SWP: Workers need our own party, a labor party based on our unions

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

Statement by Ilona Gersh, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Chicago, Dec. 28. Recent experiences of millions of working people have driven home the fact that the key division in U.S. politics is not the conflicts between Democrats and…


African Studies conference discusses road forward

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

PHILADELPHIA — Some 1,400 people, mostly from universities in the United States, Canada and some African countries, attended the African Studies Association conference here Nov. 17-19. They discussed the social and political crises produced by imperialist exploitation of the continent’s…




Titles on politics, history draw at Montreal Book Fair

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

MONTREAL — There was increased interest in books about working-class and revolutionary history and politics at the Pathfinder booth at the Nov. 23-27 annual Montreal Book Fair. Volunteers from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York City sold 138 books and…


Oregon governor ends death penalty, botched executions spread

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…


Jordan: Truckers strike against fuel price increases

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

Truck drivers in Jordan, above, ended a 17-day strike Dec. 19, after six members of parliament promised that their demands for lower fuel prices and cancellation of a special tax on fuel derivatives would be met. But some workers said…


Rail workers protest as gov’t imposes contract, bars strike

Rallies from Washington, DC, to Sparks, Nevada
Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
Over 40 unionists at SMART-TD-organized rally Dec. 13 in Denver back rail workers’ struggle over job conditions, for safer crew sizes and family-friendly work schedules.

CHICAGO — In rail yards and on locomotives across the country discussion and debate continue among rail workers over how to respond to the ongoing attacks from the rail bosses and the government. These include grueling schedules, draconian attendance policies,…


Canada school workers stood ground, won wage raise

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
Canadian Union of Public Employees march in Ontario Nov. 4 wins support in strike that defeated provincial government anti-union law.

TORONTO — Ontario school workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, voted to approve a new contract, union President Laura Walton announced Dec. 5.  The vote followed the victory won by CUPE members when they defied provincial Premier…


Defend Ukraine independence! Demand Putin get out now!

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
Kyiv residents visit “invincibility center” Nov. 24 to warm up, share news, recharge phones. Ukrainian working people responded to Moscow’s bombs with renewed determination.

The Ukrainian people are withstanding some of the heaviest aerial bombardment since Moscow’s war began as they fight tenaciously to drive back its invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to demoralize working people by crippling Ukraine’s power supplies as winter…