Italian gov’t falls as rulers across Europe confront growing conflicts

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Taxi drivers protest working conditions in Rome July 13 outside office of former Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The Italian government collapsed, Draghi resigned July 21 amid EU tensions.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned, and his government coalition collapsed July 21, the same day the European Central Bank boosted interest rates, sharply raising the cost of loan repayments for the more heavily indebted capitalist powers across the southern…



Rail workers protest for jobs, pay, right to strike

Unions organize rally in Illinois, more planned
Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Some 150 union members and supporters rally July 30 in Galesburg, Illinois, to protest drive by major U.S. rail bosses to impose contract to increase profits off workers’ backs.

GALESBURG, Ill. — More than 150 railroad workers, family members and their supporters joined in the “Galesburg Rally for Rail Labor” here July 30, one of a series of protests being organized by rail workers across the Midwest as part…


Support Ukraine independence! Russian troops get out now!

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
“My neighbors fully support me,” Dmitry Skurikhin, inset, says. Roof of his shop in northwest Russia, July 19, is painted in Ukrainian colors. Under slogan, “Peace to Ukraine, freedom for Russia!” are names of “towns, cities of Ukraine suffering” from Russian military attacks. Police charged him several times, but he and his signs remain.

It is now more than five months since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of troops storming into Ukraine to overthrow the elected government, seize the country and obliterate Ukraine as a nation. Ukrainian forces have resisted courageously…


Owner-operator truckers shut down Oakland port

Independent truckers fight state law, threat to livelihoods
Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022
Con apoyo de estibadores, camioneros independientes cierran Puerto de Oakland, 21 de julio.

OAKLAND, Calif. — A protest and strike by owner-operator truckers and their supporters tied up the Port of Oakland for five days July 18-22. Hundreds began picketing the first day, flagging all truckers away from terminal entrances. The next day,…


Support Ukraine independence! Get Moscow’s troops out now!

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022

Russian missiles struck Ukraine’s key Black Sea port of Odesa July 23 just one day after Moscow signed an agreement brokered by the U.N. and Turkish government to unblock shipments by Kyiv of Ukrainian grain exports stored there. The Ukrainian…


US rulers face political crisis as workers seek road forward

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022

The U.S. capitalist rulers face a political crisis. Plunging support for President Joseph Biden in the polls; continued anti-Trump hysteria by liberals, the middle-class left and Never-Trump Republicans; as well as deepening divisions tearing at both the Democratic and Republican…


Join campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books by SWP leaders

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022
Community activist and retired truck driver Eugene Jenkins gets Militant subscription from Candace Wagner, SWP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, July 22 in Philadelphia.

“I’m a Democrat, but I don’t agree with a lot of what’s going on, including what’s in the media, whether it’s CNN or Fox News. You can’t trust either side,” Hamza Hassan told Joel Britton, Socialist Workers Party candidate for…