Massachusetts nurses protest over staffing levels and health coverage

Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018

GREENFIELD, Mass. — Two hundred members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association held a one-day protest strike at Baystate Franklin Medical Center here April 11. At issue is staffing levels and health insurance for nurses, who haven’t had a contract since…


‘Roseanne’ reboot infuriates liberals, stirs debate

Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018

The remake of TV comedy “Roseanne,” coming 21 years after the last series ended, has incurred the wrath of liberal commentators and critics. The reason for their anger? The lead character, like the show’s creator Roseanne Barr, voted for President…


Communist League in UK kicks off election campaign

Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018

MANCHESTER, England — “We need something like that here,” Beryl Mahomet said April 5 after she looked at the Militant’s coverage of the successful strike by teachers in West Virginia. Hugo Wils, Communist League candidate for Tameside Council in Stalybridge…


Support teachers’ fight in Arizona, Colorado!

Build solidarity with walk-ins, protests, strikes
Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018
“Walk-in” by teachers in Mesa April 25, one of hundreds across Arizona in last few weeks. Actions are part of effort to build broad social movement as part of fight for school funds.

SUPERIOR, Ariz. — “My coach wears her ‘RedforEd’ T-shirt every day and wants to go on strike,” Korinna Romero, a player on the high school softball team here and the daughter of one of the area’s many copper miners, told…


US rulers try to block gains in Mideast by Iran, Moscow

Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018

The U.S. government is campaigning to toughen the deal signed by the Barack Obama administration and Tehran aimed at slowing down the Iranian rulers’ acquisition of nuclear weapons. The dispute occurs as the U.S. propertied rulers seek to constrain Tehran’s…


Attacks by NY contractors grow, how can construction workers fight back?

Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018
April 4 Times Square march against bosses’ moves to step up nonunion construction in N.Y.

NEW YORK — “All workers need unions, they make us stronger,” said Wilmer Serrano, a construction worker who takes part in daily protests here organized by Ironworkers Union Local 46 outside the Hudson Yards development. Bosses at Related Companies, the…