‘Protest US rulers’ economic war on the Cuban people’

Vol. 87/No. 39 - October 23, 2023

MIAMI — Thirty-five people joined a Miami Caravan action here Oct. 1, setting up a lively and highly visible vigil in the pouring rain at the Miami International Airport to demand an end to Washington’s embargo against Cuba and removal…


Kaiser hospital workers demand: ‘Hire more staff! Raise our pay!’

Vol. 87/No. 39 - October 23, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Over 75,000 Kaiser hospital workers carried out a three-day strike Oct. 4-6 in California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. Kaiser workers in Virginia and the District of Columbia went out for one day. The central issues are the…


Movie depicts how US-backed terrorists blew up Cuban plane

Vol. 87/No. 39 - October 23, 2023
At Colón Cemetery in Havana, Oct. 6, 2015, Cubans mark 39th anniversary of destruction of Cubana Flight 455, blown up by opponents of Cuba’s socialist revolution, killing 73 people.

“Cubana 455: Chronicles of October 6,” a three-part documentary and epilogue written and directed by Enrique Berumen  BY BERNIE SENTER On Oct. 6, 1976, U.S.-backed enemies of Cuba’s socialist revolution detonated two bombs on Cubana airlines Flight 455. All 73…


SWP campaigners get a hearing at union struggles, workers’ doors

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
Seth Galinsky, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, shows Militant to participants at the Brooklyn Book Festival Oct. 1. The table was always crowded as SWP supporters sold 28 Militant subscriptions and 81 books by party leaders, other revolutionaries.

“By joining union struggles and going door to door in working-class communities, Socialist Workers Party campaigners in Georgia have sold 21 Militant  subscriptions and 18 books by revolutionary leaders since the fall campaign began,” Susan LaMont, organizer of the SWP…


Militant Labor Forum: ‘Strikes today show workers are fed up’

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
Sept. 25 Militant Labor Forum in Cincinnati builds labor solidarity. Speaking is striker Janet Billingsley, UAW Local 674 president. From left, Kaitlin Estill, SWP candidate for Cincinnati City Council and BCTGM Local 57 member; Earl Farris, BCTGM Local 57 business agent; Kimberly Gray, UAW Local 674 alternate steward; and Gary Ringo, BCTGM Local 57 member.

CINCINNATI — “The strikes today show more and more workers are fed up,” Gary Ringo, a bakery worker and member of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 57, told the Militant Labor Forum here Sept. 25. The forum…


Drop frame-up charges on Uhuru 3!

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

TAMPA, Fla. — Forty people packed the U.S. Middle District federal courtroom here Sept. 28 to support African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess and Uhuru Solidarity Movement Chair Jesse Nevel as their…


Stand with UAW strikers! A fight for the working class

25,000 autoworkers out on strike at Ford, GM, Stellantis
Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023
United Auto Workers members and supporters on picket line in Roanoke, Texas, Oct. 2. Autoworkers are fighting against two tiers, family-busting schedules and unlivable wages.

CHICAGO — “We’re glad to join the strike,” Courtney O’Barski, a member of United Auto Workers Local 551, picketing Ford’s assembly plant here Sept. 30, told the Militant. “Inflation is killing us. Retirees need health insurance coverage.”  The day before,…



Ukraine unions fight Moscow invasion, boss attacks at home

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

In the midst of Moscow’s long and brutal war against Ukraine, and under cover of martial law at home, the Ukrainian capitalist class is pushing a new labor law that would weaken the labor movement. The working class is leading…


SWP candidates speak at Ohio high school

Vol. 87/No. 38 - October 16, 2023

CINCINNATI — The Socialist Workers Party campaign and its program were well-received at the candidate fair held here at Walnut Hills High School Sept. 13. Ned Measel and Kaitlin Estill, SWP candidates for Cincinnati City Council, and some of their…