SWP points road forward for working class to take power

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026
Margaret Trowe, SWP candidate for governor of California, discusses why amnesty for workers without papers in the U.S. is in the interests of all workers with Martín Mejía in Fresno Oct. 24.

Confronted with a daily barrage of vitriolic campaign ads by the Democratic and Republicans berating each other ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, working people in the U.S. have welcomed discussions with Socialist Workers Party candidates about a road forward…


Working people should support Israel’s battle to defeat Hamas

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026

Three years ago on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a deadly pogrom against Jews in Israel, financed and backed by the reactionary rulers in Tehran. Hamas thugs swept across the border from Gaza, hunting down and murdering 1,200 people,…




Is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a ‘humanitarian’?

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026

“You are a humanitarian,” was the gushing praise Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, heaped on Russian President Vladimir Putin when they met in St. Petersburg Oct. 21. Putin had just released from prison Stephen Hubbard, a retired schoolteacher,…


Worldwide protests demand: ‘US hands off Cuba!’

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026

NEW YORK — Some 60 people marched and rallied here Oct. 24 to demand an end to Washington’s brutal oil blockade against Cuba and its countless other sanctions and threats against the Cuban people. It was part of a series…


Unions in Canada fight gov’t attack on the right to strike

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026
Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and other unions rally in Burnaby, British Columbia, Sept. 25 against Bill C-39, which would give the government power to end strikes.

MONTREAL — The Canadian Union of Public Employees “will advocate defiance of any use of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to break strikes and supports any union that decides to defy strikebreaking laws,” Mark Hancock, the union’s national…


1,000s of Ontario school workers rally for more pay, staff

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026

OTTAWA, Ontario — Thousands of teachers, custodians, education assistants, librarians and other school workers and their supporters rallied here and in four other Ontario cities Oct. 24, under the theme “Together For Publicly Funded Education.” Over 250,000 education workers represented…


Truckers, farmers join together in protests in Italy

Vol. 90/No. 40 - November 9, 2026

Beginning Oct. 18, truckers and farmers came together, blockading roads, ports and fuel depots across southern Italy to protest the soaring cost of diesel and its devastating impact on their livelihoods. They’ve won widespread support from working people across the…