Back fight for Puerto Rico independence!

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Statement by Sara Lobman for the Socialist Workers Party to the hearing of the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization of Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022. Distinguished chairperson and committee members: My name is Sara Lobman. I am the Socialist Workers…


Ukrainian resistance continues in occupied Kherson

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Kherson, a Ukrainian port on the Black Sea, was the first major city to fall to Russian forces when they invaded Ukraine Feb. 24. It lies near the Crimean Peninsula, which was seized by Moscow in 2014. “In the first…


Bakery workers at Form-A-Feed in Wisconsin strike for pay raise

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — Nine members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 22, went on strike at Form-A-Feed here June 13. They are the only union members among the over 200 workers at the company’s two mills,…


Ecuador protests demand lower prices, halt foreclosures

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

After two weeks of sizable daily protests by Indigenous groups, the government of Ecuador has given in to some of their demands and is negotiating with them on others. The protests by thousands of workers and peasants provoked by the…


Expand use of nuclear power for world energy needs

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

For all their pious talk about the climate crisis and the need to end the use of fossil fuels, most capitalist rulers worldwide, as well as middle-class environmental groups, oppose much-needed steps to expand the use of nuclear power. This…