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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund Sept. 23 – November 21 (week seven)

Portland teachers walk out, their first strike ever

PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…

Help put SWP Party-Building Fund over the top!

The Socialist Workers Party’s annual Party-Building Fund has two weeks to go, with a goal of raising at least $140,000 for the SWP to get out its program and activities to working people around the world. The SWP and its…

SWP: Join fight to end Jew-hatred, call for cease-fire is support for Hamas

The brutal slaughter of over 1,400 men, women and children in Israel Oct. 7 changed world politics forever, shocking millions of working people worldwide. On doorsteps, union picket lines and at demonstrations against the Hamas pogrom, members and candidates of…

Construction workers in Australia fight for safety

SYDNEY — Chanting “Killer stone — Ban it now!” thousands of construction workers, members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, marched here Oct. 26 and rallied outside the New South Wales state Parliament. The protest was called by…

Overwhelming UN vote calls for an end to Washington’s embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an end to Washington’s embargo of Cuba Nov. 2, as it has done each year since 1992. The economic war waged by every U.S. administration — Democratic and Republican alike…

DC rally commemorates death of Zhina Amini in Iran

WASHINGTON — Over 75 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for a vigil Oct. 28 commemorating the death of Zhina Amini, the young Kurdish woman who died one year ago Sept. 16 after her arrest by the hated “morality police”…

Working people face blows from today’s unfolding crisis of capitalism

The Biden administration and its boosters in the liberal capitalist media keep trying to puff up the U.S. economy as improving, thanks to “Bidenomics.” They point to some official government statistics, claiming gross domestic product rose 4.9% in the third-quarter,…

UK refuse workers reject wages below inflation, strike for more

WARRINGTON, England — Some 65 refuse workers employed by the Labour Party-led Warrington Borough Council and organized by the Unite union have voted for a third wave of strike action. Their first set of strike days began Oct. 3, part…

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund Sept. 23 – November 21 (week six)