East Palestine working people fight for control over their lives

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Oil refinery worker Rich Miner, center, and Sheree Artis talk to Socialist Workers Party member Seth Galinsky in Paulsboro, New Jersey, April 23. Miner said he volunteered for the cleanup after 2012 derailment there, when vinyl chloride spilled, same chemical as in East Palestine.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Workers, farmers and small-business people here continue to press for action to clean up the area and protect their health after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment, fire and burn-off of toxic vinyl chloride. They’re…


Drop all charges filed against the African People’s Socialist Party!

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

Striking a serious blow at constitutional protections, Department of Justice prosecutors got a federal grand jury in Florida April 18 to indict three members of the African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement on trumped-up charges of being “foreign agents.”…


Back Ukraine independence! Moscow out of all of Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

As the first large-scale war in Europe since World War II grinds on, tensions between the world’s major capitalist powers grow and the world order imposed by Washington after the second imperialist slaughter is being shaken. At the same time…


Hey, they shrunk the Doritos, and Twinkies, and …

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

As food prices keep rising, many companies are seeking to maximize profits through “shrinkflation,” which some workers call “skimpflation,” where they fiddle with the packaging and you end up paying the same price but get less. Bosses have been doing…


Join campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023

“None of the politicians care about working-class people,” office worker Bernadette Keating told Communist League member Ögmundur Jónsson when he knocked on her door in Manchester, England, April 23. “Not just the government, but the others as well. We need…


Stockholm commuter train drivers strike over one-man crews

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Commuter train drivers April 17 in Stockholm on strike against boss push for one-person crews.

STOCKHOLM — At least 70 commuter train drivers walked off the job here on a three-day protest strike April 17, shutting down over 80% of traffic during the first two days. “By striking for our working conditions and the safety…


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…


Rallies kick off Teamsters union national contract battle at UPS

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
Hundreds of Teamsters, supporters, rallied April 15 in Orange, California, as 340,000 package delivery and warehouse workers prepare for national contract battle with UPS bosses.

ORANGE, Calif. — Over 600 members of the Teamsters union from various workplaces and locals throughout Southern California and their supporters rallied at the Local 952 hall here April 15. The union is gearing up for negotiations with UPS Inc.…


Biden White House unleashes FBI to go after the Catholics

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

President Joseph Biden’s Department of Justice has recommended against any jail time being handed down for Maeve Nota, who admits to vandalizing St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Washington, last June. She had been arrested and charged after smashing the…


Leaks shine light on breadth of US spy operations around the world

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023

The leak of top-secret papers from the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff has shone a spotlight on Washington’s vast spy operations aimed at allies and antagonists alike. This material was apparently ferreted out not by a foreign agent,…