Los Angeles, Orange County hotel workers fight for a contract

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

LOS ANGELES — UNITE HERE Local 11 launched a new series of strikes at Hotel Figueroa Jan. 21 and DoubleTree by Hilton Jan. 22, both downtown here, and at Sheraton Park in Anaheim where hundreds of workers protested Jan. 25.…


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Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Candace Wagner, left, SWP candidate for U.S. Congress from Pittsburgh’s District 12, talking with workers in East Palestine, Ohio, in May following Norfolk Southern derailment that caused toxic chemical fire. Rail bosses prioritize profits over health of rail workers, residents.

Socialist Workers Party members in Pennsylvania held a statewide membership meeting in Philadelphia Jan. 26 to discuss how to use the SWP campaigns of Ved Dookhun for U.S. Senate and Candace Wagner for U.S. Congress in Pittsburgh’s District 12. Dookhun…


Workers make gains in strike against Macy’s in Washington

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — Over 400 workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000, ratified a new, improved contract at three Macy’s stores in Washington Jan. 29 after strike actions at Alderwood, Southcenter and Bellingham malls. Strikers distributed leaflets…


Thousands in Manchester march against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
March in Manchester, England, in January. Antisemitic campaign for cultural boycott of Israel is blow against artistic freedom, silent on pogrom, attacks by Iranian regime, Hamas, Hezbollah.

MANCHESTER, England — “Jews were hated because we were poor, because we were rich, because we were communist, because we were capitalist, because we kept to ourselves, because we infiltrated everywhere,” Mark Adlestone, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of…


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Israeli blows against Hamas open political space in Gaza
Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Arabs, Jews attend funeral for Ahmad Abu Latif, Bedouin soldier in Israeli army, who died fighting Hamas in Gaza. “Jews, Arabs must work together,” his brother said. “We’re threatened by a common enemy.”

The Israeli army’s advances in Gaza are striking blows to Hamas and its brutal rule, beginning to open space for Palestinians there to speak out, including against the Tehran-backed group. This opens the door to uniting working people — Jews,…



Farmers protest across Europe, fight to defend their livelihoods

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Farmers in Beauvais, France, walk on highway toward Paris Jan. 29. Across Europe farmers are protesting skyrocketing costs, choking “climate change” rules, cuts in pay for their produce.

Long lines of French farmers driving their tractors blocked traffic around Paris and across France Jan. 29, demanding the government of President Emmanuel Macron and European Union officials put an end to policies that threaten their livelihoods. Faced with skyrocketing…


Newton teachers win support in strike for wages, schedules

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

Teachers and aides on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, remain solid on the picket lines in the longest teachers strike in recent state history. The Newton Teachers Association members voted by 98% to strike Jan. 18, after more than a year…



25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

February 15, 1999 DERRY, Northern Ireland — “Your demand is not about getting an apology from the British. It is not about revenge. It is about truth, about justice, about equality,” Martin Ferris, a Sinn Fein leader from Kerry, in…