In their deadliest clash in almost six decades, Indian and Chinese troops, using improvised hand weapons, battled over a disputed border region high in the Himalayan mountains June 15. Tensions between the rulers of the world’s two most populous countries…
With just four and a half months left before the 2020 elections, Democrats and Republicans are trying to crank up their down and dirty fight for the White House and to win attention from working people. But neither self-described “progressive”…
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling June 18 rejecting on procedural grounds the way the administration of President Donald Trump reached its decision to dismantle the “Dreamers” program. This Barack Obama-era program protects from deportation some 700,000 undocumented immigrants…
“What book do you recommend?” That’s a question heard many times over the last several weeks as fellow protesters against police brutality looked at the wide range of titles by Socialist Workers Party leaders and other revolutionary fighters on party…
GARDENA, Calif. — “I got here at 6 p.m., just after he was shot. They didn’t move his body out until nine or 10 hours later. They wouldn’t let the family see him. The cops took all the cameras, cleaned…
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Some 100 people gathered at a candlelight vigil in the Hesperian Blvd. Walmart parking lot here June 18 with Sharon Taylor to remember the life of her son, Steven Taylor. He was gunned down by cops…
A growing number of contributors to the SWP “stimulus” appeal keep the total going up. The appeal this week has reached $127,500, from 115 contributors! Osborne Hart, a Walmart worker and SWP congressional candidate from Philadelphia, writes: “Finally, one of…
The key for working people today is the fight for jobs, to provide income for workers and their families, to rebuild the ranks of the working class, and help workers prepare for class-struggle battles today and to come. Hundreds of…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 15 that “An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender defies the law.” This ruling, like their 2015 decision striking down state government restrictions barring gay people from getting married,…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “Management told us we had the option of using our paid leave or going without pay. That is, we could feed our families or not feed them. We could pay our bills or not. It was…
