DETROIT — Nearly 300 workers at the Marathon oil refinery here, members of Teamsters Local 283, walked off the job Sept. 4 after voting by 95% to strike. They had been working without a contract since January. It’s the first…
Working people in the U.S. face a deepening economic, social and moral crisis of U.S. and world capitalism today. Bosses are pushing job cuts, onerous schedules that rip family life apart, attacks on health care and pensions, unsafe conditions and…
NEW YORK — The jury trial of Daniel Penny, 25, a former U.S. Marine and current architectural student charged with the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, opened here Nov. 1. Penny pled “not guilty” after being indicted on second-degree manslaughter…
Trick-or-treaters this Halloween got a rude surprise, as chocolate candy, one of the most popular treats, was in short supply. Nerds Gummy Clusters took its place. The reason? The price of chocolate has soared, like prices for virtually all essentials…
Back the working-class alternative to capitalist exploitation, oppression WASHINGTON, D.C. — “As conditions of life for the working class in the U.S. deteriorate and wars abroad escalate, millions of workers are being drawn into politics,” Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers…
Vote for Rachele Fruit and Dennis Richter, the Socialist Workers Party candidates for president and vice president, and the party’s candidates for Congress and Senate around the country Nov. 5! And join party members in the days and weeks ahead…
SEATTLE — Members of the International Association of Machinists District 751 and W24 decisively voted down Boeing’s latest contract offer — by 64% — Oct. 23. Some 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer from here in Washington to Southern California…
In a special two-day session, the United Nations General Assembly met Oct. 29-30, debated and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution submitted by Cuba calling for an end to Washington’s punishing 65-year economic war against the island’s people and…
NEW YORK — “One year after the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel, there is no change in the decadeslong reactionary aims of the regime in Tehran and the organizations it leads, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others,” said Dave Prince,…
