Fidel Castro: ‘No one has been slandered more than the Jews’

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021

Supporters of Hamas and some middle-class radicals have responded to the recent fighting between the reactionary Islamist group and the Israeli military by organizing protests under the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free” — a…


After the cease fire, what road forward in the Middle East?

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021
Jewish and Arab workers at Rambam Health Care in Haifa, hold Arabic and Hebrew signs May 16 saying “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.” This is key to class-struggle road forward.

Both Hamas, the reactionary Islamist party that rules the Gaza Strip, and the government of Israel claim they “won” the latest round of fighting that ended with a May 21 cease-fire. This is the fourth time since 2008 Hamas rocket…


Press for talks to recognize a Palestinian state and Israel

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Rocket attacks and shelling between Hamas and the Israeli government continued in mid-May, resulting in mounting civilian deaths, injuries, destruction of neighborhoods and displacement of families. Since officials of Gaza’s Islamist regime initiated the armed conflict May 10, Hamas and…


Protests continue against military rule in Myanmar

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Despite bloody government repression, protests continued May 17 in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, above, demanding the military junta that seized power in the country Feb. 1 stand down. Police and soldiers had broken up a protest march in Mandalay’s Pyigyidagun…


Anti-labor group attacks workers and our unions

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021

Workers on strike have been running into an anti-labor outfit that calls itself the Socialist Equality Party. The group — which maintains the so-called World Socialist Web Site — claims to back the fight for better wages and job conditions.…


‘They try to hide the news about fights workers wage from us’

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021
“My boss made me employee of the month,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, on his doorstep May 6, “so I had to get this T-shirt.”

“I’ve been a union worker since I was 18,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, when she and campaign supporter Terry Evans knocked on his door in Jersey City May 6. His uncle…


Myanmar protests, strikes continue popular fight to oust military junta

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021
Thousands march in Kyaukme City in Myanmar’s Shan state, part of May 2 nationwide Spring Revolution. Feb. 1 coup, imposition of military rule and growing repression against mass upsurge has brought workers, farmers, minority ethnic groups together in struggle.

Labor unions in Myanmar, alongside associations of farmers, students, Buddhist monks, ethnic minorities and others, are appealing for solidarity in the fight to oust the brutal military junta, which seized power Feb. 1. “Not only is the military shooting at…


SWP calls Int’l Active Workers Conference in Ohio July 22-24

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

The Socialist Workers Party is hosting an International Active Workers Conference at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, July 22-24. Due to lockdown restrictions imposed by all levels of government since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the last time the…


Help expand the reach of the ‘Militant,’ SWP 2021 campaign!

Vol. 85/No. 18 - May 10, 2021

The nine-week international drive to sell 1,400 subscriptions to the Militant, 1,400 books on working-class politics and raise $145,000 for the Militant Fighting Fund has begun. The drive will advance the campaigns of the 20 Socialist Workers Party candidates for state…


Protests defy assaults by military junta in Myanmar

Vol. 85/No. 16 - April 26, 2021
Demonstrators in Mandalay march April 14 demanding end to military rule.

In its deadliest massacre since seizing power Feb. 1, the military junta in Myanmar killed more than 80 people in the southwestern city of Bago April 10, bringing the total killed since their coup to more than 700. In a…