More than 30,000 teachers, bus drivers, janitors, cooks and other school workers shut down all the schools across West Virginia Feb. 19 and 20 to protest an education “reform” bill. The measure, submitted by State Senate President Mitch Carmichael, included…
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced they’ve set Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi, Vietnam, for their second face-to-face summit meeting on denuclearization of Korea. Teams of U.S. and North Korean negotiators have been meeting to prepare…
Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Dallas, turned in over 700 signatures and was told Feb. 7 that she was on the ballot. Her supporters are taking advantage of this victory to reach more broadly, knocking on…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — More than 100 protesters gathered at the state Capitol here Feb. 7 to demonstrate in defense of a woman’s right to choose abortion. They were speaking out in opposition to a bill in the state legislature that…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Thousands of people here are flocking to the 46th Baghdad International Book Fair, which began Feb. 7, seeking out Iraqi and world literature, and books on everything from science and technology, languages and art, to religion, history,…
President Donald Trump scored gains against his opponents in both the Democratic and Republican parties with his Feb. 5 State of the Union address, touting the successes of his administration in both foreign and economic policy. In particular he aimed…
NEW YORK — “There is a deep crisis in Venezuela today. Washington — from President Trump to the Democratic and Republican Party Congress — is trying to take advantage of it to oust the government of a sovereign nation,” Socialist…
“Keep up the good work!” George Blue from Michigan City, Indiana, wrote when he sent in a check for $25 to the Militant’s special winter appeal. “I first started reading the Militant in 1970 when I was in prison —…
HAVANA — Algeria is the country of honor at this year’s Havana International Book Fair, which opened here Feb. 7. Many of those attending the fair are curious to learn more about the culture and history of that North African…
The capitalist economic crisis is increasingly dashing the hopes of many working people, and some among middle-class layers, that their children’s lives will be an improvement over their own. Low wages, mounting debts, and rising rents and housing prices have…
