SWP Active Workers Conference set for June 13-15

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019

“I want to go to the conference to meet workers who are excited and prepared for the struggles ahead. I’m excited for all the learning, of course — learning in community, across generations — there’s something so powerful about that,”…




Fight for women’s right to choose abortion

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019

The following statement was released May 20 by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Dallas. The Socialist Workers Party and its 2019 slate of candidates across the country call on working people and all supporters of women’s…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019

June 6, 1994 EAST PEORIA, Illinois — In a victory for the United Auto Workers union, Caterpillar Inc. announced May 19 that it would reinstate 34 of 37 workers indefinitely suspended for union activities. Three workers remain suspended because the…


Working people in NKorea hit hard by US gov’t sanctions

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a summit in South Korea in June to discuss “denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula, the White House and Blue House announced May 16. South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh said in…



Campaign against Harvard dean is blow to political rights

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019
Students protest Feb. 11 for removal of African American Harvard law professor Ronald Sullivan as dean of Winthrop House. He was targeted for providing legal counsel to movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Inset, graffiti on college door.

In the name of defending women, student protesters and administration officials at Harvard University struck a serious blow against political rights by stripping responsibilities from a longstanding faculty dean in the law school who took on the controversial job of…


US gov’t steps up attacks against sovereignty of Venezuela, Cuba

Vol. 83/No. 22 - June 3, 2019

In the wake of the failed U.S.-backed coup attempt in Venezuela April 30, the U.S. government continues to tighten its economic noose around the country, hoping to bring down the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Washington is also stepping up…