Image of Donald Trump fills screen at June 16, 2022, hearing in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, riot at Capitol. Democrats’ witch hunt against former president aims to stop him running today.

New indictment of Trump is frontal attack on free speech

Defend constitutional rights! Drop the charges

On Aug. 14, Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, announced the indictment of former President Donald Trump and a number of his political supporters under the notorious anti-union RICO law. A grand jury she has been…


Crisis deepens in Africa after coup in Niger

The Economic Community of West African States, led by the government of Nigeria, rejected a proposal by Niger’s new military junta Aug. 21 to relinquish their rule and hold elections within three years. This increases the threat of conflict, with…


Build support for grocery workers strike in Toronto

Unifor Local 414 members picket in Toronto Aug. 13. The grocery workers struck July 29 for better wages, benefits.

TORONTO — On the strike picket line at the Eglinton Square Metro grocery store here Aug. 11, Shannyn St. Aubin told the Militant she gets paid the minimum wage, 15.50 Canadian dollars ($11.47) an hour. “I’d like to help my…




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Build the unions! March Labor Day!

More workers today find themselves locked in battles with bosses seeking to push down our wages, health care, work schedules and working conditions. Unions are the key weapons workers have to fight back. We need to strengthen the unions, join…




Socialist Workers Party leadership sets course ahead

Adopts course to build union solidarity • defend constitutional freedoms • fight for wages, hours, job conditions that prevent families in working class from being torn apart • defend Cuba’s socialist revolution and its example in the U.S. and world over
International Educational Conference in Oberlin, Ohio, June 8-10, brought together over 330 people for reports, discussion on communist program, continuity and activities. Right, SWP literature table during conference.
OBERLIN, Ohio — “The sweeping indictment of Donald Trump under the Espionage Act by President Joseph…






Cuba and Chernobyl

This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.