September 18, 2000 WASHINGTON — They came from cities and towns around the country. Thousands of people converged on the nation’s capital August 26 to demand an end to cop brutality and harassment. The march, which drew between 10,000 and…
NEW YORK — “Increasing numbers of working people in the U.S. and worldwide can see that the imperialist ruling classes of the world are steadily marching humanity toward World War III, with everything that means in the age of nuclear…
The Israeli government is implementing its battle plans to defeat and disarm Hamas in Gaza. Decisively defeating Hamas is necessary to prevent the Nazi-like group from launching more pogroms. It will also remove Hamas’ boot from the neck of the…
MONTREAL — More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4092, voted 99.1% to reject a wage offer in a tentative contract, the union announced Sept. 6. The workers went on strike…
Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a massive parade of weaponry Sept. 3, alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and representatives of 23 other governments. The display was aimed at projecting…
The U.S. military cold-bloodedly killed 11 people on a speedboat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela Sept. 2, violating the sovereignty of Venezuela, other Caribbean nations and beyond. President Donald Trump claimed, without providing any evidence, the boat…
From the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted his goal is to conquer the country’s people and incorporate it into Russia. Three and a half years on, his regime’s airstrikes are targeting civilians, but…
Since Aug. 25 at least 10 protesters have been killed, dozens are missing and more than 3,000 arrested by government troops and police in Indonesia. In the midst of a deepening economic crisis, demonstrations erupted against President Prabowo Subianto after…
HOUSTON — Members of UNITE HERE Local 23 began a historic strike at the Hilton Americas-Houston in downtown on Labor Day. “This is the first hotel strike in Texas,” striker Maria Vasquez told the Militant. She has worked at the…
The Socialist Workers Party is preparing for a fall campaign to expand the readership of the Militant and books by party leaders and other revolutionaries, as well as raise $140,000 for the party’s work. The dates for the eight-week drive…
