Washington’s bombing of boats it claims are running drugs off the coast of Venezuela, and its threats to overthrow the Nicolás Maduro government, are an attack on the country’s national sovereignty. They take place as conflicts between Washington and Beijing…
October 30, 2000 BENTON, Illinois — Nearly 500 people, mostly retired members of the United Mine Workers of America and their wives, attended a meeting here Oct. 13 to demand the government keep its promise to coal miners to provide…
MONTREAL — “We will not be intimidated and ruled by threats that attempt to force us back to work,” Alberta Teachers Association President Jason Schilling told an Oct. 17 news conference, referring to pressure by the government to compel them…
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — “There is no peace in Gaza today,” Socialist Workers Party National Committee member Norton Sandler told a well-attended Militant Labor Forum here Oct. 17. Sandler is the party’s candidate for governor of California. “The Militant,” he…
FORT WORTH, Texas — After a 40-day strike against Hilton Americas-Houston, members of UNITE HERE Local 23 announced Oct. 10 they had won a $20 hourly minimum wage for housekeepers, laundry attendants and stewards, and increases to $22 by the…
Working people face deepening blows from the worldwide capitalist crisis, with persistent high prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity, rents, child care, health care and more. Many are looking for ways to avoid going under as they struggle…
CUMMING, Georgia — After 100 days on strike against the giant national waste hauling company Republic Services, some 30 Teamsters Local 728 members finally returned to work Oct. 16 after winning a new contract. They were the last group of…
The Militant is fighting to reverse the banning of issues of the paper by the Lansing state prison in Kansas and of issue no. 28 by the Missouri Department of Corrections. What’s involved is a clear violation of prisoners’ constitutional…
The Donald Trump administration is sharply escalating its threats against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The combined military, political and economic pressure is also aimed at sending a message to other governments in Latin America and the Caribbean…
