Black sailors exonerated 80 years after port disaster

Vol. 88/ No. 30 - August 12, 2024
Loading ammunition at Port Chicago, California, naval depot. In October 1944, 50 Black enlisted men were court-martialed for “mutiny” for refusing to return to jobs after explosion there killed 320 people. Inset, Dec. 2, 1944, Militant editorial denouncing the verdict.

OAKLAND, Calif. — On July 17 Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the exoneration of 50 Black sailors who had been tried for mutiny and jailed during World War II. The announcement came on the 80th anniversary of a huge…


US rulers stabilize their two parties, SWP wins a hearing

Vol. 88/ No. 30 - August 12, 2024
Striking nurses picket Santa Clara County hospital in Gilroy, California, April 3. More workers are willing to fight today, leading to interest in the Socialist Workers Party 2024 campaign.

In recent weeks the U.S. rulers have succeeded in reestablishing some stability in their two-capitalist-party political setup, with both Democrats and Republicans uniting behind their respective candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. They’re each setting out to rally interest and…


‘The working class needs its own party, a party of labor’

Vol. 88/ No. 30 - August 12, 2024
Kevin Dwire, left, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate, and bakery worker Tyler Hurtgen campaigning at 90th anniversary celebration of 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strikes. Rafael Espinoza, a union leader during 2001 UFCW organizing drive at Dakota Premium Foods in St. Paul, signs petition to put Rachele Fruit, the party’s presidential candidate, on the ballot in Minnesota.

Workers across Minnesota sign to put SWP on ballot MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of workers in Minnesota are learning about the Socialist Workers Party and its candidates, Rachele Fruit for U.S. president and Dennis Richter for vice president, as the party…


Canada rail workers fight for safety, demand right to strike

Vol. 88/ No. 30 - August 12, 2024

MONTREAL — Rail workers across Canada are awaiting the decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board on their right to strike. The 9,300 conductors, engineers, yard workers and dispatchers at both the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroads,…