White House attacks target constitutional protections

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

Backed by Democrats from the party’s fraying factions, President Joseph Biden, along with never-Trump Republicans, the New York Times and the rest of the liberal press, have stepped up their relentless drive against Donald Trump and the 74 million people…



Defend Ukraine independence! Moscow out of all of Ukraine now!

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

For over six months, the Ukrainian people have mobilized and fought to prevent Moscow’s forces from conquering their country and crushing its independence. Repulsing attacks on Kyiv, the capital, and elsewhere in the northeast, they have sapped the morale of…


Capitalism’s crisis lowers life span of working people

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Lori Spencer was barred from visiting her mother in Kirkland, Washington, nursing home in March 2020. Over 200,000 patients and staff in facilities like this died from COVID, loneliness.

As part of the crisis of capitalism today, working people in the U.S. have been living through a sharp drop in U.S. life expectancy over the past couple of years. And young people have experienced the worst decline in math…


Labor Day actions get word out on workers strike battles

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
SEIU nursing home workers, who went on strike Sept. 2 at 14 sites in Pennsylvania, join Labor Day march in Pittsburgh. Right, striking health care workers at Kaiser in Northern California at Labor Day rally in Oakland.

Across the country thousands of workers gathered and marched in Labor Day actions across the country. Many featured workers on the front line of today’s strike battles, including miners locked in a bitter 17-month fight with Warrior Met Coal bosses…


Communist League candidates campaign in Canada

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Above right, Vincent Ardea in Montreal.

MONTREAL — Katy LeRougetel, a bakery worker and Communist League candidate in the Oct. 3 Quebec provincial elections for the riding of Anjou-Louis-Riel, and fellow CL candidate Félix Vincent Ardea in the Montreal riding of Marquette, have been knocking on…


Oklahoma carries out execution, sets 24 more over next two years

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Protest against execution of James Coddington and the death penalty Aug. 25 in front of Oklahoma City mansion of Gov. Kevin Stitt, who threw out recommendation of clemency.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered prison authorities to carry out the execution of death row prisoner James Coddington at the state penitentiary in McAlester Aug. 25. He did so after denying an Aug. 3 recommendation of clemency from the state…


British Columbia public workers fight for wage raise

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union, representing some 33,000 public sector workers, voted 95% for strike action to fight for cost-of-living protection against soaring prices. On Aug. 15, 950 workers walked off the job at the…


Women’s conference debates road forward, Democratic Party

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022
Organizers of Women’s March in Washington, Jan. 21, 2017, rallied for failed campaign of Hillary Clinton against newly elected President Donald Trump, blaming “deplorable” workers for outcome. Houston conference was organized to recruit for Democrats in 2022.

HOUSTON — The deepening economic attacks on working people and how to win people to the fight for women’s emancipation were discussed by hundreds from across the country participating in a national Women’s Convention here Aug. 12-14. The event was…


Build solidarity with workers’ struggles!

Vol. 86/No. 34 - September 19, 2022

Statement issued Sept. 6 by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress from New Jersey. Thousands of workers came together in Labor Day actions yesterday. Many featured workers involved in strike battles seeking to push back dangerous working…