Letter carriers rallies mark over 500 days without contract

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Postal workers rally, one of many in U.S., in Minneapolis Oct. 14.

MINNEAPOLIS — Close to 100 members of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9 and their supporters rallied in front of the main post office here Oct. 14. The action was part of a series of coordinated protests mounted by…



‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
‘NY Post’ supplement is useful tool to fight Jew-hatred, pogroms

NEW YORK — The New York Post, the paper with the largest daily circulation in the city, printed a special 12-page supplement wrapped around its Oct. 7 edition marking one year since Hamas’ Jew-hating pogrom in Israel. This powerful supplement…


Bosses push automation to slash jobs and safety, and boost profits

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Automated straddle carriers have replaced drivers on Los Angeles docks. Bosses seek automation to boost output, profits by eliminating jobs. With working class in power, benefits of technology would flow broadly to working people, with jobs, pay and safety protected.

After three days on the picket line, the International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike at East and Gulf coast ports, extending the current contract to Jan. 15 after winning a 62% wage increase over six years. But the sharpest point…


Memphis cops convicted in deadly beating of Tyre Nichols

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

Three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers, Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean and Justin Smith, were found guilty Oct. 3 on charges of federal witness tampering in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker. Haley was convicted of…


‘Social solidarity is moral basis of Cuba’s socialist revolution’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Peasant women learn to read, write at Ana Betancourt school in Havana in 1960. Under Fidel Castro’s leadership, all widows and children — whether those of rebel combatants or soldiers of former Batista dictatorship — were schooled, treated equally. The moral foundation of the socialist revolution was equality for all.

The Spanish edition of  Marianas in Combat: Teté Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women’s Platoon in Cuba’s Revolutionary War, 1956-58 is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Puebla was an officer in the first all-women platoon in…


Endorse, build the SWP’s 2024 campaign!

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

For the growing number of workers repelled by the Democratic and Republican parties and seeking ways to strengthen working-class interests and our unions, there is an alternative in 2024. The Socialist Workers Party is running Rachele Fruit for president, Dennis…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

November 1, 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. — “No deportations”; “Amnesty now”; “No more arrests on the job.” These were among the most common signs as 5,000 people marched through the capital to demand full rights for undocumented workers and to oppose…



Contract rail workers in UK win fight for union recognition

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024
Manchester Carlisle Support Services rail workers, who check tickets on Northern Trains, in strike protest Jan. 27, one of many over years. They won broad support from other rail workers.

MANCHESTER, England — “We’ve won a major victory,” said David Lawrence, one of the leaders of the many-years-long fight to win union recognition by more than 150 rail workers employed by contractor Carlisle Support Services. They won recognition of the…