Cuban Five: Example of dignity, respect inside US prisons

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024
Cuban Five: Example of dignity, respect inside US prisons

Ramón Labañino, center, in July 2012 at Federal Correction Institution in Jesup, Georgia, poses with fellow Cuban prisoners he met there. He and the other four revolutionaries who made up the “Cuban Five” spent up to 16 years in U.S.…


Fight for a world where children can prosper, not one without kids

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024

In an Aug. 4 Financial Times column, Pilita Clark, an associate editor at the paper and Harvard graduate, joined the liberal chorus attacking Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, J.D. Vance, for comments he made in 2021 about “childless cat ladies.”…


Opponents of Putin’s Ukraine war swapped for FSB assassin

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024
Freed Russian political prisoners, from left, Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza at Aug. 2 press conference in Bonn, Germany. Like hundreds of others, they were thrown in prison for opposing Vladimir Putin regime, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

In the largest U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange since the Cold War, 24 prisoners flown in from seven countries were swapped at a Turkish airport Aug. 1. While Washington and its allies released one of Vladimir Putin KGB-styled regime’s most notorious assassins,…


US hands off Venezuela! Hands off Cuba!

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024

In a flagrant violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty, Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims Washington has the right to decide the outcome of that country’s presidential election, calling opposition leader Edmundo González the winner. For over two decades, the U.S. rulers…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024

August 30, 1999 SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — An estimated 1,200 farmers organized convoys of farm vehicles, tractors, combines, and grain trucks along Saskatchewan highways Aug. 2, causing traffic delays of several hours. Farmers wanted to draw attention to the severe crisis…


Endeavor Air flight attendants rally for parity in wages, benefits

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024
Flight attendants at Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, rally at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport July 31 demanding parity in wages, benefits, scheduling with Delta flight attendants.

MINNEAPOLIS — Chanting, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, Delta’s greed is getting old” and “Close the gap and it’s a wrap,” 40 flight attendants and their supporters rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport July 31. These members…


UK: 1,400 workers vote for union at Amazon in Coventry

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024

COVENTRY, England — Workers at the giant Amazon warehouse in this Midlands city narrowly failed to win union recognition by just 28 votes, getting 49.5%. “We see the outcome as a stepping stone toward Amazon recognizing the union,” Darren Westwood,…


‘We say the working class needs its own party, a party of labor’

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024
Dennis Richter, center, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president, talks with truck driver Steven Lutchen outside farmers market in St. Paul, Minnesota, Aug. 4. Lutchen liked what he heard, signed petition to put Rachele Fruit and Richter on the ballot.

Minnesota: Thousands hear the SWP campaign program MINNEAPOLIS — “No offense, but how are you guys going to change things?” Steven Lutchen, a truck driver, asked Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, at a Hmong Farmers Market…


Harris and Obama put their stamp on Democratic Party

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024
Barack Obama anointed Kamala Harris Democrats’ presidential candidate. The two exemplify ascendancy in party leadership of privileged upper-middle-class and professional meritocrats.

Since the Democrats unceremoniously pushed aside incumbent President Joseph Biden as their 2024 candidate and anointed Kamala Harris to replace him, they’ve made significant progress stabilizing their party and presenting a new political image. Donald Trump has united the Republicans,…


Working people face continuing crisis of high prices, debts

Vol. 88/No. 31 - August 19, 2024

“This is the most money we’ve ever made and this is the brokest we’ve ever felt,” said Nicole Lewis, a mother of three who lives near Flint, Michigan, the Wall Street Journal reported July 30. Working as a medical assistant,…