Why the SWP calls for a labor party

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

The impact of today’s economic, social and moral crisis of capitalism on tens of millions poses the need for workers to break from the Democrats and Republicans and all other capitalist parties and build a labor party based on the…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

June 14, 1999 HAVANA, Cuba — “We’re not veterans — we’re combatants,” Brig. Gen. Gustavo Chui affirmed. “As members of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, we’re engaged in the day-to-day struggle for the unconditional defense of our…


Workers go on strike at Cargill’s beef-processing plant in Ontario

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

GUELPH, Ontario –— Hundreds of workers at the Cargill beef-processing plant here, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 175, hit the picket line May 27 the day after an 82% vote against a proposed offer. Cargill’s Guelph plant…


‘I stand for socialism, Cuba, independence for Puerto Rico’

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024
March to U.S. Federal Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2006, protesting the FBI killing of Macheteros leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos and FBI raids on homes of pro-independence fighters. For decades the Puerto Rican people have fought to get out from under Uncle Sam’s boot.

Puerto Rico: Independence Is a Necessity by Rafael Cancel Miranda is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, will be representing the party, speaking before the U.N. commission on…


Letter

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

Pleased to learn about the Socialist Workers Party I recently subscribed to the Militant, and I am pleased to discover the existence of the Socialist Workers Party. The open antisemitism of the (Stalinist) CPUSA drove me away from it, when…


Corrections

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

The headline in an article in issue no. 23 misstated that “Oberlin College fired lacrosse coach for saying, ‘Women’s sports are for women.’” Former Oberlin College lacrosse coach Kim Russell was not fired. She was removed from coaching duties in…



‘Militant’ files appeal on ban in Florida prison

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

On May 23 David Goldstein, the Militant’s attorney and member of the prominent civil liberties law firm Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky and Lieberman, filed an appeal with the Florida Department of Corrections challenging a ban on issue no. 17 by…


Despite pressure from US rulers, Israel fights on to defeat Hamas

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Railroad workers rally outside company office in Kerman province, Iran, May 19, protest firing of co-workers, demand better wages and working conditions. Protests, strikes by workers continue despite regime’s attempt to mobilize support for destruction of Israel as refuge for Jews.

Standing up to increasing pressure from capitalist officials around the world — from the White House to the European Union and the United Nations — for Israel to end its war without dismantling Hamas, Israeli forces continue to strike blows…


‘Amnesty for immigrants in the US, unify working class’

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Dennis Richter, center, party’s vice presidential candidate, campaigns May 24 in New York among delivery workers, many of whom are from West African countries. Workers face capitalist exploitation the world over, Richter said.

NEW YORK — During a visit here May 24, Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president, spoke with a dozen or more app-based bicycle food delivery workers — many from West African countries — about conditions faced…