After 3 months on strike, IAM at Boeing rejects offer

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Some 3,200 members of International Association of Machinists Local 837 have been on strike for three months at Boeing’s military aircraft and munitions plants in the St. Louis area. On Oct. 26 they voted down the company’s…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025

November 13, 2000 A bill making it a felony to disclose information about government “secrets” to “unauthorized” persons has been approved by the House and Senate, with little debate and no open hearings, and sent to President Clinton for approval.…


A win for workers in Philadelphia: Anou freed, back in his restaurant

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025
Hundreds protested Aug. 9 against ICE arrest of Anou Vongbandith in Philadelphia. “This is not just about Anou, but every family torn apart like ours,” his wife Ahn tells rally, above.

PHILADELPHIA — In a victory in the fight against deportation of immigrant workers, Anou Vongbandith was released on bond Oct. 29. He had been held at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center near Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested…




Join fight to end ‘Militant’ ban in Missouri prison

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025

The Militant is stepping up efforts to win support to reverse the impoundment of the paper by prison authorities in Missouri. The ban is a blatant violation of the constitutional rights of prisoners to receive and read a political newspaper…


Alberta students walk out in support of teachers’ fight

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025
Students organized a rally in Edmonton, Alberta, Oct. 27 voicing support for their striking teachers, who were forced back to work two days later by government strikebreaking law.

MONTREAL — On Oct. 30, one day after 51,000 striking Alberta teachers returned to work under a government strikebreaking order, thousands of high school students walked out of classes in over 70 schools throughout the province to support the teachers.…


Prisoners off death row protest transfer to supermax lockup

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025

At the end of his term as president, Joseph Biden commuted the death sentences hanging over 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row. Donald Trump’s Justice Department transferred eight of the 37 to a facility notorious for its…


Lessons from 1930s for the fight against fascism and war today

Vol. 89/No. 41 - November 17, 2025
Working-class militia in Aragón, Spain, March 1937, during Spanish civil war. Stalinist-led Popular Front government subordinated mass worker and peasant movement to interests of “progressive” capitalists, sabotaged fight against fascists, leading to defeat of the revolution.

As the crisis of capitalism deepens and sharpening trade conflicts and disputes over markets and resources grow, ruling imperialist governments are looking to build their military forces, search for allies and prepare for wider wars. What can working people do…