Teamster warehouse workers fight boss union busting

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

COMMERCE, Calif. — Six hundred warehouse workers at Smart & Final grocery chain in the distribution center here and in Riverside went on strike Nov. 1. After Teamsters Local 630 overwhelmingly won union elections there last spring, the company announced…


UCLA march says ‘Free hostages held by Hamas!’

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
UCLA march says ‘Free hostages held by Hamas!’

LOS ANGELES — “Free the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza” was the demand of some 400 students and others who joined a rally and march at the University of California at Los Angeles campus here Nov. 7. Tables…


Protests hit firebombings, Jew-hating attacks in Quebec

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

MONTREAL — “Our community has 250 years of history in Quebec. We are proud, we are Quebecers, we’re not going anywhere. This campaign of terror against us will not succeed,” Eta Yudin, Quebec vice president at the Centre for Israel…


Solidarity with Jewish neighbor in W. Virginia town

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

Heading to the Washington, D.C., national protest in support of Israel and against Jew-hatred, on the train from Dulles Airport, I and fellow Socialist Workers Party member Sam Manuel struck up a discussion with Julie Lippman and her son. They…


Sales of ‘The Jewish Question’ high at Oregon book festival

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of participants at the 2023 Portland Book Festival, held at the Portland Art Museum, came to the table featuring the Militant and books from Pathfinder Press. Many were drawn to books by Socialist Workers Party leaders…


Crises today draw workers into world politics

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

Statement by Naomi Craine, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress from Illinois, Nov. 15. Hamas’ bloody pogrom in Israel, orchestrated by Tehran, was the most deadly massacre of Jews since the Nazi extermination of 6 million people in the…


Chicago-area mechanics fight to defend health care and union

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

ALSIP, Ill. — Sixty mechanics, parts-counter workers and other members of International Association of Machinists Mechanics’ Union Local 701 went out on strike at M&K Truck Centers in this south Chicago suburb Nov. 1. They are pushing back against the…


UK Amazon workers fight for union recognition, wage raise

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

COVENTRY, England — Beginning Nov. 7, 1,000 Amazon workers at the distribution center here carried out a three-day strike, fighting for union recognition and a wage raise. The members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union announced they will walk…


Moscow supports Hamas, confronts protests against its war on Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Alexandra Skochilenko, antiwar artist, at court hearing in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 14. She faces eight years in prison on charges of spreading “false information” about Russian army by putting stickers over supermarket price tags with facts on Moscow’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian people are mounting resolute resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to conquer their country. At the same time, Israel is fighting to defeat Hamas. The two wars mark a watershed in world politics, with high stakes for…


Democrats’ assault on constitutional rights aims to keep Trump off ballot

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

A growing series of lawsuits that challenge constitutional protections needed by working people are proceeding against Donald Trump. They’re scheduled to be heard between now and the 2024 election. Among the cases are lawsuits seeking to get the Republican front-runner…