Democrats move to restrict ballot access in New Jersey

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025

In a serious assault on constitutional rights, the New Jersey state Assembly voted up a bill Dec. 19 that would more than double petitioning requirements for the Socialist Workers Party and others who aren’t candidates of the bosses’ two main…


Israel fights for right to exist as a refuge from Jew-hatred

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025
Yahya Mahamid, center, Arab Muslim serving in Israel’s army. In Oct. 7, 2023, anti-Jewish pogrom, Hamas also killed Arabs, immigrants. Since then more Arab-Israelis joined IDF. “They saw what I did,” he said.

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and the rulers in Iran announced they had won a huge victory. Thousands of Tehran-backed Hamas thugs crossed the Gaza border into Israel, killed 1,200 people — mostly civilians; wounded thousands; raped and mutilated dozens…




What will Trump as the president mean for working people in the US?

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025

As Joseph Biden prepares to turn the presidency over to Donald Trump, his Democratic Party administration leaves working people facing crisis conditions — from sky-high prices for basic necessities to the growing threat of new imperialist wars. Millions of workers…


Dallas Black Dancers celebrate settlement victory

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025

DALLAS — The Dallas Black Dancers, who were all fired for joining the American Guild of Musical Artists, have reached a $560,000 settlement with Dallas Black Dance Theatre bosses. On Dec. 9 the union described the settlement, which included an…


German gov’t falls as political crisis deepens in Europe

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025

The government in Germany led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party collapsed Dec. 16 after losing a confidence vote in parliament. Germany, with Europe’s largest economy, has a caretaker government until new elections Feb. 23. Scholz’s fractious coalition, which…


Daily Georgia protests: ‘Down with pro-Moscow gov’t’

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025

There is overwhelming support inside Georgia for the weeks of large protests there demanding a new election — and for the unwavering determination by demonstrators not to back down. Under this pressure, the government has pulled back from its earlier…


‘Battle of Boston’ 50 years ago helped change US class struggle

Vol. 89/No. 2 - January 20, 2025
Over 12,000 people marched in Boston Dec. 14, 1974, part of fight to desegregate the schools and end racist attacks on Black students. Actions dealt a blow to anti-working-class forces.

This school year marks the 50th anniversary of the hard-fought struggle for school desegregation in Boston. “Thousands of white students boycotted classes and white mobs took to the streets in an attempt to thwart court-ordered school desegregation. Black students arriving…


SWP, ‘Militant’ campaign to discuss shifts in world politics

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025
“I don’t like Democrats or Republicans,” truck driver Victor Torres, right, told SWP members Gerardo Sánchez and Alyson Kennedy in Euless, Texas, Dec. 29. “They blame immigrants for problems.” He got a Militant subscription and The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us.

Recent political developments shaking world politics have stirred discussions among workers about a road forward, from the advances made by Israel in dealing blows to Hamas, Hezbollah and the rulers in Tehran; the fall of the Bashar al-Assad tyranny in…