Democrats, Republicans: twin parties of the capitalist rulers

Vol. 88/No. 36 - September 30, 2024
Rail union members protest in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2022, after Biden, bipartisan Congress imposed rail contract and banned planned strike. “What’s needed is for workers to take political power into our own hands,” said Joanne Kuniansky, left, SWP 2024 candidate for Senate.

With the Nov. 5 election just about six weeks away, the capitalist rulers are redoubling their efforts to convince working people we have no choice but to hold our nose and pick the “lesser evil” between Vice President Kamala Harris…


Moscow’s deadly war in Ukraine demoralizes Russian troops

Vol. 88/No. 36 - September 30, 2024

Ukrainian forces launched a second incursion into the Russian Federation Sept. 12, 20 miles west of their thrust into the Kursk region five weeks earlier. Ukrainian tanks and troops took the town of Vesoloe, again scatterng poorly prepared and unmotivated…


Richter: ‘We need our own party, a party of labor’

Vol. 88/No. 36 - September 30, 2024

EAST POINT, Ga. — Several striking Communications Workers of America members on the picket line here welcomed Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president, Sept. 13. They explained why more than 17,000 CWA members who work for…


Join fight against ban on the ‘Militant’ in Florida prison

It’s now been nearly five months since Militant issue no. 17 was impounded by Jackson Correctional Institution prison authorities in Malone, Florida. Every day that goes by without the overturn of the ban is a serious violation of prisoners’ constitutional…


Richter: ‘Our struggles begin with solidarity’

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. — “The fight to defend our class starts with building solidarity,” Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. vice president, told striking Teamster member Jacinta Gamble as they walked the picket line in front of…


Letters

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

David Segal David Segal, a longtime friend and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party, died Aug. 27 after a long illness. He was 79 years old. Segal, who lived in New York City, regularly attended Militant Labor Forums, participating in…


Anniversary of Oct. 7 pogrom: Fight against Jew-hatred key

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024
Hostage Farhan al-Qadi, a Bedouin citizen of Israel, attended to by a relative and doctor after his rescue by Israeli soldiers. Hamas thugs shot him in the leg when he refused to take them to where Jews were. “Muslims, Jews, Bedouins are together, one family, one people,” he said.

The one-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel — the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust — is less than a month away. It’s a stark reminder of the deadly character of Nazi-like Jew-hatred in the imperialist…


So-called ‘American dream’ is more like a nightmare for workers today

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024
Picket by BorgWarner workers as first strike in 30 years began Sept. 9 at auto parts plant in Lansing, New York. Over 700 Teamster unionists are fighting for better wages, health care.

The economic and social crisis facing the working class today is reflected in articles in the capitalist press acknowledging that what they call the “American dream” — a steady job, home ownership, a family and comfortable retirement — is increasingly…


Rail workers in US take on unsafe conditions, anti-family schedules

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024
Members of Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way protest in 2022 in Nebraska. Rail workers look to continue fight for bigger crews, livable work schedules, more training for new hires.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Under the notorious anti-union Railway Labor Act, when rail union contracts near expiration, workers are barred from taking strike action and face years of federal National Mediation Board-controlled negotiations, reviews by Presidential Emergency Boards, various “cooling off”…


Join fight against Florida prison ban on the ‘Militant’

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

Letters keep going to the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee urging it to overturn the ban imposed by Jackson Correctional Institution authorities in Malone on Militant issue no. 17 at the end of April. This impoundment violates prisoners’…