The 2021 Active Workers Conference at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, July 22-24, is fast approaching. It is the first Socialist Workers Party-sponsored international gathering in nearly two years due to government pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions. The party is…
July 1, 1996 The following statement was released June 19 by James Harris and Laura Garza, Socialist Workers candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Responsibility for the escalating racist burnings of Black churches throughout the South…
ST. PAUL PARK, Minn. — Teamsters Local 120 members, locked out by Marathon Petroleum here for over five months, voted June 21 on what bosses say is their “last, best and final contract offer.” “The contract was overwhelmingly rejected,” Teamsters…
Thousands of members of the United Steelworkers, United Mine Workers, United Auto Workers and Teamsters unions are on picket lines across the U.S. and in Canada, the beginnings of stirrings in the labor movement. They’re fighting against attacks by the…
The President Joseph Biden administration released its new “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism” June 15, setting the stage for increased attacks on free speech and the political rights of working people. The 30-page report issued by the National Security…
“We often have to choose between buying a tire for our trucks and shopping for the basic needs of our families,” truck driver Carlos Schettini told the Militant by phone from San Juan June 14. “Fuel is going up, the…
As bosses everywhere try to boost their competitive edge and profits at the expense of workers, they sometimes feel compelled to hand out some bribes, hoping to buy workers’ acquiescence. Socialist Workers Party members call this “blood money” — production,…
The Socialist Workers Party is hosting an International Active Workers Conference at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, July 22-24. As COVID restrictions are being lifted, this is the first time in nearly two years the party has been able to…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “They are us. They belong here. Bring them back!” Unite Union Co-president Tina Barnett told a rally organized by the Federation of Aotearoa Migrants here June 5. Over 800 people marched to demand border restrictions be…
DUBLIN, Va. — Some 2,900 United Auto Workers Local 2069 members entered their second week back on strike at Volvo Truck, fighting for higher wages and against bosses’ demands for divisive concessions. Since a 13-day strike at Volvo’s New River…
