Prisons in the United States are a brutal microcosm of capitalist society as a whole — with its ruthless exploitation of our labor, restrictions on our rights and armed cops and solitary confinement. These are all intended to undermine the…
One of three Florida prison officials’ bans against the Militant has been overturned. The statewide Literature Review Committee reversed the ban of the Militant’s March 25 issue and says it will deliver it to the paper’s 53 subscribers in 25…
After nearly seven months without any reported attempts by Florida state corrections authorities to block delivery of the Militant to subscribers behind bars, officials there just seized two issues of the paper. Officers at Florida State Prison in Raiford took…
“Our country is full,” President Donald Trump told Fox News April 5. He was trying to justify new obstacles the White House is pressing on the right of asylum for those fleeing violence and other moves aimed at discouraging immigrants…
Since the Militant closed out a special financial appeal last month — which raised $11,914 to help the paper meet its operating costs until the start of our annual spring Militant Fighting Fund drive — contributors have sent in another…
Contributions of $11,914 have been received at the Militant, taking the paper’s $10,000 special appeal over the top. This will help finance the paper’s publication between now and its annual fund drive in the spring. Thank you to the readers…
At least 24 rail workers died on the job in 2018 in North America. We are now into the sixth week of 2019 and at least four rail workers have been killed on the job — all because of the…
“Keep up the good work!” George Blue from Michigan City, Indiana, wrote when he sent in a check for $25 to the Militant’s special winter appeal. “I first started reading the Militant in 1970 when I was in prison —…
“Keep up the good work!” retired postal worker John Sislo wrote from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he mailed in a check for $100 to the Militant ’s winter $10,000 financial appeal. Sislo said he got his first copy of the paper shortly…
The six-day strike in Los Angeles by more than 30,000 teachers deserves further assessment. This is in the interest of all those in the working class who participated in the walkout, and all those across the country interested in how…
