Canada court rules gov’t use of Emergency Act was illegal

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

MONTREAL — In a victory for hundreds of truckers who demonstrated two years ago in Ottawa and other cities as part of the Freedom Convoy, a federal judge ruled Jan. 23 that the Canadian government’s invocation of the notorious Emergencies…


New York meeting celebrates Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024
Yuri Gala López, left, Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations, and Socialist Workers Party National Committee member Steve Clark spoke at Jan. 21 celebration of 65th anniversary of Cuban Revolution, hosted by Socialist Workers Party branches from New York and New Jersey.

NEW YORK — “We have had to face many challenges and adversities to get here, but it has been worth it,” Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Yuri A. Gala López said at a Jan. 21 meeting here to celebrate…


Moscow threatens to crush Ukraine, Ukrainian people

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

It has been nearly two years since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime launched its invasion of Ukraine, hoping to seize Kyiv, kill the elected leadership and take control over the country within a few days. But working people of Ukraine,…


SWP campaign: Support union struggles, fight antisemitism

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024
At Atlanta Martin Luther King Day rally Jan. 15, Zoey Johnson, left, bought a Militant after discussion with Lisa Potash, SWP candidate for U.S. Congress, about need to fight Jew-hatred.

The Socialist Workers Party 2024 campaigns are being launched across the country and are getting attention. A Jan. 15 press release announcing the party was running Joanne Kuniansky for U.S. Senate from New Jersey and Lea Sherman for U.S. Congress…


Teachers union goes on strike, speaks out against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

Some 1,100 teachers and 800 teaching aides went on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, Jan. 19 following an overwhelming vote for action by members of the Newton Teachers Association. “The most important issue is better pay and schedules for the teaching…


Fight continues against Alabama execution by nitrogen suffocation

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024
Jan. 23 protest at Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery against execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, by untested nitrogen protocol. Speaking is Smith’s spiritual advisor, Rev. Jeffrey Hood.

The state of Alabama has set Jan. 25 for the execution of death-row prisoner Kenneth Eugene Smith, slated to suffer the first execution in the country by suffocation from nitrogen gas, despite the fact that appeals in the case are…


Pro-Hamas thugs in California attack opponents of Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

EL CERRITO, Calif. — On Jan. 6 thugs physically attacked counterprotesters here who were defending Israel’s right to exist and fighting for the defeat of Hamas. The attackers screamed epithets, knocked down and bloodied one woman and grabbed two Israeli…


Cuban consul in Montreal: ‘Revolution sets an example’

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024
From left, Sean O’Donoghue, secretary of the Quebec-Cuba Solidarity Roundtable; Communist League member Philippe Tessier; and Angélica María Fuentes, Cuba’s consul in Montreal, addressing Jan. 20 meeting celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

MONTREAL — “Jan. 1 marked the 65th anniversary of the victory of the rebels in Cuba, who were fighting to build a better society based on respect and full dignity of man,” Angélica María Fuentes, Cuba’s consul in Montreal, told…


German farmers clog Berlin, protest rising prices

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024
German farmers clog Berlin, protest rising prices

Some 5,000 tractors and 30,000 protesters brought Berlin’s city center to a standstill Jan. 15 as farmers protested rising prices and German government plans to cut agricultural fuel subsidies, above. Arriving overnight from across the country, farmers parking tractors nose-to-tail…