The Kurds’ decadeslong fight to gain a homeland

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019

The Donald Trump administration’s announced intention to draw down U.S. troops from Syria has been portrayed by many media outlets as an unexpected betrayal of Kurdish forces who have been the key troops in the fight to liberate areas of…


‘Militant’ fight against prison censors draws attention

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019

“While literature lovers across the world say reading expands the mind, for inmates the list of acceptable reading material only expands so far,” reporter Anne Easker writes in a Dec. 24 feature in the daily Charlotte Sun, published in Port…


‘Yellow vest’ actions continue to press needs of French toilers

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019
Yellow vest protesters march in Rennes, France, Dec. 29. “We fight for you,” sign on left says. Protesters continue pressing for further concessions from the French government.

LONDON — Thousands of “gilets jaunes” — yellow vests — continue to protest in France, especially in cities and rural areas outside Paris and other large cities, despite government concessions and a police crackdown on roadblocks and roadside encampments in…


Trump plan to draw down troops in Syria, Afghanistan stirs debate

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019
Syrian child in refugee camp, in Lebanon, 2014. Yearslong war grew out of Syrian dictatorship’s brutal assault on popular rebellion, and interventions by Washington, Tehran, Moscow and other capitalist powers, leading to over 400,000 killed and millions driven from their homes.

President Donald Trump announced plans Dec. 19 to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and cut by nearly half Washington’s forces in Afghanistan. The decision galvanized some in his administration,  and pro-war liberal Democrats and Republicans alike, into calling for the…


US troops out of Middle East, Afghanistan now!

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019

The following statement was issued Jan. 2 by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Dallas mayor. The Socialist Workers Party demands the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops, bombers and warships from the Middle East and Afghanistan! The…


SWP members gear up to take Militant, books door to door

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019
Luis Antonio, an unemployed mechanic, talks with SWP members Lea Sherman and John Staggs, right, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19. “Every politician in this political system is corrupted by big business and the only way to change this is to make a revolution,” Antonio said.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party are starting the new year with a bang, organizing teams to take the party, its program and its support for working-class struggle to working people on their doorsteps. They are traveling to cities small…


Judge affirms Chicago cops used torture in frame-up case

Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019

CHICAGO — More than 28 years after his conviction for a double murder he didn’t commit, and over eight years after the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission ruled that Chicago cops had tortured him into making a false confession,…




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SWP candidates are ‘tribunes of the people’
Vol. 83/No. 2 - January 14, 2019
Alyson Kennedy, SWP candidate for Dallas mayor, speaks with Dakotah Luster Dec. 30. “Democrats and Republicans are parties of the bosses,” she said. “We need our own party.”

The Socialist Workers Party has announced plans to run candidates for more than a dozen municipal and state offices across the country in 2019, including in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. They will…