Some 10,000 flight attendants in the Canadian Union of Public Employees struck Air Canada Aug. 16, defying a government back-to-work order for three days. Above, picket line in Toronto.

Air Canada flight attendants defy gov’t, win new contract

MONTREAL — After striking for three days in defiance of a federal government back-to-work order, 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada began returning to work Aug. 19 when their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, announced a deal had…


Socialist Workers Party 2025 campaign

‘As crisis of capitalism grows, workers need to take power’

Susan LaMont, SWP candidate for mayor of Atlanta, talks with Reggie Wright, patient at VA hospital in Decatur, Georgia. He joined nurses’ protest against gov’t ending union contracts.

Socialist Workers Party candidates around the country are meeting workers involved in fights against worsening working conditions and wages you can’t live on, and they’re pointing to the need to expand solidarity with union battles. They’re discussing why the assaults…





For-profit nursing homes, cuts at VA pose social disaster

Patients in thousands of nursing homes across the U.S. are denied essential medical care and assistance as the wealthy property owners prioritize maximizing their profits at the expense of the elderly and most vulnerable. Severe short staffing in these facilities,…

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Tariff battles advance imperialist drive toward new wars

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on some 90 countries went into effect Aug. 7. The U.S. rulers’ aim is to strengthen their competitive edge against their rivals and expand U.S. industrial capacity as they prepare for the inevitable wars to come. …




US out of the Middle East!

Several people were killed by Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1. Israel’s defensive war aims to prevent Tehran launching a nuclear Holocaust to wipe out Jews, Israel.
The following statement was released March 1, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist…










Cuba and Chernobyl

This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.