Havana International Book Fair opens April 20

Vol. 86/No. 16 - April 25, 2022

Tens of thousands of Cuban workers and youth will attend the 30th Havana International Book Fair April 20-30, looking for literature and discussion on culture and politics, science, literature of the world, children’s books and more. Since Cuba’s workers and…


Alabama rally backs miners strike against Warrior Met

Vol. 86/No. 15 - April 18, 2022
Alabama rally backs miners strike against Warrior Met

MCCALLA, Alabama — United Mine Workers of America members who’ve been on strike for a year against Warrior Met Coal were joined in a solidarity rally here April 6 by hundreds of unionists from across the South and Midwest. Over…


US rulers probe Venezuela deal as sanctions on Russia cut off oil

Vol. 86/No. 14 - April 11, 2022
Workers in Venezuela line up for gas March 17. Though country has largest oil reserves in the world, harsh economic, trade sanctions by Washington have devastating impact on workers.

White House and State Department officials traveled to Caracas March 5 to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to discuss a partial lifting of sanctions that Washington imposed on that country’s oil industry in 2017. The visit grows out of…


Ohio forum: ‘Workers who are blind are fighters, not victims’

Vol. 86/No. 13 - April 4, 2022
Militant Labor Forum in Cincinnati March 20 featured Dave Perry, Teamsters Local 100 shop steward and board member of the National Federation of the Blind, speaking; Gloria Robinson, right, president NFB Cincinnati chapter; and Maggie Trowe, far left, Socialist Workers Party.

CINCINNATI — Gloria Robinson, president of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Federation of the Blind; Dave Perry, a machine operator at the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired factory and Teamsters Local 100 shop steward there, as…



Cuban unions set mass May Day march, solidarity conference

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Huge march in Havana May 1, 2018. May Day parade this year will be first for two years, followed by conference of international solidarity with Cuba organized by Cuban Confederation of Unions. The activities follow the Havana International Book Fair, April 20-30.

The Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC) is inviting workers around the world to the million-strong May Day parade in Havana — which celebrates International Workers Day and puts on display the determination of Cuban workers to defend their socialist…


Join ‘Militant’ drive! Fight Moscow’s war on Ukraine!

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022
UPS worker Mark Rodriguez, left, renews Militant subscription at Teamster protest against pay cut for part-time workers Feb.23, San Francisco. At right, Joel Britton, SWP candidate for California governor. SWP has launched Militant drive to advance fight against Moscow’s war.

In response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Militant has launched a timely and needed international drive to expand the reach of the paper, win 1,600 new subscribers, sell 1,600 books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders presenting…


Art exhibit gives graphic picture of Nazi Holocaust in Latvia

Vol. 86/No. 9 - March 7, 2022
“Roll Call in Concentration Camp,” one of several paintings by Boris Lurie, portraying his experiences during Holocaust in Latvia. Lurie’s early work is on show for first time at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.

NEW YORK — Nov. 30 and Dec. 8, 2021, marked the 80th anniversary of the Nazi execution by firing squad of 25,000 Jews in the Rumbula Forest outside Riga, Latvia. It was the beginning of the Holocaust in that Baltic…


Join May Day Brigade! Learn about Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
May Day march in Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, May 1, 2019, celebrates Cuban Revolution. May Day Brigade members will join 2022 march in Havana, meet with mass organizations.

For anyone wanting to learn firsthand about the Cuban Revolution, an excellent opportunity is the 15th International May Day Voluntary Work Brigade to Cuba this spring, set for April 24 to May 8. The National Network on Cuba organizes the…


Bloody Sunday anniversary marks fight for Irish freedom

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

LONDON — In a bloody assault against the struggle for civil rights and Irish independence, the British Army’s paratroop regiment on Jan. 30, 1972, gunned down protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. Fourteen were killed and many more injured. Fifty years…