Correction

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

In issue no. 14, the caption for the photo about the National Farmers Convention incorrectly said Ellie García, the SWP 2022 candidate for U.S. Senate from California, participated in the conference. A statement by her was distributed at the gathering. 


PBS documentary distorts story of fight against Vietnam War

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

“The Movement and the ‘Madman,’” a new PBS documentary, offers a version of the movement against the Vietnam War in 1969 that blames President Richard Nixon for the war and plays up the role of the Democratic Party that year…


Steelworkers rally protests firings at Calif. Chevron refinery

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

RICHMOND, Calif. — Over 60 people attended a protest organized by  United Steelworkers Local 5 at the Chevron oil refinery here March 23 titled “We are still here.” The leaflet building the action said, “Bring your family, friends and pets…


Teamsters at Sysco strike over wages, barbaric schedules

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Over 250 members of Teamsters Local 117 in Seattle went out April 2 in solidarity with Sysco workers on strike in Louisville and Indianapolis for higher wages, livable work schedules.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nearly 300 workers, members of Teamsters Local 89 and Local 135, went on strike March 27 at Sysco here and in Indianapolis. Couple day solidarity strikes spread to California and Washington. Sysco is the largest food distributor…



Minneapolis postal workers rally for contract, no forced overtime

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — “We deserve to have our lives back!” chanted some 150 members of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9, family members and supporters outside the main post office here April 2. They’re demanding an end to forced overtime…


China-US rulers conflict deepens amid spreading world disorder

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

Following years of expanding their state capitalist economy and building up their military, the Chinese rulers are now asserting greater political clout, especially in Asia, leading to sharper tensions with the imperialist rulers in Washington. Conflicts that have been building…


Northwestern hospital workers demand more pay and staffing

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Hospital workers, members of Service Employees International Union, rally outside Northwestern hospital in Chicago March 31 in fight for contract, pay increase, more staffing.

CHICAGO — “Respect us, pay us, staff us!” chanted hospital workers, members of Service Employees International Union, and their supporters outside Northwestern hospital here March 31. They were there to build support during their ongoing contract negotiations with the hospital.…


Back Ukraine fight against Putin regime’s invasion, war

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Mothers and wives of Russian soldiers hold sign March 11 that reads “580 Separate Howitzer Artillery Division” in video charging “our mobilized men are being sent like lambs to the slaughter.” Inset, Olga Tsukanova, a leader of Council of Soldiers’ Mothers and Wives, who has protested Moscow’s war policies and treatment of soldiers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to conscript another levy of over 100,000 working people into Moscow’s army, after sending tens of thousands to their deaths, attempting to conquer Ukraine. Working people there are determined to defend their homeland as…


Back East Palestine fight for control over health, cleanup

New derailments hit Minnesota, Holland, more
Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Help is pouring in from around the country for working people of East Palestine, Ohio, weeks after toxic derailment disaster caused by rail bosses’ drive for profits. Above, volunteers distribute supplies in neighboring Negley March 26, delivered by Soup Mama’s convoy of trucks.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —Working people here continue to fight to gain control over the cleanup, rebuilding and long-term health care needed in the wake of the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent fire and environmental disaster. And they’re…