Protests in Grand Rapids: ‘Arrest cop who killed Patrick Lyoya!’

Vol. 86/No. 19 - May 16, 2022

Demonstrations protesting the killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have been taking place every evening at 6 p.m., Lakyra Price-Sanders told the Militant  in a phone interview April 29. “We’re continuing to do what we can to bring…



Defend Ukraine independence! All Russian troops out now!

For solidarity of Russian, Ukrainian workers against Putin’s war
Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Residents of Russian-occupied Kherson, Ukraine, April 27, protest Moscow’s sham referendum to create “people’s republic.” Russian troops fired tear gas, stun grenades against the crowd.

The Russian regime of President Vladimir Putin is redirecting and attempting to step up efforts to crush the Ukrainian people’s tenacious resistance to its invasion. As Moscow’s forces center assaults on eastern Ukraine, they continue to unleash shelling, rocket and…


No worker has to die! Young bakery worker killed on the job

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Automatic Rolls bakery, in Clayton, North Carolina, where Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, inset, was killed April 16 working on a large mixing machine. Fight for union control of line speeds, crew sizes, schedule, training is needed to counter deadly effects of capitalists’ drive for profits.

CINCINNATI — A young woman’s life was cut short when she was killed on the job April 16. Bibiana Arellano Delabra, 22, was crushed to death while operating a large industrial mixing machine at nonunion Automatic Rolls of North Carolina…


‘Militant’ calls target week to step up drive for new readers

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Vincent Auger shows Chantell Woods the Militant on her porch in Portland, Oregon, April 23.

Taking advantage of expanded opportunities to reach out with the Socialist Workers Party program, party members are organizing an international target week April 30 – May 8 to boost momentum in the nine-week drive to win 1,600 new readers to…



Thousands turn out as Havana Int’l Book Fair opens April 20

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Participants check out book displays at the 30th annual Havana International Book Fair.

HAVANA — Thousands of people have visited the grounds of the colonial Spanish fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña over the last five days, since the Havana International Book Fair opened at this historic site April 20. The 10-day…


Moscow’s troops out of all of Ukraine now!

Defend Ukraine independence, sovereignty!
Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022
April 12 rally in Slavutych, where Chernobyl workers live, in solidarity with fellow workers resisting Russian occupation of Energodar, Ukraine, home of largest nuclear plant in Europe.

Attempting to reverse a series of embarrassing setbacks in his effort to crush independent Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an offensive April 18 in the eastern part of the country closest to Russia. He coupled the drive in Donetsk…


Miners strike passes 1-year mark, wins new solidarity

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022
Warrior Met miners strike rally, McCalla, Alabama, April 6.

ATLANTA — Opportunities to build solidarity for the 1,100 members of United Mine Workers of America on strike for over a year at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Alabama, are growing. The April 6 solidarity rally near the mine that…