Dominican sugar workers back US farmworkers’ fight

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025
Members of Sugarcane Workers Union in San Pedro de Macorís province, Dominican Republic, send solidarity May 12 to fight to prevent deportation of farmworkers’ union leader Alfredo “Lelo” Juárez. He is currently held in jail by U.S. immigration police in Washington state.

The fight by labor unions and defenders of the rights of immigrants to win the release of Alfredo Juárez Zeferino, a farmworker union militant detained by the immigration police March 25, continues to win support. “The Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC)…


Defending Israel’s existence amid today’s crises

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025

Israel’s fight to defend its existence as a refuge from Jew-hatred and pogroms is at the center of the intensifying rivalries gripping the world’s major capitalist powers today. For the working class, the defense of Israel’s existence is a key…


Back Ukraine’s fight to defend its nat’l sovereignty

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025
Rescuers recover bodies of nine passengers from shuttle bus targeted by Russian drone near Sumy, Ukraine, May 17. Putin regime’s war plan is attacking Ukrainian civilians without letup while raising maximalist demands that make ceasefire pushed by Washington, Kyiv impossible.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is pursuing his regime’s murderous war aimed at ending Ukraine’s right to exist as a sovereign state. He has feigned interest in calls by President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for peace talks, while…


US gov’t threatens to cancel right to habeas corpus workers need

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025
For decades, tens of thousands of Japanese toiled on sugar plantations in Hawaii. In World War II, U.S. rulers imposed martial law, ended habeas corpus for Japanese and all workers.

Top officials in the Donald Trump administration say they’re leaning toward suspending the constitutionally protected right of habeas corpus, the inalienable right of all people — U.S. citizens or not — to challenge their arrest in court. The threat comes…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025

May 29, 2000 Two counterposed class perspectives on health care, social security and pensions were put forward this past week. Presidential candidate George W. Bush made proposals for a transformation away from Social Security and Medicare. Democrat Vice President Albert…


Cuba responds to latest attacks, more sanctions by Washington

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025

In Washington’s latest attack against Cuba’s socialist revolution, Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed Cuba back on the list of countries “not fully cooperating” with U.S. “counterterrorism” efforts May 13. The ruling further prohibits commerce and services with Cuba. It’s…


‘More workers are interested in SWP campaign than in years’

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025
Joanne Kuniansky, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of New Jersey, brings solidarity to striking engineers picket line at New Jersey Transit station in Hoboken May 16.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The depth of interest in discussing how to deal with the crisis of capitalism workers see all around us is reflected in the response to the Socialist Workers Party election campaigns and the spring drive to win…


SWP condemns killing of Israeli Embassy personnel in Washington, D.C.

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025

The following is based on a statement sent to Consulate Generals of Israel Los Angeles and San Francisco on May 22 by Norton Sandler, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, and Laura Garza, Socialist Workers Party candidate for…


New protests hit Hamas in Gaza, as imperialist conflicts deepen

Vol. 89/No. 21 - June 2, 2025
March in Khan Younis, Gaza, May 19, at start of three days of protests demanding Hamas get out. The vast majority of Palestinians reject the Hamas cult of death and destruction.

In the largest protest against Hamas so far, thousands of Palestinians marched daily in Khan Younis in southern Gaza May 19-21. They chanted “Hamas, out, out!” “Hamas, you’re a bunch of losers — the people of Gaza don’t want to…