Help fund ‘Militant’ fact-finding trip to Puerto Rico!

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

The Militant is sending editor John Studer and correspondent Martín Koppel on a fact-finding trip to the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico May 25-28. A few weeks later Studer will speak for the Socialist Workers Party at the June 18…


May Day brigade: “I saw power of Cuba’s revolution”

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

LINCOLN, Neb. — “I never felt freer as a worker than the two weeks learning about the Cuban Revolution on the May Day Brigade there,” Carl Tyler told a dozen people meeting at the Meadowlark Coffee Shop here May 8.…



Volunteers expand reach of revolutionary books

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

Volunteers for Pathfinder Press, which publishes books by leaders of the Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionaries worldwide, have been involved in activities across North America over the last several months to expand sales and distribution of the books. They’ve…


Teachers, school workers walk out in Pueblo contract struggle

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

PUEBLO, Colo. — “Get up! Get down! Pueblo is a union town,” chanted hundreds of people May 7 as they rallied outside the offices of Pueblo City Schools District 60, the first day of a strike by school workers here.…


Join teachers for May 16 protest in North Carolina!

Teachers, school workers build for Raleigh action
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018
Teachers at April 26 news conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, announcing May 16 march and rally in Raleigh to demand better wages, work conditions and funds for schools.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The school workers uprising that started in West Virginia in late February and has since rolled across Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado, has hit North Carolina. More than 11,500 teachers have already filed for personal days to…


Education under capitalism is a class question

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

Below are excerpts from The Working Class and the Transformation of Learning: The Fraud of Education Reform Under Capitalism by SWP National Secretary Jack Barnes. Copyright © 2000 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permission. The purpose of education in class…


US rulers, Tehran fight over sway in Middle East

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

Determined to protect U.S. imperialist interests in the Middle East, push back Tehran’s growing military interventions and prevent Iran’s capitalist rulers acquiring nuclear arms, President Donald Trump May 8 withdrew the U.S. government from the 2015 nuclear deal signed by…



Back teachers, join Socialist Workers Party campaign!

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

The following statement was issued, May 9 by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director. After three decades of retreats something new is happening in the labor movement. With courage and determination teachers are showing in practice the capacities…