Fired for joining a union, Dallas Black Dancers hold protest

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

DALLAS — “Tear up your ticket, join our picket!” and “Dallas Black, bring them back!” were two of the spirited chants by 50 pickets backing the fired Dallas Black Dancers here Oct. 11. They were protesting at the Dallas Black…


Richter joins strike pickets in LA, builds labor solidarity

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024
Dennis Richter, left, SWP candidate for vice president, and campaign supporter Gabriel Calderon, a bakery worker, center, join UAW strike picket line at Monogram Aerospace Oct. 10.

LOS ANGELES — As part of his national campaign tour Dennis Richter, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, joined campaign supporters bringing solidarity to a number of labor struggles here. Richter joined the picket line of workers striking…


Socialist Workers Party campaign: ‘Amnesty for immigrant workers!’

Vol. 88/No. 40 - October 28, 2024

Confronting the U.S. rulers’ profit-driven approach to immigration is a key issue for the working class, one in which neither of the bosses’ candidates for president — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — point any road forward.  The bosses turn…


Join drive to get word out on SWP campaign, ‘Militant’

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024

Expanding the reach of the Socialist Workers Party campaign — Rachele Fruit for president, Dennis Richter for vice president and local candidates across the country — and winning endorsers for the ticket is at the center of an eight-week international…


Boeing strikers solid in fight to improve wages, work conditions

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024
“Going on strike is a sacrifice, but it’s worth it,” one Machinist told the Militant. Strikers greet other union members on picket line near Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, Sept. 15.

SEATTLE — Now in the fourth week of their strike against Boeing, one of the two major producers of commercial airplanes worldwide, picket lines by members of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751 remain up at…


‘Is the fight for workers to take political power realistic?’

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — “I know you! I already voted for you,” Timothy Frankland called out to Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, after seeing her walking the picket line Oct. 1 in support of his union, the…



US rulers push Ukraine to back off fight for national sovereignty

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024
Apartment buildings hit by Moscow’s bombardment in Vuhledar, Donetsk region of Ukraine. After most residents of the mining town, which has been fought over for much of the war, were evacuated, Ukrainian forces retreated Oct. 1. Russian troops have suffered heavy losses there.

The U.S. rulers are pressing the Ukrainian government to back off from conquering the full restoration of its sovereign borders, after more than two and a half years of Moscow’s invasion and war. Washington’s goal is to advance its own…


Working people unite to take on social disaster from hurricane

Vol. 88/No. 39 - October 21, 2024

Under capitalism, major storms like Hurricane Helene become social catastrophes. Over 225 people have been killed across six states, with the biggest toll in western North Carolina. And it’s unclear how many are still missing in isolated communities there. The…