How can workers strengthen the union movement today?

Vol. 88/No. 7 - February 19, 2024
UAW picket at Stellantis plant in Morrow, Georgia, Sept. 22. Some 40,000 autoworkers walked out at GM, Ford and Stellantis for up to six weeks in 2023 contract fight. More workers are using unions to resist bosses’ attacks, while percentage of workers in unions continues to fall.

The U.S. Labor Department reported last month that union membership dropped last year to 10%. At the same time, more workers are using unions to resist the employers’ assaults. As the Socialist Workers Party 2022 resolution explains, “The low point…


‘Militant’ editor: Special features coming up

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023

The Militant  will be presenting a series of special features related to unfolding events in world politics following the slaughter carried out by Tehran-backed Hamas in Israel Oct. 7. The first is the article by Roy Landersen in this issue…


Road to end Jew-hating violence is for workers to take power

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
In 1939 hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution on the ship St. Louis were forced back to Europe after Washington and Ottawa denied them entry. Many died in the Holocaust. Imperialist powers bar on Jews before, during, after the war helped lead to creation of Israel.

Below is an excerpt from the review of the new edition of   The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon published in the Feb. 1, 2021, issue of the Militant. It has been updated since Hamas’ Oct. 7…


Movie depicts how US-backed terrorists blew up Cuban plane

Vol. 87/No. 39 - October 23, 2023
At Colón Cemetery in Havana, Oct. 6, 2015, Cubans mark 39th anniversary of destruction of Cubana Flight 455, blown up by opponents of Cuba’s socialist revolution, killing 73 people.

“Cubana 455: Chronicles of October 6,” a three-part documentary and epilogue written and directed by Enrique Berumen  BY BERNIE SENTER On Oct. 6, 1976, U.S.-backed enemies of Cuba’s socialist revolution detonated two bombs on Cubana airlines Flight 455. All 73…


Join ‘Militant’ campaign for unions, rights

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

The Militant  tells the truth about all the key working-class questions today — from the strike battles taking place to the fight to defend crucially needed constitutional freedoms. We urge our readers to join with us to get the broadest…


Welcome to new ‘Militant’ readers

Vol. 87/No. 21 - May 29, 2023

The Militant  extends a warm welcome to new readers who subscribed during the recent campaign to increase its readership. The paper is true to its masthead — a socialist newsweekly published in the interests of working people. Its reports on…


‘Militant’ wins victory in fight against prison ban in Florida

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

In an important victory for freedom of speech and the press, Florida prison authorities March 9 overturned a ban on the Militant’s Jan. 30 issue. They instructed officials at Blackwater River Correctional Facility to give the paper to subscribers of…


Fight to overturn ban on ‘Militant’ in Florida prison wins new support

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023

The Florida Department of Corrections’ Literature Review Committee “reviewed and overturned the impoundment” at Blackwater River Correctional Facility of the Jan. 30 issue of the Militant on March 9 and says “the publication is being processed for release to the inmate.”…


Support grows for ‘Militant’ against ban in Florida prison

Vol. 87/No. 10 - March 13, 2023

When they hear that Florida prison authorities banned an issue of the Militant for printing articles on a strike by New York nurses and on recent protests in Iran, many workers, farmers, union activists and others are outraged. Officials at…