Oakland hospital workers strike against attack on union

Vol. 89/No. 23 - July 7, 2025

OAKLAND, Calif. — Some 1,300 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers at University of California San Francisco-run Benioff Children’s Hospital went out on strike June 18 against bosses’ moves to bust their union. The NUHW represents clinic workers,…



SWP campaigns in defense of Israel as refuge for Jews

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025

After the May 21 assassination of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, staffers at the Israeli Embassy at an event at the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., members of the Socialist Workers Party across the country and Communist Leagues in Australia,…



Bring Abrego Garcia back home! Stop the deportations!

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old apprentice sheet metal worker and member of the SMART union has been in prison in El Salvador for over 75 days, first in the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) and now in the…


Spring ‘Militant,’ books, fund drive shows growing interest in the SWP

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Eric Simpson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Oakland, campaigning April 12 at Cesar Chavez festival in San Francisco. SWP campaigns are drawing more support in 2025.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party eight-week spring campaign to introduce workers to its candidates, expand the readership of the Militant, get out books by SWP leaders and other revolutionaries and win contributions to the Militant Fighting Fund showed…





Moscow sharply escalates the bombing of civilians in Ukraine

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Nataliia Hrabarchuk, a former kindergarten teacher, used portable air defense missile system to down Russian cruise missile with her first shot in combat. Over 70,000 women currently serve in the Ukrainian military, a 20% increase since 2022. Over 5,500 are at the front.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is escalating its murderous bombing campaign, deliberately targeting civilians in cities and towns across Ukraine. Moscow’s attempt to conquer the country is largely stalled, with its forces continuing to try to push forward at a…