Brewery workers fight lockout over Molson concession demands

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

TORONTO — Molson Coors Beverage Co. Feb. 20 locked out the 300 workers at its brewery here after they rejected the company’s “best and final” offer by a vote of 208 to 69. The unionists, members of Canadian Union of…


Celebrate International Women’s Day!

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, March 8. The fight for women’s emancipation is in the interest of all working people and is key to unifying the working class in the face of capitalist…


Help SWP get on NJ ballot: ‘Give workers their own voice’

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021
Joanne Kuniansky, above, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, and running mate Candace Wagner, inset, address March 6 campaign rally in Union City.

UNION CITY, N.J. — Over two dozen supporters of the Socialist Workers Party campaigns of Joanne Kuniansky and Candace Wagner, for New Jersey governor and lieutenant governor, began a spirited six-week effort March 6 to place the party’s ticket on…


Support fight to win a union at Amazon in Alabama!

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

BESSEMER, Ala. — The drive by hundreds of workers at the large Amazon warehouse and distribution center here to bring in the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union to represent them is going strong. They face a concerted effort by…


Unions call general strike against coup in Myanmar

‘We will never be slaves to a military junta’
Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021
March 10 protest in Katha, farm town of 27,000 on border of Kachin and Shan ethnic regions, part of Myanmar-wide strikes and protests demanding end to military junta’s seizure of power.

Working people in Myanmar began a general strike across the country March 8, seeking to topple the military junta that seized power Feb. 1. The strike comes alongside massive protests, in spite of more deadly repression by the regime. “We…


Lessons of Cuba’s revolution can help us emulate its example

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021
University students march in Havana against Fulgencio Batista’s U.S.-backed dictatorship, April 6, 1952, a month after he overthrew the elected government in a coup. Armando Hart is sixth from left, looking at the camera. Behind, waving Cuban flag, is Raúl Castro.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March is Aldabonazo: Inside the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1952-58, a Participant’s Account by Armando Hart. He was a central organizer of the urban underground and one of the historic leaders of the…



One year since pandemic began, millions of workers need jobs, unions

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021
Volunteers give groceries to jobless workers at food bank in Lindenwold, New Jersey. In 15 states last year the percentage of working-age people with jobs fell to the lowest levels ever.

Millions of workers remain out of work a year after government-ordered pandemic shutdowns slashed jobs in factories, restaurants, hotels, retail, schools and much more. Huge numbers found themselves driven out of the working class and isolated in their homes. The…


‘Militant’ special appeal goes over $82,000 — a fantastic success!

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

Over the last two months, 191 readers have contributed $82,176 to the Militant’s special “stimulus” appeal — a fantastic response! This second “stimulus” government payout is now over. We explained when we launched the appeal in January that the funds…


Correction

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

In the article “Books by Revolutionary Leaders Sell Well at Tehran Fair” in the Militant dated March 15, the wrong name of the main sponsor of the cultural event was garbled in a copyediting error by the Militant. The sponsor…