Jewish and Arab workers join to advance class solidarity in Israel

Vol. 85/No. 24 - June 21, 2021

The brief wave of clashes in Israel in mid-May shows the challenges and the desire of Jewish and Arab working people there to come together to advance their class interests. Attacks against Jews and Arabs alike took place as tensions…


Victory won in overturning Indiana prison ban of ‘Militant’

Vol. 85/No. 24 - June 21, 2021

News update: Shortly after going to press June 9, the Militant was informed by Indiana prison authorities that the ban on issues of the paper withheld from subscriber Kevin “Rashid” Johnson had been overturned. “I agree with you that censoring’ images…


Fight for workers control of production!

Vol. 85/No. 24 - June 21, 2021

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, June 9. Safety is at the heart of many working-class struggles today as the bosses drive to increase productivity and profits, leading to deadly speedup and disdain for…



Liberals claim teaching math reinforces white supremacy

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

Claiming they’re taking steps to root out white supremacy, California’s State Board of Education and similar authorities in other states are considering a new curriculum that would upend how mathematics is taught in public schools. It’s outlined in a document…


Thanks to all! SWP ‘stimulus’ fund will help build the party

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

The enthusiastic response to the  SWP “stimulus” appeal has made a big addition to the resources for the ongoing work of the SWP! Over the last two and a half months 148 people have contributed $177,920! This column extends a…



Manchester bus drivers strike pushed back bosses’ attack

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

MANCHESTER, England — Bosses at Go North West “wanted to take a lot, but we’ve clawed a lot back and have got a stronger union that they have to deal with,” Carl Walmsley, one of hundreds of striking bus drivers,…


Belarus dictator forces plane down, seizes protester

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

In a brazen state skyjacking of a Ryanair passenger plane May 23, Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for 27 years, seized dissident journalist Raman Protasevich and his companion, Russian student Sofia Sapega. A MiG-29 fighter…


Workers need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

Statement by Osborne Hart, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Philadelphia district attorney, June 1.  As millions remain jobless today, driven out of the workforce by government-ordered coronavirus shut downs and the sharp contraction in capitalist production and trade, workers and…