Socialist Workers Party launches drive to get on New Jersey ballot

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

UNION CITY, N. J. — “We are living through a watershed moment in politics, following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and Hamas’ Oct. 7 slaughter of Jews in Israel,” said Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from New…


Meet the Socialist Workers Party 2024 candidates

Rachele Fruit for U.S. president & Margaret Trowe for vice president
Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

RACHELE FRUIT joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1970 in Philadelphia, where she was active in the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. She participated in civil rights protests, including one in Trenton, New Jersey, after the…


10,000 rally in Australia, protest jump in Jew-hatred since Oct. 7

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

SYDNEY — A rally to condemn rising Jew-hatred drew 10,000 people here Feb. 18. Since Hamas’ pogrom Oct. 7, killing 1,200 Jews and others who lived and worked with them, and wounding thousands more, there has been a sharp increase…


Hamas lays out its goals: Kill Jews, destroy Israel

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

Some individuals and groups who condemn Hamas for its bloody anti-Jewish pogrom and massacre of 1,200 people Oct. 7 are now backing the call by Hamas apologists for a cease-fire, which would allow the Islamist outfit to survive and slaughter…


Join the fight for workers power and socialism!

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024
Flight attendants rally at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Feb. 13. SWP campaign explains how workers transform ourselves in the class struggle.

Statement issued by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director, Feb. 20. Socialist Workers Party candidates Rachele Fruit for president and Margaret Trowe for vice president, along with SWP candidates across the country, point the way forward for the…


UK Amazon workers strike for higher wages, union recognition

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024
Striking workers march in fight for union at Amazon warehouse in Coventry, England, Feb. 13.

COVENTRY, England — Some 200 warehouse workers and their supporters marched and rallied outside the Amazon plant here Feb. 13. They were part of over 1,000 members of the General Municipal and Boilermakers union who struck for better wages and…


Two rail workers killed on the job in Alabama, North Carolina

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

ATLANTA — Two rail workers were killed on the job in the past month in Alabama and North Carolina. In a Feb. 15 statement, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division-International Brotherhood of Teamsters union said Brother Randall M.…


Durham school workers walk out over pay shortages

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

DURHAM, N.C. — In early February, Durham public school workers and support staff shut down as many as 12 schools in a fight with the Board of Education over pay. They set up picket lines, held rallies and brought their…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 9 - March 4, 2024

March 8, 1999 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Some 150 people marched here Feb. 9 to protest the Security Intelligence Service amendment bill now before Parliament. The SIS is the government’s domestic spy organization. The purpose is to give SIS agents…