SWP offers class-struggle road to end Jew-hatred, strengthen unions

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Port trucker Dilraj Singh told SWP congressional candidate Margaret Trowe he welcomed the party’s defense of Israel’s right to exist. After their discussion in San Leandro, California, Nov. 5, he got a year’s subscription to the Militant, two books, gave $50 to SWP Party-Building Fund.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Canada, Australia and the U.K. are discussing the stakes in joining fights against Jew-hatred. They’re talking to workers at their doorsteps, on union picket lines and at protests against Hamas’…


SAG-AFTRA 118-day strike makes gains, contract vote set

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Some 160,000 members of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ended 118-day strike Nov. 9. Vote on proposed contract set for Nov. 14 through Dec. 5.

LOS ANGELES — After a historic strike lasting 118 days, which partly overlapped with a strike against the same industry bosses by the Writers Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists reached a tentative…


States kick over 2 million kids off Medicaid so far this year

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

With pitiless disregard for the consequences, state officials have kicked at least 2 million children off Medicaid coverage over the past seven months, exacerbating severe challenges workers face trying to raise and care for families. “The figures, which are likely…


Fight to stop Hamas wins support from both Arabs and Jews alike in Israel

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Arabs, Jews work together packing food, toiletries Nov. 8 at community center in Rahat, Israel, for thousands of Bedouin, Jewish Israelis, jobless in Negev after Hamas pogrom Oct. 7.

Tehran-backed Hamas has “lost control of Gaza,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Nov. 13. But there is still a road ahead to eliminating the murderous Jew-hating organization, which is holding hostages in their network of tunnels in Gaza. A…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

November 30, 1998 PITTSBURGH — The return of UN “inspectors” to Baghdad — under the guise of “hunting for weapons of mass destruction” — sets the stage for more provocations, which Washington will use as a pretext to launch a…


200,000 rally against Jew-hatred
Back existence of Israel as refuge for Jews

Washington marchers say: No to cease-fire, prevent more pogroms
Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Massive nationwide rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14 defends Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews, demands release of hostages held by Hamas and protests growing antisemitic attacks.

WASHINGTON — Some 200,000 protesters from across the country came out on the National Mall here Nov. 14 to rally against the Tehran-organized-and-backed Hamas slaughter of over 1,200 people in Israel Oct. 7, overwhelmingly Jewish. The banner at the front…


Road to end Jew-hating violence is for workers to take power

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
In 1939 hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution on the ship St. Louis were forced back to Europe after Washington and Ottawa denied them entry. Many died in the Holocaust. Imperialist powers bar on Jews before, during, after the war helped lead to creation of Israel.

Below is an excerpt from the review of the new edition of   The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon published in the Feb. 1, 2021, issue of the Militant. It has been updated since Hamas’ Oct. 7…


Portland teachers walk out, their first strike ever

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…



Quebec public workers go on strike against the government

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Some 420,000 health, education and social services workers in Quebec went on a one-day strike Nov. 6 for better wages and working conditions. On Nov. 8-9 80,000 nurses also struck.

MONTREAL — Some 420,000 public workers went on strike for the first time Nov. 6, demanding a new contract with the Quebec government. A majority of them are health and education workers united in a Common Front of four union…