Solidarity boosts Ky. concrete workers strike

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The strike by concrete workers at Allied Ready Mix here remains solid as the workers begin their fourth week of picketing. The 48 striking drivers, mechanics, loader operators and batchmakers, members of Teamsters Local 89, report that…


How fight to end Vietnam War transformed politics in US

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018
Vietnam War veterans march from Morristown, New Jersey, to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4-7, 1970, to oppose Washington’s Indochina War, demand all GIs be brought home now.

Below is an excerpt from Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead. It is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The book describes how this growing…


‘Militant’ fights Florida prison censorship

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018

The Florida prison system’s Literature Review Committee informed the Militant Oct. 24 that they had upheld the ban on the Sept. 17 issue of Militant. As usual, they didn’t give any reason for the decision, much less point to a…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018

November 15, 1993 In response to the 24 killings in the past two weeks all working people should demand that the British troops get out of Ireland now. The occupation forces are engaged in a dirty war to defend the…


Letters

Vol. 82/No. 42 - November 12, 2018

70-hour workweek at UPS The National Master Agreement between the Teamsters union and UPS was voted down in October by 54 percent to 46 percent. This contract covers over 200,000 workers. Nonetheless Teamster officials declared that the contract had, in…