Israeli victory over Hamas is in the interest of all workers

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

Blows dealt by Israel in its war to decisively defeat Hamas are aimed at preventing the Nazi-like outfit from carrying out its oft-repeated threats to continue launching pogroms against Jews until it achieves another Holocaust. These advances are reverberating across…


17 days: 2,213 sign to put SWP on NJ ballot

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025
“It’s going to take us standing together,” Kim Kahoun, retired member of operating engineers union, told Craig Honts, SWP candidate for New Jersey lieutenant governor, outside Walmart in Hammonton April 19.

UNION CITY, N.J. — Almost 1,000 people signed up in one week, April 14-21, to put the Socialist Workers Party candidates in New Jersey, Joanne Kuniansky for governor and Craig Honts for lieutenant governor, on the ballot. This brings the…


Unions join to fight gov’t call for workers to ‘self-deport’

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hundreds of immigrant workers in the biggest factories and other job sites in the Louisville area have received government letters saying their humanitarian parole visas are being terminated and they will face removal if they don’t “self-deport”…



Teamster drivers standing firm in fight with Flying Food Group

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Now in their fourth week on strike against the airport catering company Flying Food Group, 43 Teamsters Local 2785 drivers and helpers here are in a tough fight. “We’re not giving up, we are still…


Defend constitutional freedoms from attack by Democrats and Republicans

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

The unqualified defense of constitutional protections to prevent government interference in our lives, our unions and in political activity is vital for workers. In the U.S. — where the ruling capitalist families ruthlessly exploit working people — free speech, freedom…


UFCW grocers in Minneapolis picket in fight for new contract

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS — On April 15 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 at the Cub Northside grocery store here organized an informational picket line to bring awareness to the contract issues they face. Local 663 members who work…


Fight to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home grows stronger

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of deported SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, demands his return to the U.S. outside district court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, April 15.

LANGLEY PARK, Md. — For the first time since his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deportation to the notorious CECOT megaprison in El Salvador March 15, Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been able to communicate with someone outside of…


Indiana casino workers strike for dignity and secure retirement

Vol. 89/No. 17 - May 5, 2025

ELIZABETH, Ind. — More than 140 workers, members of Teamsters Local 89, went on strike April 14 against Caesars Southern Indiana hotel and casino here. Their contract expired in March. “We work holidays and weekends, and this job takes away…