Defending protections in US Constitution

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

The Democrats yearslong efforts to use the FBI and frame-up court cases to bring down Donald Trump pose serious challenges to the working class. In the course of their attacks, and counterattacks by the Republicans, blows are being dealt to…


Union battles today deserve support from all workers

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

Tens of thousands of dockworkers, postal workers and machinists are fighting for union contracts that include wage increases to keep up with inflation, livable work schedules and safety on the job. In many cases they are up against not only…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024

September 27, 1999 Working people around the world should oppose the imperialist intervention under way in East Timor. Its aim is to advance imperialist domination in the region and has nothing to do with helping the people of East Timor…


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’…


Democrats attack Trump, deal blows to constitutional freedoms

Vol. 88/No. 35 - September 23, 2024
Above, 18 SWP and Teamsters leaders, framed up for opposition to U.S. rulers’ drive to enter World War II, on way to federal prison Dec. 31, 1943. Inset, pamphlet used in defense campaign. One law used to unleash FBI against the party was Foreign Agents Registration Act, being used by the Justice Department today.

  Central to the Democrats’ efforts to hold onto the White House in 2024 are relentless attacks against their main opponent, Donald Trump, including a four-part legal offensive that threatens constitutional rights crucial for working people. They’re determined to get…