Socialist Workers Party: End all US war ‘games’ aimed at NKorea!

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
South Korean marine takes position as U.S. Marines disembark during provocative “Double Dragon” joint military exercise in Pohang, South Korea, March 29, targeting North Korea.

Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo have been carrying out a series of overlapping and provocative war games in South Korea aimed at intimidating the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the North. They are the largest military maneuvers there since 2018…


FBI unleashes spies on a Chicago bookstore

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

CHICAGO — The owners of Pilsen Community Books here discovered the FBI has been spying on them. “They called us ‘pro-abortion extremists’ because we had a sign-painting event for the June 22 [2022] action supporting a woman’s right to choose…


New Iran-Saudi pact reflects cracks in US-led ‘world order’

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
Agreement finalized in Beijing March 10 restoring diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia reflects shifts in position of Washington, Beijing in Middle East. Above middle, Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, with representatives from both Arab-Persian Gulf countries.

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the Iranian and Saudi regimes — finalized in Beijing — is a reflection of the weakening of Washington’s role in the Middle East, although it remains the dominant imperialist power intervening there. The ruling…


More restrictions on political parties in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

In a new attack on political rights, draft laws have been submitted in the Ukrainian parliament that would disqualify members of any of the Ukrainian parties that President Volodymyr Zelensky government officials designate as “pro-Russian” from being elected to legislative…


Solidarity with the struggle by people of East Palestine!

Working people need control over cleanup, health
Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
Covered piles of contaminated soil still sitting in East Palestine, Ohio, after Feb. 3 train derailment, fire caused social disaster. Workers, farmers and small-business people are fighting for control of their future in face of contempt for working people by rail bosses, government.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Workers, farmers and small-business people here continue to receive support and solidarity from working people across the country. They are fighting to take control over the cleanup, to guarantee lifelong health care and to rebuild their…


Public workers strike in Canada

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

Over 155,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada union — more than one-third of all federal employees — went on strike April 19, fighting for higher pay. “Now more than ever, workers need fair wages,” the union said.…


Help get out the ‘Militant,’ books, raise needed funds

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
SWP member Norton Sandler, left, with UPS driver Andrew Jones at Teamsters rally in Orange, California, April 15. Jones got a Militant subscription and a copy of Teamster Rebellion.

At an April 15 rally of over 600 UPS workers and their supporters in Orange, California, Socialist Workers Party members Norton Sandler and Fredy Huinil extended solidarity and joined discussions with Teamsters union members there. They’re fighting for a new…



Back Ukraine people’s fight to defend their independence

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
Nikita Gorbunov, 20, held a placard April 16 with the Ukrainian and Russian flags, saying, “Hug me if you’re against the war,” in Izhevsk, 600 miles east of Moscow. People in the park constantly embraced him for over an hour before police arrested him still holding his sign.

The morale and determination of working people who make up the backbone of the Ukrainian armed forces, backed by volunteer territorial defense units, has prevented Russian President Vladimir Putin from crushing Ukraine’s independence for over a year. And at home…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023

April 27, 1998 The governments of Britain and Ireland, and the parties participating in the talks in Northern Ireland published an agreement at the conclusion of their negotiations on April 10. The agreement establishes a Northern Ireland assembly, to be…