‘Militant’ battles bans by prisons in Missouri, Kansas

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025

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…


US rulers step up war threats on Venezuela gov’t, toilers

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
Helicopters on USS Iwo Jima in Caribbean Sept. 23. U.S. armada off Venezuela has blown up several boats, part of Washington’s drive to topple the government of Nicolás Maduro.

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…


Mandela granddaughters in Israel: ‘People killed for being Jewish’

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela (center) and Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway at aid site in Gaza during visit to Israel. “Seeing how families were murdered for simply being Jewish will stay with us forever,” Dlamini-Manaway said.

They were “glued to the television” Oct. 13 when Hamas released the hostages, Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela told the South African Jewish Report. Both are granddaughters of Nelson Mandela, the central leader of the fight that brought down apartheid…


British Columbia gov’t workers expand strike to almost 25,000

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — More than 1,600 members of the Professional Employees Association across the province have now joined striking BC Government Employees’ Union members on the picket line Oct. 16, bringing the total number of strikers to almost 25,000.…


Frontier call center workers rally for wage raise, safety on the job

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Two hundred Frontier customer call center workers, members of Communications Workers of America Local 9588, rallied here Sept. 28 to highlight their fight for better wages, affordable health care and safety on the job. “We need…


Two Canada truckers’ protest leaders sentenced to house arrest

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025
Freedom Convoy truckers protest Canadian government’s vaccine mandate in 2022. Inset, trucker and convoy spokesperson Chris Barber ordered to serve 12 months house arrest Oct. 7.

MONTREAL — Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, who were spokespeople for the February 2022 protest in Ottawa by hundreds of truckers and others, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months respectively Oct. 7. Dozens of supporters attended the hearing. Both…


Manchester rail workers strike wins broad solidarity

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025

MANCHESTER, England — On Oct. 8, their third day of strike action,  rail workers here were joined by Danny Taylor, a leader of the six-month-long Unite union refuse workers strike in Birmingham, a delegation from the Fire Brigade Union and…


287 books on Marxism, union struggles sold in Santo Domingo

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025
Hundreds visited Pathfinder stand Oct. 1-5 at Santo Domingo International Book Fair. “The books on the working-class struggles caught my attention,” a member of a theater union said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — “These books are necessary for a new awakening,” Frankely Polanco, a building painter, said while he was looking over the Pathfinder Press stand at the 27th Santo Domingo International Book Fair Oct. 1. He was…


DC rally demands action against rise in black lung

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025
DC rally demands action against rise in black lung

WASHINGTON — Some 100 members of the National Black Lung Association — coal miners, wives, widows and other family members and friends — rallied here Oct. 14, along with members of the United Mine Workers of America. They’re demanding the…


SWP candidates in Minneapolis protest assault on synagogue

Vol. 89/No. 38 - October 27, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS — “The Socialist Workers Party calls on all working people and our unions to protest the Jew-hating attack on Temple Israel in Minneapolis,” Kevin Dwire, the SWP candidate for mayor, and Edwin Fruit, the party’s candidate for Minneapolis City…