BP, NIPSCO unions continue fight against bosses’ lockouts

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

WHITING, Ind. — Two groups of workers, both members of the United Steelworkers union, have been fighting boss lockouts in Indiana — refinery workers at British Petroleum here and utility workers at the Northern Indiana Public Services Company. They continue…


SWP campaigns against US rulers’ war on workers at home and abroad

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

In cities, towns and rural areas, Socialist Workers Party candidates and members are campaigning against the U.S. rulers’ wars in the Middle East and their assaults on workers at home. Discussion about how working people can fight against these attacks…


Oslo meeting honors Cuba’s role in African independence struggle

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
Amílcar Cabral, left, leader of independence fight in Guinea-Bissau, and Víctor Dreke, who led Cuba’s internationalist military mission, collaborate in 1967 meeting in Conakry, Guinea.

OSLO, Norway — “On behalf of the Cape Verde Organization here in Oslo — Welcome!” Danny Venancio Soares said as he opened a meeting here April 22 to present Pathfinder Press’ newest book, Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau…



US out of the Middle East! Bring all the troops home!

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

As part of their blockade of Iranian ports, the U.S. rulers continue to build up their military forces in the Middle East, threatening Tehran with renewed bombing and military assaults, alongside a collapse of the Iranian economy, if it doesn’t…


Unite the working class! Amnesty for immigrants!

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
UNITE HERE contingent at Chicago May Day rally of 400,000 in 2006, part of nationwide political strike of millions demanding amnesty for immigrants to unite the working class.

The labor movement needs to take up a crucial challenge today — to champion and help lead a fight for the 11 million workers in the U.S. without “proper papers.” This is central to prevent deportations and overcome divisions the…


Despite Tehran’s repression, protests are beginning again

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
Workers at health center in Yazd province of Iran April 25 protest over working conditions, wages. Since U.S. rulers began war, a million have been laid off and prices have skyrocketed.

Tehran is continuing to arrest union activists and impose its strict internet shutdown, in a doomed attempt to prevent working people and oppressed nationalities from organizing to defend their interests amid the lull in the war. Opponents of the reactionary…


Free Narges Mohammadi, all political prisoners in Iran!

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

NEW YORK — Narges Mohammadi has spent more than a decade in Iran’s prisons, Karin Deutsch Karlekar told a meeting at the Rizzoli Bookstore here April 22. Karlekar is the director of Writers at Risk at PEN America and co-chair…