Ascension hospital bosses boost their profits by slashing away nurses’ jobs

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

With picket signs that read “Greed kills/nurses heal” and “Safe staffing saves lives,” nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore held a 24-hour strike against systematic understaffing July 6. The same day nearly 1,200 nurses struck two Ascension hospitals…


Hotel workers fight to make Philadelphia an all-union city

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Three days after winning a contract through a nine-day strike at the Sheraton Downtown, UNITE HERE Local 274 workers from that hotel were on the picket line at the Hilton Garden Inn July 2 supporting their union brothers…


Rhode Island museum: Rich history of Cape Verdean immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Al Gomes, left, museum volunteer, explains Cape Verdean role in whaling industry to SWP leaders Paul Mailhot and Mary-Alice Waters, editor of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde June 28. Inset, Cape Verdeans labor on cranberry farm, early 1900s.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The Cape Verdean Museum here is unique. Its displays of photos, posters, crafts and publications, almost all donated by community members, give a vivid feel for the experiences of many generations of immigrants from that West African…


Iran toilers mount protests amid ongoing war and gov’t repression

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
Garment workers at Barak textile factory in Khorasan province protest layoffs, wage arrears, denial of unemployment insurance.

“Inflation, high prices, no to war and destruction,” chanted dozens of retired workers in Shush in Iran’s Khuzestan province. “Livelihood and dignity are our undeniable rights.” Their action was just one of more than a dozen protests or strikes across…


Memorial marks lives cut short by Hamas at the Nova Festival

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
SWP member Rachele Fruit, right, and CL member Ólöf Andra Proppé view bus stop near Re’im kibbutz, where 27 people seeking refuge Oct. 7, 2023, were murdered by Hamas thugs.

RE’IM, Israel — On July 11, a group of us were taken by our hosts, Vered and Itzik Benayoun, to visit the site of the Nova Festival, now a memorial to the nearly 400 mainly young participants in the all-night…


Keen interest in Pathfinder books at American Library Association conference

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
The Pathfinder booth at the American Library Association conference June 25-29 drew wide interest. More than 75 librarians signed up for more information, 114 books were purchased.

CHICAGO — Just under 15,000 people attended the American Library Association’s 150th Conference in Chicago June 25-29, with 641 exhibitors coming from 61 different countries. The Pathfinder booth drew people interested in books on crucial questions facing workers today. Pathfinder…



The road to build a revolutionary party in the imperialist epoch

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
V.I. Lenin, central leader of Bolshevik Party in Russia, speaks in May 1920. Revolution brought workers and peasants to power there. The SWP aims to build on this example in the U.S.

The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes is one of the Books of the Month. Barnes has led the political course of the SWP to build a communist party whose members…


Working-class road to stop new imperialist wars

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

From Washington’s war against Iran, to Beijing’s military expansion in the Pacific, Moscow’s war to conquer Ukraine, and squabbles over who will dominate Europe, the capitalist rulers worldwide are preparing for new wars to redivide the world for their profit…