New Zealand July 16 in a “Howl of a Protest” against new environmentally motivated restrictions enacted or proposed by the Labour Party government…


Aluminum workers strike Rio Tinto in Canada

Vol. 85/No. 30 - August 16, 2021
Members of Unifor Local 2301 on strike against Rio Tinto rally July 28 at company’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia, protesting bosses’ attacks on pensions, health care, safety.

Some 900 Rio Tinto aluminum workers in Kitimat, British Columbia, members of Unifor Local 2301, set up picket lines July 25 after their contract expired. The strike followed seven weeks of fruitless negotiations and a 100% strike vote. The strikers…