In an important example of international working-class solidarity, SMART-TD, the largest rail workers union in the U.S., is asking union locals and members to help collect much-needed personal protective equipment for rail workers in war-torn Ukraine. In a letter posted…
To justify the bloody Oct. 7 massacre of Jews, apologists for Hamas claim that Israel is like South Africa before apartheid was overthrown in the 1990s. Blacks in South Africa fought to overthrow apartheid “by any means necessary,” therefore Palestinians…
In a May 15 report to Congress, Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba from the annual list of countries “not cooperating fully” with the U.S. on anti-terrorist efforts. Last year’s report had included Cuba along with Iran, North Korea,…
Socialism on Trial, one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for May, contains the testimony of James P. Cannon, a founding leader of the Socialist Workers Party and then its national secretary, at the 1941 trial of 18 leaders of…
Fruit takes SWP program to working people in Georgia ATLANTA — “The future of humanity depends on the U.S. working class taking power away from the capitalist rulers and starting down the road to make a socialist revolution,” Socialist Workers…
June 7, 1999 PASCAGOULA, Miss. — “Good news to Newport News, Ingalls workers want money too!” declares a picket sign at the main gate of Ingalls Shipbuilding in this Gulf Coast town. With 11,500 workers, it’s Mississippi’s largest private employer.…
SEATTLE — Dennis Richter, Rachele Fruit’s running mate as Socialist Workers Party candidate for vice president, joined International Association of Fire Fighters Local I-66 members at their picket line outside Boeing’s factory gates here May 13. Some 125 firefighters at…
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…
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…
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…
