Communist League hits Jew-hating attack in Canada

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

MONTREAL — During the March 25-26 weekend an antisemitic attack on the Bagg Street Shul took place here. Perpetrators spray-painted multiple black swastikas on the front of the 102-year-old synagogue, including on the glass on the front door. The swastikas…


Celebrate the life of Celia Pugh, Communist League leader in UK

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Participants heard talks on Celia Pugh’s contributions to building the communist movement. Many stayed afterwards for political discussion, to buy books and enjoy refreshments.

LONDON — More than 60 people gathered here March 26 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Communist League leader Celia Pugh. A 52-year veteran of the communist movement, she died March 4 after a long illness at 70.…




Derailment, evacuation in Minnesota

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
Pile of burnt cars on BNSF Railway train hauling highly flammable ethanol that derailed in Raymond, Minnesota, March 30. Over 800 people live there, many are tied to farming.

RAYMOND, Minn. — In the early morning hours of March 30 a BNSF train derailed a mile south of here, putting 22 cars, including a number loaded with highly flammable ethanol, on the ground. Over 800 people live in the…


Passenger train crash in Holland kills one, injures 30

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023
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At least one person — a construction worker laboring on the tracks — was killed in a nasty derailment, above, in the village of Voorschoten in the Netherlands at 3:25 a.m. April 4. The double-decker intercity train carrying over 50…


Democrats attack on Trump hits rights workers need

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey state Senate, released April 4. The indictment of former President Donald Trump on ginned-up felony charges by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, is an assault on constitutional…


Working-class road forward debated at conference

Vol. 87/No. 15 - April 17, 2023

CHICAGO — “A decadeslong retreat by the working class and unions has ended, while the owners of capital and their parties, Democrats and Republicans alike, are intensifying efforts to shift the burden of their crisis onto working people,” Roy Landersen,…


155,000 German transport workers strike for wage raise as prices soar

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023

Demanding wage raises to offset soaring prices, transport workers in Germany March 27 held their largest strike since the 1990s. Some 155,000 members of Verdi (United Services Trade Union) and EVG (Rail and Transport Workers Union) shut down most train,…