Defend Israel’s right to exist! Fighting Jew-hatred is union question

Israel battles to stop new Hamas pogroms
Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Soldados israelíes en túnel en norte de Gaza, 15 de dic., parte de la extensa red subterránea que Hamás usa para realizar ataques contra judíos en Israel como el pogromo del 7 de octubre.

The U.S. government is ratcheting up pressure on Israel to wind down its war against Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza, a war aimed at defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews and preventing the reactionary Islamist outfit from…


Bosses’ profit drive, not the weather, is killing rail workers

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Rail bosses’ push for profits led to Canadian Pacific 2019 derailment killing three rail workers in British Columbia. From left, Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, Andrew Dockrell and Dylan Paradis.

MONTREAL — After a series of deadly accidents, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration issued a recent “advisory” urging rail bosses to expand use of technology to deal with the increased danger of operating in adverse weather conditions. According to the…



Colorado ruling Trump off ballot is blow

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

This statement by Socialist Workers Party National Campaign Director John Studer was issued Dec. 20. In a 4-3 ruling by Colorado’s all-Democratic-Party-appointed Supreme Court Dec. 19, Donald Trump was barred from appearing on the state’s presidential ballot in 2024. It…


Unions need to join fight against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

Wars in the imperialist epoch are an inevitable product of the natural workings of a system founded on exploitation and oppression. The death, destruction and suffering wars cause are hated by the working class that always bears the consequences. Nonetheless,…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

January 11, 1999 LONDON — Thirty days after being sacked for a one-day strike, workers at the Skychef catering company at Heathrow airport are still standing firm. “We’re going to win it and that’s the end of the story,” said…


Unionists discuss fight against anti-Semitism

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Guardia de Defensa Sindical, iniciada por el Local 544 de Teamsters en Minneapolis en 1938, defendió las líneas de piquetes y combatió antisemitismo expulsando a organización fascista.

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — The Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,200 men, women and children in Israel by death squads organized by Hamas, the Tehran-backed Islamist terror outfit that rules Gaza, was a turning point in the class struggle. …


Biden says all is swell, but workers face a different reality

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

The Joseph Biden administration and his boosters in the liberal media are churning out propaganda claiming prospects for the U.S. capitalist economy have never looked better. They say inflation has been lowered to “acceptable” levels, full employment abounds and the…


Derailment at CSX, toxic fire create crisis in Kentucky town

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — “The smoke was so thick you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face,” said Andrea Johnson. “I’ve had migraines, sores in my nose and throat, and stomach pain.”  Johnson and other workers who live in…


SWP expands reach of ‘Militant,’ supports today’s union struggles

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
John Hawkins, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio, brings solidarity, the Militant to picket line of striking DHL workers in Hebron, Kentucky, Dec. 8.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. are discussing the fight against Jew-hatred, building support for today’s union struggles and presenting a revolutionary working-class program to workers on…