Farmworkers protest against ICE arrest of union leader

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Over 400 protesters rallied to demand release of farmworkers’ union organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez at ICE’s Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, March 27.

SEATTLE — Early in the morning of March 25 Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a leader of the farmworkers union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, was stopped by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Skagit County as he drove his…


Join campaign to put the SWP on New Jersey ballot

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, with Joe Rutkoski, NALC Branch 38 president, at March 23 rally in Springfield, N.J., against threatened cuts in postal service.

UNION CITY, N.J. — Beginning April 5, Socialist Workers Party campaigners will be fanning out from here across the state to introduce the party, its program, candidates and activities widely to working people, and to put Joanne Kuniansky for governor…


New protests erupt in Gaza against brutal rule of Hamas

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Thousands took to the streets of Beit Lahiya April 2 to demand Hamas get out of Gaza. Anger at Hamas for bringing destruction to Palestinians is growing.

Three days of protests by thousands of Palestinians in Gaza punctured the illusion promoted by Hamas and its apologists around the world that the Tehran-backed group defends the national interests of the people there. The just demands and courage of…


Sugarcane cutters fight for pensions, rights in the Dominican Republic

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Haitian-born cane cutters at meeting in Santo Domingo March 18. Overwhelming majority of cane cutters, farmworkers, construction workers and domestic workers in Dominican Republic are of Haitian descent, a crucial component of working class there.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — “Sugarcane cutters are among the most exploited section of the working class in the Dominican Republic,” Jesús Núñez, national coordinator of the Sugarcane Workers Union, told the press at the opening of the group’s second…


PSA flight attendants protest for equal pay

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

PSA Airlines flight attendants, who are members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, organized protests at the airline’s four hubs across the country March 26 — in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dayton, Ohio; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C. PSA, a subsidiary of…


As prices stay sky-high, now coffee’s going up another 25%

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

Amid growing anger, working people are feeling the squeeze of persistent high prices for groceries, rents, child care and other necessities. And some favorites, like coffee, eggs and chocolate, have been rising at record rates. “If your favorite coffee beans…


Huge protests in Turkey hit Erdogan gov’t, repression

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Huge protests in Turkey hit Erdogan gov’t, repression

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Istanbul March 29 after the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu arrested. Imamoglu was set to be Erdogan’s main opponent in the upcoming presidential…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

April 10, 2000 Various fronts in labor battles point to the many ways unionists are finding to show their strength. From conferences of labor women to picket lines to mass rallies, many workers are charting a path of solidarity and…


Keen interest in Pathfinder books at Asian Studies conference

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Association for Asian Studies conference here March 13-16 drew over 3,000 professors, librarians and students from China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the U.K. and the U.S., among other countries. Presentations covered topics like Asian immigration to…


Farmers in Isfahan, Iran, demand water, rights

Vol. 89/No. 14 - April 14, 2025
Farmers in Isfahan, Iran, demand water, rights

Hundreds of farmers in eastern Isfahan province in Iran have been protesting over the failure of government authorities to ensure their access to water for their crops. They’ve been fighting for over two decades for the government to release more…