UK rulers, in political crisis, aim attacks at working class

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

LONDON — Just 40 days after taking office, Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss faces calls to quit from fellow Conservative Party members, following financial turmoil triggered by her government’s first budget. This heralds further assaults on jobs, wages and pensions, exacerbating…


Alabama longshore workers vote to strike over concessions contract

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

ATLANTA — International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1410 sent out a press release announcing plans to take strike action Oct. 20 against CSA Equipment Company, which operates at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico. “There is overwhelming…


Turkish workers decry deadly gov’t coal mine blast

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

Saban Yildirim, one of 41 miners killed in an Oct. 14 coal mine disaster in Amasra, Turkey, had told his wife that “the mine had been smelling of gas inside for 10 days,” his father Kemal Yildirim told the press.…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

November 3, 1997 SANTA CLARA, Cuba — “We come not to bid farewell to Che and his heroic comrades, but to welcome them,” Cuban president Fidel Castro told an overflow crowd in the Ernesto Che Guevara Plaza Oct. 17. “I…


Moscow out of Ukraine now! Back Ukraine independence!

Kyiv’s sovereignty rests on its working class
Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
Rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 16 by 300 supporters of Ukrainian independence. Putin’s terror bombing of Ukraine cities is deepening opposition across Russia.

Moscow’s deadly bombardment of Kyiv and other cities, targeting civilians as well as infrastructure needed for heat and power, has done nothing to deter the willingness of Ukrainians to defend their homeland. Kyiv’s forces continue to press to retake areas…


Iran protests keep growing as students, workers join

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
Workers at Haft Tappeh sugar cane mill meet Oct. 18 to demand higher wages, reinstatement of a dismissed union representative. The sugar cane workers union has also called for release of imprisoned union members and protesters.

Despite brutal attacks by police, the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Basij thugs, and the arrests of thousands, daily protests across Iran have continued for more than 30 days and are still going strong. The protests began…


Rail workers continue fight against boss, gov’t attacks

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — Some 115,000 rail workers across the country are debating their future as they vote on proposed new contracts, which will determine if there will be a strike. The members of the two largest unions, with 60,000 members…


Vote Socialist Workers Party! Back rail workers, Iran protests

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
Joel Britton, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, discusses politics with protester while campaigning at Iran solidarity rally of 2,000 in San Francisco Oct. 9.

In the final couple of weeks leading up to elections, candidates of the Socialist Workers Party are campaigning to get out news of key strikes and working-class battles worldwide and presenting the party’s program. And they are introducing working people…


U.S. Steel workers rally in fight for new national contract

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — More than 200 United Steelworkers members from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works braved rain and stiff winds to send a message to the corporation’s CEO, David Burritt, who was speaking here Oct. 11 to the local chapter of…