25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023

November 9, 1998 YAKIMA, Washington — Chanting “Work, Yes! Raids, No!” and “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” about 300 people marched Oct. 18 protesting Immigration and Naturalization Service raids. The protesters came from up…


Colorado cop convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023
Violinists from around country played at march of thousands in Columbus, Ohio, July 4, 2020, demanding justice for Elijah McClain, killed by cops in Aurora, Colorado, in 2019. Concerts elsewhere honored McClain, inset, who played his violin to soothe animals at local shelters.

More than four years since Elijah McClain died after being brutalized by police in Aurora, Colorado, a jury Oct. 12 unanimously found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. He will be sentenced Jan. 5.…


Help make the SWP Party-Building Fund a success!

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023

The Party-Building Fund, part of the campaign to reach out with the Militant and books by Socialist Workers Party leaders and other revolutionaries, runs for eight weeks, from Sept. 23 through Nov. 21. It is at the heart of covering…


Detroit casino workers strike over wages, health benefits

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023
Hundreds of strikers from Detroit’s three big casinos march through the city Oct. 19. The 3,700 workers on strike are demanding higher wages, protection of health care benefits.

DETROIT — “Strike City! Detroit is Strike City!” The chant echoed through Hart Plaza here as hundreds of strikers from Detroit’s three big casinos, their family members and other unionists rallied Oct. 19, the third day of their walkout. The…


Hamas was built to kill Jews, with disdain for Palestinians

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023

The cold-blooded massacre of over 1,400 people, overwhelmingly Jews, in Israel Oct. 7 by Tehran-backed Hamas was consistent with the Islamist group’s reactionary course since it was established decades ago. Several dozen Thai and Nepalese farmworkers and Bedouin Arabs were…




BNSF coal train derails in Colorado, kills truck driver

Vol. 87/No. 40 - October 30, 2023
BNSF coal train derails in Colorado, kills truck driver

On Oct. 15, 30 cars on a loaded Burlington Northern coal train passing near Pueblo, Colorado, derailed and brought a bridge crashing down onto Interstate Highway 25. It crushed a semitruck, killing the driver. This was the 177th derailment reported…


SWP says Hamas pogrom in Israel is threat to all workers

Vol. 87/No. 40 - October 30, 2023
Joanne Kuniansky, left, SWP candidate for New Jersey State Senate, joined Oct. 15 Livingston protest against the Hamas massacre in Israel. Sign shows Jew-hatred is a threat everywhere.

Workers and our unions have a critical stake in taking on and fighting to defeat every form of Jew-hatred wherever it appears. That’s what candidates and members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and…


Arabs, Jews in Israel unite to save survivors of Hamas assault

Vol. 87/No. 40 - October 30, 2023

Most big-business news reports on the pogrom carried out by Hamas that killed over 1,300 people in Israel Oct. 7 leave out one important fact — hundreds of Arab citizens of Israel rushed to aid the victims of the Tehran-backed…