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.…


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…


Profit-driven Ohio nursing homes dump patients at homeless shelters

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

“Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters,” headlined an April 13 Signal Ohio news story. The outrageous tossing aside of a human life it describes is not something occurring just in Ohio, similar dumps have been reported elsewhere.…



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…



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…


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…


New Jersey SWP campaign nears goal in ballot drive

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026
Craig Honts, SWP candidate for Congress, with Juan and Heidy Constanza in South Plainfield. “There’s nothing in the U.S. war on Iran for us,” Juan said. They signed to put SWP on ballot.

UNION CITY,  N.J. — Washington’s wars are part of “a deliberate course to advance the bipartisan state policy of the U.S. ruling capitalist families,” Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey, told participants at an…


Tale of two wars: Moscow attacks civilians, Ukraine targets military

Vol. 90/No. 17 - May 4, 2026

More than four years into President Vladimir Putin’s war to seize Ukrainian territory and deal blows to its people, Moscow is targeting airstrikes on civilians in Ukrainian cities. The Russian government’s goal is to try to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses…