Fight for workers control of production!

Vol. 85/No. 24 - June 21, 2021

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, June 9. Safety is at the heart of many working-class struggles today as the bosses drive to increase productivity and profits, leading to deadly speedup and disdain for…



Worldwide caravans demand: End US embargo against Cuba!

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021
Cuban Revolution shows an alternative to “capitalist society we are living in,” Rev. Luis Barrios told participants in May 30 New York caravan, one of 70 worldwide protesting U.S. economic war on Cuba. Next caravans are set for June 20, three days before U.N. vote on U.S. embargo.

Opponents of Washington’s economic war against Cuba held protest caravans in 70 cities around the world from Africa to Europe and the Americas — including 17 in the U.S. — May 29-30, the largest number since the monthly caravans began…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

June 17, 1996 The statement below was released June 5 by James Harris, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, and SWP vice-presidential candidate Laura Garza. Our campaign calls on the labor movement and every democratic-minded human being to organize protests…


Mighty rise of unions in 1930s posed need for a labor party

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021
Sit-down strike by autoworkers in 1937 at General Motors in Flint, Michigan, was part of strike wave during 1930s Depression that built Congress of Industrial Organizations and posed need, and potential, for a party of labor to advance the class struggle onto the political plane.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June is Teamster Politics by Farrell Dobbs. It tells how Teamsters Local 574 members in Minneapolis in 1934 during the Great Depression learned to wield their union power to win strikes. With…


Workers need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

Statement by Osborne Hart, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Philadelphia district attorney, June 1.  As millions remain jobless today, driven out of the workforce by government-ordered coronavirus shut downs and the sharp contraction in capitalist production and trade, workers and…



Correction

Vol. 85/No. 23 - June 14, 2021

The article “Working People Face Fight for Jobs, Steepest Price Hikes in Many Years” in issue no. 22 incorrectly said Whole Foods’ “365” brand was introduced two years ago. It has had a version of this brand available for many…


For recognition of Palestinian state, Israel

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021

The following is based on excerpts from a December 2017 statement by Jack Barnes, Socialist Workers Party national secretary. Pressing for the Israeli and Arab governments and leaderships of Palestinian organizations to begin immediate talks to recognize both Israel and…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021

June 10, 1996 PARIS — “Massively reduce work time to create jobs,” read the lead banner of the May 23 union demonstration here. The demonstration drew more than 10,000 people. Workers in a number of shops took part in work…