Help win new readers for the ‘Militant,’ book by SWP leaders

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023
Participants in Feb. 11 Los Angeles protest against ongoing repression in Iran discuss revolutionary political perspective found in new Pathfinder book and the Militant newspaper.

Campaigning in working-class neighborhoods in cities and rural areas, members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are finding a lot of interest in the new book, The Low Point…


Pro-unification forces gain ground in Northern Ireland

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023
Some 30,000 people marched in Derry, Northern Ireland, Feb. 3, 2002, to demand justice for 14 Irish freedom fighters killed by British troops who opened fire on 1972 civil rights march.

MANCHESTER, England — Almost 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, the British rulers’ grip on Northern Ireland is weaker than ever. Cross-border trade in Ireland has increased, pro-unification forces are gaining momentum and pro-British Unionist parties in Northern Ireland…


Quebec meeting discusses new book, launches CL campaign

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023

MONTREAL — Communist League leader Michel Prairie welcomed close to 30 people at a meeting here Feb. 11 to celebrate publication of The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. The new book…


As Washington shoots Chinese balloon down, tensions grow

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023
Artist’s rendering of Chinese Navy fighter cutting across nose of U.S. Air Force spy plane over South China Sea Dec. 21, forcing it to take evasive action. Conflicts between Washington and Beijing are increasing as U.S. rulers seek to maintain their domination of Asia-Pacific region.

Amid rising tensions between the capitalist rulers in the U.S. and China, Washington tracked and then shot down a Chinese balloon Feb. 4, saying it was spying on U.S. territory after it flew over North America. For years the U.S.…


Shooting of Calif. immigrants shows need for amnesty

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — As you drive into this small town on the California coast south of San Francisco, you see tree nurseries, flower greenhouses and mushroom farms, all crops the area is famous for. You also see the…


Defend independence of Ukraine!

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey state Senate, Feb. 15.  A year ago on Feb. 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, expecting to rapidly conquer Kyiv, the capital, arrest and…


Thousands across Australia march for Aboriginal rights

Vol. 87/No. 7 - February 20, 2023
Up to 10,000 people marched and rallied in Sydney Jan. 26 in support of Aboriginal rights, demanding an end to Aboriginals’ high unemployment rates, deaths in police custody.

SYDNEY — Tens of thousands demonstrated across Australia in support of Aboriginal rights and against racism Jan. 26. The rallies are held each year as a counter-observance to “Australia Day” — a national holiday of events organized by the country’s…


Earthquake hits Turkey, Syria, sets off social calamity

Vol. 87/No. 7 - February 20, 2023

A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria Feb. 6, triggering a social catastrophe. More than 11,000 people have been killed. Rescue efforts, with international help, are continuing. Southern Turkey is home to many of the country’s…