Cuba arrests group recruiting for Moscow’s war in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Col. César Rodríguez of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior announced Sept. 7 the arrest of 17 people who were part of a secret network recruiting young men on the island to join Moscow’s forces in their war on Ukraine. Cuba’s…


Protest Abbas’ defense of the Holocaust

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023

Statement by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, Sept. 13. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Aug. 24 statement defending the Holocaust should be condemned by the labor movement and all those opposed to exploitation and…


Autoworkers fight for big pay boost, end to two-tier

Vol. 87/No. 35 - September 25, 2023
Members of United Auto Workers Local 551 rally in their union hall in Chicago Sept. 8. If no agreement is reached by Sept. 14, 150,000 autoworkers at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis voted 97% to strike.

CHICAGO — The 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers at the Big Three auto companies — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — voted by 97% to strike if their demands aren’t met by the bosses before their contract expires…


SWP campaign takes working-class program to March on Washington

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023
Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, Joanne Kuniansky, center, running for New Jersey State Senate, discuss party’s program with participants at march.

WASHINGTON — Over 5,000 marchers turned out here Aug. 26 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. The action was organized by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute led by the family…


Help get out the ‘Militant,’ books on revolutionary struggle

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023

Join us getting the Militant  out as widely as possible, an irreplaceable source of news on unfolding working-class struggles. Every week the paper gets out the truth about union battles like the strike by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and…


What’s the road forward for the working people in the Mideast?

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023

Talks toward a diplomatic deal between the rulers of Israel and Saudi Arabia are taking place at the same time that tensions in the Middle East are rising and preparations made for more wars. These conflicts occur amid the unraveling…


As 2024 election looms, Socialist Workers Party is the alternative

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023

The centerpiece of President Joseph Biden’s reelection campaign is denouncing former President Donald Trump and his supporters as “MAGA Republicans” and hailing the four indictments against his Republican opponent. Democrats, Never-Trump Republicans and the middle-class left are determined to drive…


Ex-prisoners make gains on right to vote in Mississippi

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023
Federal judges in Mississippi ruled 2-1 Aug. 4 to restore voting rights for former felons. Above, from left, former prisoners Wayne Kuhn, Dennis Hopkins, Byron Coleman and Jon O’Neal at press conference in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2018, demanding their right to vote.

In a victory for working people, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Aug. 4, by a 2-1 vote, to end Mississippi’s lifetime ban on the right of ex-felons to vote. The lawsuit under consideration was filed by six…


Amy Belvin: ‘Lifelong commitment to the SWP’

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023
Display at Aug. 26 meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, showed political work done by Amy Belvin.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — “Amy Belvin was passionate about the fight for a better world,” explained Socialist Workers Party member Amy Husk, one of a number of speakers at the Aug. 26 celebration of her life. Organized by Rev. Brian Chenowith…


Election in Argentina deepens crisis facing working people

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023
Market in Buenos Aires, Aug. 10, 2022 where customers can pay vendors in rapidly deflating cash or exchange goods through barter. Inflation has gone over 100% annually, one of world’s highest.

Whichever candidate wins the presidential election in Argentina in October will only mean more hardships for working people. In the midst of the deep capitalist crisis shaking the country, the solutions offered by all the capitalist politicians foreshadow belt-tightening measures,…