LONDON — More than ten thousand trade unionists from around the U.K. joined a June 18 demonstration here to protest mounting assaults on living standards. The action was called by the Trades Union Congress. “We’re being mugged,” Mesol Sapie, a…
The Democratic Party’s relentless drive to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again in 2024 stepped up a gear starting June 9 with hours of televised House Select Committee hearings probing the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion at the Capitol…
Moscow’s invasion and murderous bombardment of Ukraine has been resisted tenaciously by the Ukrainian people for over three months, opening a new stage in the decline and disintegration of the capitalist “world order” set up after World War II. The…
The horrifying mass shooting that killed 21 children and teachers at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has sparked heated debate and mutual accusations of blame on the left and right of capitalist politics. None address the root cause…
ATLANTA — “We’re keeping up our weekly solidarity rallies,” striking Warrior Met coal miner Otis Sims told the Militant in a phone interview May 29. “They’re important. Now we have them outside UMWA Local 2397’s union hall in Brookwood every…
MINNEAPOLIS — During two weeks of daily campaigning through May 31, supporters of the Socialist Workers Party’s ticket of Gabrielle Prosser for governor and Kevin Dwire for lieutenant governor collected 2,566 signatures — well over the state’s requirement of 2,000…
An arsonist damaged a family planning and women’s health center under construction in Casper, Wyoming, May 25. Wellspring Health Access, a national health care nonprofit that provides reproductive care in rural areas, plans to offer a range of services, including…
President Joseph Biden embarked on his first visit to South Korea May 20-22, where he and newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced plans to expand provocative joint war games and to push increased economic sanctions against North…
Since the 2008 financial crash, living and working conditions in the U.S. have starkly declined for workers and our families, exacerbated by the effects of government lockdowns during the pandemic. Class inequalities have widened. Today, skyrocketing inflation, coupled with a…
An end to the British rulers’ domination and centurylong partition of Ireland has been thrust back onto the agenda following the emergence of Sinn Fein as the leading party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This is…
