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A history of the wave of strikes and occupations that gripped Italian factories and universities during the 1960s. Coming to a head with the Hot Autumn of 1969, independent forms of struggle used by workers represented a significant attempt to break from restrictive trade unions.

Vom Schreibtisch in München an den Strand von Valencia: Für viele Menschen ist es egal, von wo aus sie arbeiten. Allerdings gibt es dabei rechtliche Stolperfallen. So tappen Sie nicht hinein.

Vom Schreibtisch in München an den Strand von Valencia: Für viele Menschen ist es egal, von wo aus sie arbeiten. Allerdings gibt es dabei rechtliche Stolperfallen. So tappen Sie nicht hinein.

Mit der Sonderausstellung „Constantin Meunier und Robert Sterl. Die Arbeiter im Blick“ wird auch das 40-jährige Bestehen des Robert-Sterl-Hauses als Museum in Struppen gefeiert.

The-Militant-Logo Sort by relevance The Cuban Revolution: An example for us today Black liberation, workers’ stake in defending due process and how cops and courts serve capitalist rule May 31, 2021 AP Photo/Harold ValentineFidel Castro, left, addresses crowd in Colón, Cuba, Jan. 7, 1959, as Freedom Caravan crosses Cuba on way to Havana after overthrow of U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Cuba’s socialist revolution, along with struggle to bring down Jim Crow ...

By Seth Galinsky May 24, 2021 Militant/Terry Evans“My boss made me employee of the month,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, on his doorstep May 6, “so I had to get this T-shirt.” “I’ve been a union worker since I was 18,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, when she and campaign supporter Terry Evans knocked on his door in Jerse...

The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) joins the working class in Botswana and the world over to commemorate the annual International Workers Day (Labour Day) which evolved after the famous 1st May 1889 Marxist International Socialist Congress in Paris. This is the time for the workers to reflect deeply on the successes and challenges they have faced over the years. The corona virus has led to thousands of deaths and job losses as the unprepared governments failed to fight the virus and prote...

Careerism on the Mersey James Harvey reports on the manoeuvrings and stitch-ups that have happened in the wake of the arrest of elected mayor Joe Anderson Following his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and of witness intimidation, Liverpool’s elected mayor, Joe Anderson, withdrew from the elections scheduled for May this year. 1 The news of the arrest, Anderson’s withdrawal and allegations of corruption threw the city’s Labour councillors into confusion, out of which thre...

By Naomi Craine March 1, 2021 Malcolm X speaking at July 1962 New York rally called to support fight for union recognition by Local 1199. Malcolm praised Leon Davis, SEIU Local 1199 president, who spent 30 days in jail rather than comply with court order to call off 56-day strike by hospital workers. Feb. 21 marks the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. Malcolm was “the face and the authentic voice of the f...

The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation. The murderous attack on Jews at the Kosher deli in Jersey City in December 2019, the cold-blooded massacre of Jews at the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris in 2015 and other acts of anti-Semitic violence shattered the illusion of many that virulent Jew-hatred ended with the fall of the Nazi regime. Or that it is only a minor question today. Why does Jew-hatred persist and how can it be eradicated? This book, kept in print and actively distri...