More restrictions on political parties in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

In a new attack on political rights, draft laws have been submitted in the Ukrainian parliament that would disqualify members of any of the Ukrainian parties that President Volodymyr Zelensky government officials designate as “pro-Russian” from being elected to legislative…


Public workers strike in Canada

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

Over 155,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada union — more than one-third of all federal employees — went on strike April 19, fighting for higher pay. “Now more than ever, workers need fair wages,” the union said.…



East Palestine: ‘Get out truth about derailment, cleanup’

Residents, rail workers seek control over their lives
Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Cleanup of toxic spill in East Palestine, Ohio, after Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment. Working people there are fighting to open rail bosses’ books, take control of health and cleanup.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Working people, small farmers and small-business people here, as well as rail workers across the country, continue to discuss steps to advance their interests after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment and ensuing toxic chemical…


Support Ukraine independence! Moscow get out of all of Ukraine!

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Yelena Tarbayeva holds sign, “Putin eats children” at court in Tula region south of Moscow April 6. She traveled 600 miles from St. Petersburg to support Alexei Moskalyov and his daughter, Maria, persecuted and separated for their anti-war views after Maria drew picture like this.

After 10 months of bloody fighting for Bakhmut, currently the central battle in Ukraine’s defense of its independence, Moscow’s forces are using scorched-earth tactics to shell more of the city to rubble. They’re inching forward against Ukrainian troops holding high-rise…


SWP campaigns with ‘Militant,’ new book, fund for the paper

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Pete Bastounes, left, a member of Operating Engineers Local 150 in Morris, Illinois, told SWP member David Rosenfeld April 8 about supporting striking members of his union in Chicago area last year. He renewed his Militant subscription, bought three books on special offer.

“I remember you from last time, when I got a subscription to the Militant,” Pete Bastounes, a member of Operating Engineers Local 150, told Socialist Workers Party members Dan Fein and David Rosenfeld when they knocked on his door in…



Seniors on Medicaid face eviction from assisted-living homes

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023

To the profit-driven capitalist rulers, the lives of retired workers, especially those with disabilities, don’t mean much, as there’s no longer any profits to be made through exploiting their labor. One reflection of the social and moral crisis of their…



Australian unionists fight for ban on debilitating silica dust

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Unionists march in Sydney April 5 demanding ban on manufacture, use of stone products that produce silica dust. These particles can cause silicosis, a potentially fatal scaring of the lungs.

SYDNEY — Chanting “Union power!” over 1,000 workers marched through the central city here and rallied at the New South Wales state parliament April 5. The protest was part of a national day of action demanding a ban on the…