OAKLAND, Calif. — Some 230 people were happy to sign to put Socialist Workers Party candidate Joel Britton on the ballot during a three-day petitioning window for the Aug. 31 special election for State Assembly in the 18th District. Election…
MCCALLA, Ala. — At a rally attended by 450 people here April 21, striking miners from the Brookwood coal mine were joined by union retirees, family members and contingents from other unions. The event was held at Tannehill State Park…
The nine-week international drive to sell 1,400 subscriptions to the Militant, 1,400 books on working-class politics and raise $145,000 for the Militant Fighting Fund has begun. The drive will advance the campaigns of the 20 Socialist Workers Party candidates for state…
Over the past week 10 contributors donated $12,740 to bring the contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments to $148,040 from 121 people. The U.S. government continues to send out the stimulus payments. Make a…
The following are excerpts from remarks by Doug Nelson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Minneapolis, addressing how a working-class movement against cop brutality can be built and the recent blows against constitutional rights registered in the trial and…
MCCALLA, Ala. — I hooked up with Chris and Wendy Lewis and their son Dalton, right, at the April 21 rally here. Chris and Dalton are veterans of the 2019 fight against the Blackjewel coal bosses. Backed by their families…
NEW YORK — Over 1,000 food-delivery workers took to the streets of Manhattan April 21 to demand a livable wage and decent working conditions from restaurant owners and app companies that rely on their services. Honking their bicycle horns they…
WEST THURROCK, England — Refuse workers here held a mass meeting on their picket line April 21 and voted to extend their strike actions. The Unite union members work for the city, east of London. They’ve been striking daily for…
CHICAGO — More than 1,000 people marched through the streets of the mostly Latino neighborhood of Little Village here April 18 to protest the police killing of Adam Toledo. The action began next to the alley where the 13 year…
BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. — “Don’t try to strong-arm the steelworkers,” said Todd Barbiaux, president of United Steelworkers Local 1196. He was responding to demands by bosses at Allegheny Technologies Inc. that the union accepts the company’s latest offer by 5 p.m.,…
