Abrego Garcia returned to US, thrown in jail

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025

After months of fighting court orders — including from the U.S. Supreme Court — to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States, the Justice Department June 6 returned him from El Salvador where he had been imprisoned after…



Bring Abrego Garcia back home! Stop the deportations!

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025

WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old apprentice sheet metal worker and member of the SMART union has been in prison in El Salvador for over 75 days, first in the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) and now in the…


Spring ‘Militant,’ books, fund drive shows growing interest in the SWP

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Eric Simpson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Oakland, campaigning April 12 at Cesar Chavez festival in San Francisco. SWP campaigns are drawing more support in 2025.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Socialist Workers Party eight-week spring campaign to introduce workers to its candidates, expand the readership of the Militant, get out books by SWP leaders and other revolutionaries and win contributions to the Militant Fighting Fund showed…



Moscow sharply escalates the bombing of civilians in Ukraine

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Nataliia Hrabarchuk, a former kindergarten teacher, used portable air defense missile system to down Russian cruise missile with her first shot in combat. Over 70,000 women currently serve in the Ukrainian military, a 20% increase since 2022. Over 5,500 are at the front.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is escalating its murderous bombing campaign, deliberately targeting civilians in cities and towns across Ukraine. Moscow’s attempt to conquer the country is largely stalled, with its forces continuing to try to push forward at a…


SWP to file New Jersey petitions for ballot

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
SWP to file New Jersey petitions for ballot

UNION CITY, N.J. — “We campaigned around the state collecting almost 3,200 signatures, showing the widespread support among workers for the Socialist Workers Party to be on the ballot,” Joanne Kuniansky, above, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, told the…


Truckers strike across Iran, say ‘Enough is enough’

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Truckers strike across Iran, say ‘Enough is enough’

Thousands of truck drivers — mostly owner-operators — joined a one-week strike that began May 22 and shut down cargo depots and more in 130 cities across Iran. Above, strikers in Gilanegharb May 26. The strike was called in the…


UK refuse workers extend picketing, win solidarity

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — Cheers from three dozen striking refuse workers at the Perry Barr Depot here greeted the decision by a garbage-truck driver to turn his truck around and honor their picket line May 20. When a cage truck full…