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On party’s view of pandemic I’ve been reading the Militant for over 15 years. Over those years I’ve disagreed with almost nothing in its pages, but I am not so sure that I’m on board with the views that are…

Put workers back to work! Fight for jobs, no wage cuts!

Bosses seek to make workers pay for today’s capitalist crisis

Growing numbers of workers and farmers are facing conditions that make it crystal clear our main problem today is the rulers’ deep shutdown of the economy and the massive loss of jobs it has caused. Tens of millions are thrown…

Che: ‘Cuban Revolution’s first great battle was land reform’

Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War 1956-58 by Ernesto Che Guevara is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. Argentinian-born Guevara joined and fought alongside Fidel Castro, becoming an outstanding leader of the Cuban Revolution that defeated the…

SWP: ‘Demand prosecution of cops for cold-blooded killing’

The following statement by Joel Britton, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress in the 13th District in California, was issued April 20. Britton works at Walmart. All working people should join with the family of Steven Taylor in demanding…

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund (week 2)

Demand massive gov’t public works program to provide jobs

Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party 2020 candidate for president, issued the following fighting program April 22. Malcolm Jarrett is the party’s vice presidential candidate. The Socialist Workers Party demands the federal government immediately fund a massive public works program to…

Copper strikers are ‘holding the line’ against Asarco union busting

“Everyone is still into the strike and holding the line,” copper miner Robert Perez told the Militant by phone April 19. “We’re going to keep it up and hang in there.” Perez has worked for Asarco for 40 years and…

‘Things are even harder for small farmers now’

ATLANTA — “Things are even harder than usual for small farmers right now, with so much uncertainty about what will happen,” Willie Head told the Militant April 13. Head has several hundred acres of corn, melons, greens and other vegetable…

Puerto Rico gov’t uses virus pretext to attack rights

Working people in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico are being kept under lockdown orders stricter than anywhere in the U.S. These include a 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew; rules that those not working in “essential” businesses must stay…

Workers, vendors in Kurdish Iraq fight for right to work

Mechanics and vendors held protests in Erbil, above, and Duhok April 18 against a government lockdown across the Kurdistan region of Iraq. They called on the government to allow them to reopen their garages and shops after a month of…