Defend Israel’s right to exist as a refuge from Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

Israeli tanks and troops entered Rafah May 6, taking control over the border crossing on the Gaza side of the Egyptian border, attacking other military targets and taking out 20 Hamas troops. Israeli forces dropped tens of thousands of leaflets…




Help take Militant Fighting Fund over the top!

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

As of May 8, some $136,339 has been collected toward the Militant Fighting Fund. With one week left of the campaign to raise $165,000, supporters around the country are stepping up efforts to meet the goal. The Socialist Workers Party…


Campus occupations back Hamas, spread Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

Liberal media across the country have attempted to paint occupations and other actions organized in defense of Hamas on elite campuses in the U.S. as a new, progressive mass movement in the tradition of the civil rights movement and fight…


Castro: ‘Cancel Third World Debt!’

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

Fidel Castro’s 1985 campaign to unite underdeveloped countries to repudiate their unpayable foreign debts peaked with a Latin American “continental dialogue” in Havana July 30-Aug. 3. Over 1,000 delegates from 17 countries participated. The gathering had been preceded by conventions…



Biden, bipartisan Congress expand FBI spy powers

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

After a yearlong dispute, Democrats and Republicans reached a bipartisan agreement April 20 to renew and expand secret spy powers contained in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In the process, they advanced steps to try to refurbish the reputation of…


‘Gag’ order on Trump is attack on free speech

Vol. 88/No. 20 - May 20, 2024

For a second time, Judge Juan Merchan threatened to throw presidential candidate Donald Trump in jail for his public comments. Merchan’s assault on free speech came in response to a prosecutor’s motion for sanctions against Trump for an alleged violation…