May Day brigade: “I saw power of Cuba’s revolution”

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

LINCOLN, Neb. — “I never felt freer as a worker than the two weeks learning about the Cuban Revolution on the May Day Brigade there,” Carl Tyler told a dozen people meeting at the Meadowlark Coffee Shop here May 8.…



For a nuclear-free Korea, US troops, weapons out!

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

Steps taken by the U.S. and North Korean governments to establish talks about ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons are being welcomed by working people there, in Japan and across the Pacific. Whatever the U.S. capitalist rulers’ motivation —…


Lessons from Chernobyl disaster on 32nd anniversary

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

The worst nuclear disaster in history took place in Soviet Ukraine 32 years ago when the Chernobyl power plant exploded April 26, 1986. The explosion blew apart the top of reactor No. 4, releasing large amounts of radiation, the core…


Thousands of Las Vegas casino workers set strike vote May 22

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018
Workers at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, celebrate union-organizing victory. At end of April, 84 percent of the 614 workers voted to be represented by UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165. Contracts at 34 hotels covering 50,000 workers expire in Las Vegas June 1 and workers are preparing for possible strike action.

The over 50,000 members of UNITE HERE’s Culinary and Bartenders unions will vote May 22 on whether or not to authorize a strike once their contract expires June 1. The two unions include bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail servers, food…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

May 31, 1993 The Clinton administration is pushing ahead on its plans to organize a military intervention in Haiti. The 500-member police force that Washington hopes to assemble under the banner of the United Nations is not intended to end…


Join teachers for May 16 protest in North Carolina!

Teachers, school workers build for Raleigh action
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018
Teachers at April 26 news conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, announcing May 16 march and rally in Raleigh to demand better wages, work conditions and funds for schools.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The school workers uprising that started in West Virginia in late February and has since rolled across Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado, has hit North Carolina. More than 11,500 teachers have already filed for personal days to…


US rulers, Tehran fight over sway in Middle East

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

Determined to protect U.S. imperialist interests in the Middle East, push back Tehran’s growing military interventions and prevent Iran’s capitalist rulers acquiring nuclear arms, President Donald Trump May 8 withdrew the U.S. government from the 2015 nuclear deal signed by…


Back teachers, join Socialist Workers Party campaign!

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

The following statement was issued, May 9 by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director. After three decades of retreats something new is happening in the labor movement. With courage and determination teachers are showing in practice the capacities…


SWP, books, ‘Militant’ spark interest among working people

Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

When teachers and other school workers went on strike May 7 in Pueblo, Colorado, Walmart worker Helen Meyers and a team of other Socialist Workers Party members and supporters were there to join in solidarity and introduce the party, its…