Year: 2023

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund Sept. 23 – November 21 (week six)

Vile vandalism hits site of worst US antisemitic slaughter

PITTSBURGH — In a particularly cruel act of anti-Jewish vandalism, signs in people’s yards here saying “We stand with Israel” were defaced and “Free Palestine from PGH to Gaza” painted on the local school wall Oct. 26. This was the…

Thousands of LA hotel workers rally in fight over wages, dignity

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of strikers from 50 area hotels rallied and marched here Oct. 25 to back up demands for higher wages and to protest hotel bosses’ attempts to pit recently hired immigrants against the striking workers. UNITE HERE…

Defend Israel’s right to exist! Call for cease-fire is support for Hamas

The Israel Defense Forces are advancing on the ground in northern Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas, the Tehran-backed terror outfit that tore through southern Israel Oct. 7, killing some 1,400 Jews and maiming thousands more. Middle-class radicals and…

Antisemitic mobs riot in Dagestan, attack Jews

Encouraged by Moscow’s support for Hamas, a Jew-hating mob terrorized Israeli passengers disembarking from a plane in the Russian republic of Dagestan Oct. 29, just a few weeks after Hamas’ murderous assault on Jews in Israel. Some 1,200 young men…

Flight attendants picket United: ‘Pay us for all the time we work’

CHICAGO — Over 200 United Airlines flight attendants rallied and held an informational picket line at O’Hare International Airport here Oct. 26 to protest the lack of progress in negotiating a new contract. The action was one of some 20…

Wave of drug store closures deepens crisis workers face

As thousands of the Big Three chain drug stores close across the country, millions of working people face increased difficulties in filling prescriptions and getting other medical supplies. More than 40% of all U.S. counties have now become what is…

Tentative auto contract goes to UAW members to be voted on

HUDSON, Wis. — United Auto Workers Local 722 held a rally in front of the General Motors Parts Distribution plant here Oct. 30. Steve Frisque, the local’s president, told participants that picket lines would come down that evening after the…

SWP campaigns against Jew-hatred, for working class to strive for power

As the Nov. 7 elections near, Socialist Workers Party candidates and supporters are taking the party’s program and activities to working people on their doorsteps, on strike picket lines and at public actions against Jew-hatred. They find one of the…

As the capitalist economy declines, women can’t afford to have children

In the 12 months following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that ruled Roe v. Wade unconstitutional, there was an increase in the average number of legal abortions to 82,298 each month. This rise takes place while steady jobs with…