Year: 2024

As we go to press:

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

Washington state officials have informed the Socialist Workers Party that Henry Dennison, its candidate for U.S. Senate, is on the ballot!

SWP campaign expands reach of ‘Militant,’ Pathfinder books

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
“Immigrant workers in the U.S. work hard, one day we’ll go on strike across the country,” Norma Ribas, right, told Alyson Kennedy, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, May 13.

Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, is winning a growing hearing in cities across the U.S. and Canada for the party’s call for workers to break with all the capitalist rulers’ parties and build a labor party…

Canadian rulers move to bar national rail strike

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

MONTREAL — The Canadian government has assigned its Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine whether a work stoppage of the freight rail system would jeopardize “health and safety of Canadians” and if “essential services” should be maintained in the event…

As Moscow hits Kharkiv region, soldiers’ deaths spur protests

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
“Solo protest” in Moscow Jan. 6, says, “Freedom for mobilized. Bring back husbands, fathers, sons!” The Way Home group, families of Russian conscripts, denounced Putin’s May 9 rally, “Did our ancestors truly sacrifice their lives so we would be drawn into this [Ukraine] war?”

In an escalation of Vladimir Putin’s murderous war against the people of Ukraine, Moscow’s tanks attacked across Ukraine’s northeastern border May 10 for the first time since the early weeks of its invasion in 2022. Ukrainian reserves are engaged in…

Judge makes a mockery of the Constitution in NY Trump trial

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

The right to a fair trial and free speech were dealt serious blows by Judge Juan Merchan as part of the prosecution of presidential candidate Donald Trump initiated by New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat. Bragg ran…

Road forward for working class debated at Labor Notes meeting

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
Mike Zilles, president of the Newton Teachers Association in Massachusetts, speaks at strike rally Jan. 18. The union has spoken out against unions calling for imposing a cease-fire on Israel’s war against Hamas or accusing Israel of “genocide.” These false positions “will provoke further antisemitism,” Zilles said, and ignore “the atrocities against Israelis on Oct. 7.”

CHICAGO — The increased mood of resistance in the working class was reflected in the Labor Notes 2024 conference, which took place here April 19-21. Among the 4,700 people attending were workers who had participated in recent strikes and contract…

‘Your fight can be an example,’ Richter tells flight attendants

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

CHICAGO — Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, joined the American Airlines flight attendants rallying at O’Hare airport May 9, a highlight of his campaign visit here. Dray Howard, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants…

Fruit meets Quebec rail workers, discusses contract fight

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

MONTREAL — On May 8 six rail workers in the Teamsters union in Montreal met with Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president. They started with the potential nationwide strike at Canada’s two largest railroads — the Canadian…