UK refuse workers on strike six months against pay cut

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — Hundreds of striking refuse workers, members of Unite the Union, and other trade unionists marched through the city center and rallied here Sept. 20. The demonstration marked the six-month anniversary of the start of their strike against…


84th anniversary of Babyn Yar marked in Ukraine and Israel

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025
Students visiting the Mirror Field memorial installation, part of Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial in Kyiv. “For the Jewish youth who go today to Auschwitz, I hope they will also come to Babyn Yar. It is not less important to remember the ‘Holocaust by Bullets,’” Natan Sharansky said.

“One of the Holocaust’s worst single atrocities — the murder of 33,771 Jews over two days in September 1941, the start of the ‘Holocaust by Bullets,’” said a press release issued by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center at simultaneous…


SWP: Only working class can prevent rulers march to war

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025
Joanne Kuniansky (recuadro), candidata del PST para gobernadora de Nueva Jersey, habló en evento con otros candidatos en Iglesia Bautista Shiloh en Plainfield, el 25 de septiembre, al que asistieron unas 400 personas.

PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Joanne Kuniansky, inset, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of New Jersey, spoke to some 400 people at a candidates town hall at the Shiloh Baptist Church here Sept. 25. The event was organized by the National…


Workers in Philippines protest and strike as conditions, wages worsen

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025

MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of Filipinos demonstrated here and in other cities across the archipelago Sept. 21 over the embezzlement of billions of pesos allocated for desperately needed flood control projects. Protests had been building for weeks over…



‘Woke’ left normalizes violence, liberals adapt

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025

Clarity on the questions posed by Tyler Robinson’s killing of Trump supporter Charlie Kirk are critical for the working class. The article in last week’s Militant, “‘Woke’ left hails violent attacks to shut political opponents down” by Terry Evans, was…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025

October 9, 2000 NEW YORK — Demanding the arrest and prosecution of those who committed the savage beating of two Mexican workers on Long Island nine days earlier, hundreds of workers held two demonstrations in Manhattan Sept. 26. The youths…



Destruction of Hamas is key to ending threat of new Holocaust

Trump ‘peace’ plan advances US imperialist interests
Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025
Palestinians head south from northern Gaza Sept. 17 after Israeli forces urged them to leave to avoid civilian casualties during IDF military operation against Hamas’ stronghold in Gaza City.

On Sept. 29, President Donald Trump announced his 20-point plan to end the fighting in Gaza. It would take Israel’s defensive war to decisively defeat Hamas out of Israel’s hands.  It’s a further step in Washington’s efforts to impose a…


British Columbia gov’t workers expand strike picketing

Vol. 89/No. 36 - October 13, 2025
British Columbia General Employees’ Union members picket Finance Ministry offices in Vancouver Sept. 24. Government workers throughout province are fighting for a wage raise.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “The BCGEU’s strike action increased today, with workers walking off the job at 17 additional BC Liquor Stores across the province, as well as at the Ministry of Attorney General,” the British Columbia General Employees’ Union…