25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 7 - February 24, 2025

February 21, 2000 Britain should get its troops, cops, and secret police out of Ireland now. That should be the demand of every working person, union member and farmer, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States. The mobilizations…


SWP candidates point road forward for working people

‘Break with bosses parties, build a party of labor’
Vol. 89/No. 7 - February 24, 2025
Teacher’s aide Johana Perez tells Eric Simpson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Oakland, Feb. 5 that she likes party’s program backing amnesty for undocumented immigrants.

The Socialist Workers Party is launching a national slate of candidates in 2025 — a bold working-class campaign that points a road forward for the growing number of workers repelled by the pro-boss politics of the Democrats, Republicans and handful…


Israel’s fight to prevent a new Holocaust is at a new stage

Vol. 89/No. 7 - February 24, 2025
Hamas propaganda ceremony with Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami Feb. 8. Hamas seeks to reassert its dictatorship in Gaza, prepare new pogroms against Jews.

The increasingly unstable character of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was highlighted Feb. 10 when Hamas announced it was putting off release of three Israeli hostages set for Feb. 15 “until further notice.” This underscores why the…


Amnesty for immigrant workers in the US! No to deportations!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
Over 1,000 protesters marched in Minneapolis Feb. 1 demanding end to government arrests and deportations of immigrant workers. Similar protests took place all across the country.

One thousand immigrant workers and others marched in Minneapolis Feb. 1, one of many actions in defense of the rights of immigrants across the country. “We need to be here, there is no work in our country to help the…



Join fight against ban on ‘Militant’ in Phoenix jail!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025

The fight to reverse the unconstitutional ban of the Nov. 11, 2024, issue of the Militant by authorities at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix is winning support from defenders of civil liberties and prisoners’ political rights from around the…


Quebec forum builds solidarity with Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
Militant Labour Forum defends Cuban Revolution in Montreal, Feb. 1. From left, Michel Prairie, Communist League; Sean O’Donoghue, secretary of Quebec-Cuba Solidarity Roundtable; Katy LeRougetel, CL candidate for Parliament; Idrisse Diallo, doctor originally from Guinea.

MONTREAL — The Feb. 1 Militant Labour Forum here featured a panel, “Defend Cuba’s socialist revolution against the war of Washington and its allies: Remove Cuba from the list of countries that ‘support terrorism.’” Panelists included Michel Prairie from the…



No US immigration prison in Cuba! US out of Guantánamo!

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025

After Washington announced plans to imprison thousands of immigrant workers on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo, Cuba’s Ministry of the Exterior responded Jan. 29. The U.S. rulers seized Guantánamo Bay in 1903 as spoils of their victory in the…


SWP: ‘Fight to unify the working class’

Vol. 89/No. 6 - February 17, 2025
SWP: ‘Fight to unify the working class’

DALLAS — Alyson Kennedy, right, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Fort Worth, and Hilda Cuzco, the party’s candidate for Fort Worth City Council, joined a rally downtown of thousands here Feb. 2 to protest the step up in…