SWP candidates campaign against US rulers’ war drive at home, abroad

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
April 18 Militant Labor Forum in Union City, New Jersey, featured Socialist Workers Party candidates. From left, Willie Cotton for lieutenant governor in New York; Joanne Kuniansky for U.S. Senate from New Jersey; Lea Sherman, chair; and Tony Lane for governor of Pennsylvania.

Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ drive to war at home and abroad with workers on their doorsteps, on union picket lines and at political events. They’re making steady gains in the eight-week campaign…


The fight against Jew-hatred crucial for workers’ struggles

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

Assaults against Jews have spread worldwide since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel, underscoring the fact that Jew-hatred is an integral feature of the imperialist epoch we live in. These attacks show the necessity of the working class and…


Back NIPSCO, BP workers in fights against boss lockouts

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Faced with BP bosses’ union-busting lockout, United Steelworkers Local 7-1 members at Whiting refinery in Indiana picket, win support in fight for job safety, more union staffing.

WHITING, Ind. — Bitter boss lockouts of workers at both the British Petroleum oil refinery here and the Northern Indiana Public Services Company across the northern part of the state continue. United Steelworkers Local 7-1 leaders say the main concerns…


US troops, ships, warplanes out of the Middle East now!

Washington seeks plunder, markets and labor to exploit
Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
U.S. forces board, seize tanker M/T Tifani in Indian Ocean April 21. Washington says ship was carrying sanctioned Iranian oil, extending its blockade on shipping by the regime in Tehran.

President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S. ceasefire with Tehran April 21, but said the U.S. blockade of ships to and from Iranian ports will continue. Washington’s war violates Iran’s sovereignty and is aimed at strengthening U.S.…


Cuba celebrates anniversary of US defeat at the Bay of Pigs

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Havana rally April 16 celebrates 65th anniversary of defeat of U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood April 16 to mark the 65th anniversary of both their victory over the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs — known in Cuba as Playa Girón — and the deepening…


Montreal blue-collar city workers strike for higher wages

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

MONTREAL — Hundreds of striking blue-collar city workers rallied here April 16 on the second day of a three-day strike by the 6,200 members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 301. They gathered at one of the city’s busiest…


Appeals court ends judge’s probe into deportations

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

A ruling handed down by the U.S. District Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., April 14 dealt a blow to immigrants’ constitutional right to due process and a hearing before being deported. It also threw out an ongoing contempt case pursued…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

April 30, 2001 NEW YORK — In a festive atmosphere, close to 200 people jammed a public meeting here April 14 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cuba’s victory at the Bay of Pigs over a U.S.-organized invasion. It was…



Rally April 29 to demand TPS status for Haitians be extended!

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Workers rally for TPS status for Haitians at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, north of Miami, Jan. 28. Action was organized by 32BJ SEIU, 1199 SEIU Florida, UNITE HERE Local 355.

Support is building for a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 29, to demand a halt to the administration’s drive to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians and 7,000 Syrians. Elimination of this legal status…