US rulers seek Iran deal that provides more power, profits

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026
Jewish and Arab women, including childcare workers organized by the Koach La’Ovdim trade union, joined March 8 International Women’s Day action in Israel. “We will not be taken advantage of, power to the nannies,” says sign at left. Defense of Israel as a refuge from Jew-hatred and pogroms is strengthened by common struggles of Jewish and Arab workers there.

The conflicting interests of Washington and Israel are clearer than ever as the Donald Trump administration pushes to reach a deal with the Iranian regime. Washington’s war on Iran and its on-again, off-again negotiations with Tehran are both aimed at…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026

June 4, 2001 Hundreds of thousands of Berber people marched in Algeria May 21 demanding the removal of the police who have killed dozens of protesters. The mobilization comes on the heels of weeks of demonstrations involving tens of thousands.…



Ukraine’s blows to Moscow’s forces open new strains in Putin regime

Vol. 90/No. 22 - June 8, 2026

For more than four years, Ukrainian working people have fought courageously to protect their country’s sovereignty in the face of Moscow’s murderous assaults. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who claims Ukraine doesn’t exist as a real country, is incapable of understanding…


Tens of thousands of ex-students, farmers demand jobs from Iraq

Vol. 90/No. 21 - June 1, 2026

Tens of thousands of former students and their supporters took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities across Iraq May 18 to demand the newly formed government provide them jobs. While the unemployment rate in the oil-rich country is…



Indiana aluminum workers fight for union, higher pay

Vol. 90/No. 21 - June 1, 2026

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — Workers at the Batesville Products aluminum casting and finishing foundry here went out on strike May 11. The workers —machinists, polishers, and shipping and receiving workers who are members of Teamsters Local 135 — are fighting for…


Health services workers in Minnesota strike for contract

Vol. 90/No. 21 - June 1, 2026

CENTER CITY, Minn. — Chanting, “What do we want? A contract! When do want it? Now!” striking Chisago County workers, members of Teamsters Local 320, marched in front of the Government Center here May 5. The strike began May 1.…


‘The world party of the toilers, the oppressed, and the exploited’

Vol. 90/No. 21 - June 1, 2026
The Socialist Workers Party campaigned to win unions to oppose the U.S. rulers’ drive to drag workers into the second imperialist world war over resources, markets, colonial plunder. Above are 1940 headlines from the Socialist Appeal, then paper of the SWP.

This week’s Book of the Month is Writings of Leon Trotsky (1939-40). The selection is from the 1940 “Manifesto of the Fourth International on the imperialist war and the proletarian world revolution.” It was adopted at an emergency conference of…