‘New York Times,’ liberal press act as propaganda agents for Hamas

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021

The Hamas group, which rules Gaza, mounted an incendiary balloon attack against civilian areas in Israel June 16, which caused at least 20 fires inside the country. This was meant to provoke a military response from the new Israeli administration,…


Caravans demand: ‘End US embargo against Cuba!’

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021
Caravan through Holguín, Cuba. Caravans and rallies protesting U.S. government’s economic war against people of Cuba took place around the world June 20, three days before U.N. voted to demand end to Washington’s embargo on Cuba.

Opponents of Washington’s decadeslong bipartisan economic war against Cuba organized caravans and rallies around the world June 20 demanding “End the U.S. embargo against Cuba! U.S. out of Guantánamo now! End U.S. travel restrictions against Cuba!” The protests were the…


Capital rules through its two parties: Democrats and Republicans

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021
Laura Gray cartoon in Militant, July 29, 1944, of bosses cracking whip over Republicans, Democrats, as they rush to do bidding of capitalist rulers.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July is Letters from Prison by James P. Cannon, a founding leader of the Socialist Workers Party. He and 17 other leaders of the SWP and the Minneapolis Teamsters union were framed…


Ukraine miners strike, demand back pay, safe work conditions

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021
Uranium miners in Ukraine protest in Kyiv, the capital city, June 16, demanding back pay owed for April and May and safe working conditions. Following action, government paid the wages.

Uranium miners at the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant in the Kirovograd region of Ukraine refused to work starting June 15. They’re demanding payment of back wages for April and May. The next day the workers, members of the Independent…


British Columbia hotels carry out mass firings, layoffs, lockouts

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — As the pandemic begins to wind down here, hotel bosses are moving to reopen or expand service and hitting some 50,000 hotel workers across British Columbia with layoffs, mass firings, and demands for wage cuts. These…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021

July 1, 1996 The following statement was released June 19 by James Harris and Laura Garza, Socialist Workers candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Responsibility for the escalating racist burnings of Black churches throughout the South…


Volvo Truck workers strike over wages, divisive two-tier

Workers reject bosses’ offer, go back on picket line
Vol. 85/No. 25 - June 28, 2021
Picket at Volvo truck factory in Dublin, Virginia, June 13. UAW members had ended strike April 30, then rejected boss proposals twice by 90%. They went back out on strike June 7.

DUBLIN, Va. — Some 2,900 United Auto Workers Local 2069 members entered their second week back on strike at Volvo Truck, fighting for higher wages and against bosses’ demands for divisive concessions. Since a 13-day strike at Volvo’s New River…


Victory! Ban on ‘Militant’ in Indiana prison is overturned!

Vol. 85/No. 25 - June 28, 2021

Over the last  two weeks, bans on the Militant imposed by prison authorities in Indiana and Florida were overturned — important victories for defense of prisoners’ rights and for freedom of the press. The latest victory came June 9 when…


SWP campaign expands reach, builds solidarity in Ill. coalfields

Vol. 85/No. 25 - June 28, 2021
Dennis Richter, SWP candidate for California governor, talks to unemployed home care worker Liliana Garcia in San Ysidro June 11 about amnesty for undocumented workers living in U.S.

Everywhere Socialist Workers Party campaigners are finding interest in discussing what workers and farmers face and how we can stand up together against the bosses’ assaults. Campaigners are in the final weeks of a nine-week drive to sell 1,400 Militant…