Bakery owners and workers in at least nine cities in Iran protested May 17 and 18 over rising costs, delays in government payments of subsidies aimed at keeping bread prices low, and frequent power outages that ruin production. Bread is…
This feature is an excerpt from “Capitalism’s Long Hot Winter Has Begun,” by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. It’s the title article in New International no. 12. Issues no. 7, 10, 11 and 12 of the…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
