School cleaners in Australia rally for better pay and conditions

Vol. 88/No. 22 - June 3, 2024

SYDNEY — Around 70 school cleaners, members of the United Workers Union, and their supporters rallied in pouring rain at Parramatta in west Sydney May 11 to protest low pay and the erosion of their working conditions. “I’ve been a…


Join fight to overturn ban on ‘Militant’ in Florida prison

Vol. 88/No. 22 - June 3, 2024

Prison officials in Florida have banned an issue of the Militant in violation of inmates’ constitutional rights and the right of the Militant to reach its subscribers behind bars. Aided by the Militant’s attorney, David Goldstein, we are fighting to…


Track workers demand sick days at Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Vol. 88/No. 22 - June 3, 2024
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way workers picket at Canadian Pacific Kansas City community steam train event in Franklin Park, Illinois, May 8, in fight for paid sick leave.

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — “What do we want? Paid sick days!” chanted track workers and supporters outside the CPKC railroad’s community relations event here May 8. The rail bosses are touring a steam locomotive from Canada to Mexico to celebrate…


Support Israel’s fight to defeat Hamas, prevent more pogroms

Vol. 88/No. 22 - June 3, 2024
Aftermath of Hamas’ slaughter of 370 Jews and others at Nova music festival in Israel, part of Oct. 7 pogrom that killed 1,200 people overall. More than 40 of the hostages Hamas seized were at the festival. “Everything we do is justified,” says Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad, inset.

With their move into Rafah, Israeli forces are making progress in the fight to dismantle Hamas in Gaza, an absolute necessity to prevent the Tehran-backed group from carrying out its threats to keep massacring Jews “again and again.” Since May…


‘Your fight can be an example,’ Richter tells flight attendants

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

CHICAGO — Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, joined the American Airlines flight attendants rallying at O’Hare airport May 9, a highlight of his campaign visit here. Dray Howard, president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants…


Fruit meets Quebec rail workers, discusses contract fight

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

MONTREAL — On May 8 six rail workers in the Teamsters union in Montreal met with Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president. They started with the potential nationwide strike at Canada’s two largest railroads — the Canadian…



US-led intervention in Haiti deepens crisis, cycle of violence

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024
U.S. Air Force cargo plane arrives at Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11 to build operations base for Kenyan-led military force backed by Washington, U.N.

Under the pressure of Washington and other capitalist powers, a transitional presidential council was established in Haiti April 25 prior to the arrival of a Kenyan-led foreign military force. It’s tasked with quelling the current levels of gang violence and…


Younger workers are hit hard by inflation, crisis of capitalism

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

Young workers are being ravaged by the continuing scourge of inflation marking today’s capitalist economic and social crisis. The average credit card debt for 22- to 24-year-olds has ballooned to a record high of $2,834 per youth at the end…


Opening guns of World War III get louder

Vol. 88/No. 21 - May 27, 2024

The opening guns of World War III are getting louder, and the reality of the imperialist epoch is becoming clearer to millions. While the ruling capitalist families wield state power, their drive for profit, dog-eat-dog competition and sharpening clashes inexorably…