MEMPHIS, Tenn. — During a tour stop here to meet with unionists and others who had helped put the Socialist Workers Party on the Tennessee ballot Oct. 30, SWP vice presidential candidate Dennis Richter visited the I Am A Man…
Dozens of family members of prisoners on death row marched down a busy street in Tehran to the Majlis, the Iranian parliament building, Oct. 29, calling for the abolition of the death penalty. “No to executions” and “We are not…
SEATTLE — After a seven-week strike, the Machinists at Boeing voted Nov. 4 to accept a four-year contract by 59%. It includes a 38% wage increase, a significant raise over the 25% first offered by the company in September. “Without…
LOS ANGELES — Some 2,400 psychologists, therapists and other mental health workers have been on strike against Kaiser Permanente across Southern California since Oct. 21. “Unless we strike, our coworkers are going to keep leaving and our patients are going…
The Socialist Workers Party defends freedom of speech, art and culture. Defending culture, free-ranging debate and the right of journalists and artists to state the truth as they see it is crucial for working people to chart a road forward…
DETROIT — Nearly 300 workers at the Marathon oil refinery here, members of Teamsters Local 283, walked off the job Sept. 4 after voting by 95% to strike. They had been working without a contract since January. It’s the first…
Long-time President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking beyond Turkey to see how in today’s unsettled world he can best defend the interests of Turkey’s capitalist rulers, as well as his own position. He is trying to balance between Washington and…
Working people in the U.S. face a deepening economic, social and moral crisis of U.S. and world capitalism today. Bosses are pushing job cuts, onerous schedules that rip family life apart, attacks on health care and pensions, unsafe conditions and…
A massive rainfall in Spain’s eastern Valencia region Oct. 29 — nearly 20 inches fell in eight hours, more than normally falls in a year — caused catastrophic flash floods that killed over 200 people. Many more are still missing.…
NEW YORK — The jury trial of Daniel Penny, 25, a former U.S. Marine and current architectural student charged with the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, opened here Nov. 1. Penny pled “not guilty” after being indicted on second-degree manslaughter…
