The roots of Hamas lie in Hitler’s ‘final solution’

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Workers looking to understand why Hamas thugs and their backers in Tehran organized the systematic slaughter of over 1,200 Jews, as well as a few dozen Bedouin Arabs and immigrants, Oct. 7 will greatly benefit from a look at the…


Putin moves to abolish women’s right to abortion in Russia

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Billboards show fetus image alongside young boy in military gear. “Protect me today,” the fetus says. “So I can defend you tomorrow,” the child soldier says. Putin regime is trying to offset plummeting birthrate, high casualties in Ukraine war by curbing women’s access to abortion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading a drive to severely restrict women’s right to get an abortion in Russia, which in recent history has a relatively high abortion rate, an annual average of 46 per 1,000 women. At the same…


Over half a million public workers strike across Quebec

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

MONTREAL — “We don’t have enough resources to teach the students. This demonstration shows how urgent this is. We also need a real wage increase because of inflation,” striking teacher Joseph Dejustima told this Militant worker-correspondent at the start of…



Health care workers win gains in fight at Kaiser

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Kaiser health care workers rally at Los Angeles Medical Center Oct. 6 in fight for new contract. After monthslong fight, 85,000 unionists ratified new pact with 21% pay raise over four years.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Over 85,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente have voted to ratify a contract that will raise wages for all workers by 21% over four years. The contract covers nursing assistants, pharmacy and X-ray technicians, respiratory therapists,…




25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

December 14, 1998 CHICAGO — “My name is Randall Dale Adams. The state of Texas tried to kill me for a murder I did not commit,” Adams told a crowd of hundreds of opponents of the death penalty at Northwestern…


1,300 nurses in Everett strike over safety, patients’ care

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

EVERETT, Wash. — Some 1,300 nurses here, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000, forced Providence Regional Medical Center, one of Snohomish County’s largest hospitals, back to the bargaining table after an around-the-clock strike Nov. 14-19. The company…