Access to the Militant’s unique Ukraine coverage

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

The Militant’s coverage of Ukraine is unique. The paper defends the country’s right to self-determination, a political conquest of the Bolshevik-led Russian Revolution in Lenin’s time that remains decisive to forging working-class unity. Acting on that communist continuity the paper…


Debt crisis in Argentina comes down hard on working people

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Teachers in Jujuy, northern Argentina, are fighting for wage raise to keep up with skyrocketing price increases. Sign says, “No to the miserable 19% increase,” referring to the government’s offer. They went on strike March 1 to demand increase to match Argentina’s 50% inflation.

A deal between the government of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund to refinance $44.5 billion in debt owed to wealthy bondholders awaits the approval of the country’s legislature. If adopted, the unending cycle of paying off…


Amazon workers in Alabama rally for pro-union vote

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

BESSEMER, Ala. — “It’s an atrocity that we, the laborers, generate 99% of the income, yet we get less than 1% of the cut,” Amazon worker Dale Wyatt told 150 unionists and others here Feb. 26. They had turned out…


Worldwide protests denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022
Tens of thousands protested in Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Feb. 24, and other cities in the days after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We feel for Ukrainians,” 32-year-old taxi driver Niko Tvauri told media Feb. 27, “because we’ve seen Russian’s barbaric aggression on our soil.”

Tens of thousands of people worldwide have taken to the streets demanding Moscow get its troops out of Ukraine. This includes protests in Russia and countries like Belarus, where the government provided a platform for the Russian rulers’ assault on…


Protests hit cop killing of Amir Locke, debate road forward

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS — Since the police killing of Amir Locke Feb. 2, several protests, ranging in size from dozens to hundreds, have taken place around the Twin Cities. Locke, a 22-year-old DoorDash driver, was killed in the early morning hours by…


Greek meeting celebrates Cuba, books by Che Guevara

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022

ATHENS, Greece — Publishing house Diethnes Vima organized a discussion on “Che Guevara’s contributions to socialism in Cuba and proletarian internationalism worldwide” as a celebration of the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution here Jan. 22. Two books were presented —…


Puerto Rican teachers protest over wages, pension cuts

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022

Thousands of teachers, joined by contingents of firefighters, fellow unionists and others, marched to the governor’s mansion in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico Feb. 9 to demand higher wages and oppose cuts in pensions. Protesters also denounced a U.S.-imposed…


Palestinians, Israelis unite against settler attack on West Bank

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

Over a dozen masked unsanctioned settlers in the West Bank attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and their supporters from Israel Jan. 21 as they were planting trees by the village of Burin, south of Nablus. The attackers used clubs…


SWP: ‘Combat Jew-hatred wherever it raises its head’

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for US Congress in New Jersey, carries party placard: “It’s not ‘hate,’ it’s Jew-hatred!” in 2020 New York “No Hate, No Fear” rally that drew 25,000.

UNION CITY, N.J. — “The Socialist Workers Party and its candidates join working-class struggles against attacks by bosses and their parties, and present a course to lead workers to take power into our own hands,” Joanne Kuniansky, the SWP’s candidate…


Actions protest U.S. economic war against Cuba

Vol. 86/No. 6 - February 14, 2022

Nearly 100 people, a majority Cubans and Cuban Americans, gathered Jan. 30 at City Hall in Miami to demand an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba. A close to 100-car caravan then circled through the Little Havana neighborhood for…