Support Israel’s right to exist, defend itself as a refuge from Jew-hatred and pogroms!

Working people need to reject Biden’s demand that Israel not respond
Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024
Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate, in Los Angeles. “The SWP calls on working people to condemn pressure by the U.S. government of Joseph Biden to dictate to Israel what it must or must not do to defend itself as a refuge for the Jews,” she said April 15.

Statement released April 15 by Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president of the United States. SWP presidential candidate Rachele Fruit is working-class alternative to capitalism’s march to depression and war The Socialist Workers Party calls on working people…


The fight against Jew-hatred and pogroms in the imperialist epoch

Stakes for the international working class
Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024
Pogroms, yesterday and today. Top, Hamas parades Jewish man murdered by death squad Oct. 7 past cheering supporters in Gaza City. Massacre in southern Israel was deadliest single attack on Jews since Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Bottom, using what Bolshevik leader V.I. Lenin called “the most savage and furious methods,” tsarist-inspired pogromists in 1906 murdered 80 Jews in Belostok, in what is now Poland. Photo shows Jewish family after assault.

Below is the opening chapter by Socialist Workers Party leader Dave Prince of the new book, The Fight Against Jew-Hatred and Pogroms in the Imperialist Epoch: Stakes for the International Working Class. Other chapters feature writings by revolutionary Marxist leaders…



Memphis BCTGM workers return to work, fight goes on

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After almost 10 months of a hard-fought strike battle, members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G at International Flavors and Fragrances here decided March 28 to return to work and continue their…


Who is Robert Kennedy Jr., why is he running for president?

Vol. 88/No. 17 - April 29, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign for the White House — polling just under 10% — presents a third capitalist candidate alongside President Joseph Biden and former President Donald Trump. A decadeslong Democrat from a well-known wealthy ruling-class family, Kennedy often…


Solidarity with flight attendants fight!

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

The Association of Flight Attendants union called protests at nearly 20 airports in the United States, Guam and the United Kingdom for April 11. It’s one of many protests the three flight attendants’ unions have called in their hard-fought battle…


Calif. nurses: ‘We’re out here striking for our patients’

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Striking nurses picket at Santa Clara County hospital in Gilroy, California, April 3. They are protesting bosses’ failure to take steps to eliminate understaffing that impacts care for patients.

GILROY, Calif. — Nurses carried out a spirited four-day strike at Santa Clara County hospitals April 2-5, with loud picket lines outside two hospitals in San Jose and one here. When supporters of the Socialist Workers Party campaign of Rachele…


Alabama Mercedes-Benz workers file for UAW recognition

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

ATLANTA — “We feel great,” Jim Spitzley, a Mercedes-Benz worker in Vance, Alabama, and veteran fighter for representation by the United Auto Workers, told the Militant by phone April 7. “Everyone at work is excited that we filed for the…


Canadian National Autoport workers vote up new contract

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Unifor Local 100 members at Autoport in Eastern Passage voted to accept the latest company offer and return to work. The plant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. The deal provides 3%, 2.5%…


Ottawa’s turn against Israel spurs Jew-hatred in Canada

Vol. 88/No. 16 - April 22, 2024
Over 1,000 people rally at Toronto City Hall April 7 in protest against Jew-hatred, demand Hamas release Oct. 7 hostages. Rally took place amid sharp increase in Jew-hatred in Canada.

MONTREAL — After a daylong debate March 19, the Canadian Parliament adopted a motion approving Ottawa’s shift away from its longstanding support of Israel’s armed forces defending the country from attack. The motion adopted, proposed by the social democratic New…