Fight for justice for Mahsa Amini!

Vol. 86/No. 37 - October 10, 2022

Millions of working people in the U.S. and worldwide stand with protesters across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who died in the hands of the reactionary regime’s notorious “morality police.” She was arrested…



Oppose FBI attack on Cuba Solidarity Committee

Vol. 86/No. 37 - October 10, 2022

The FBI is expanding its efforts to intimidate Cuba solidarity supporters from Puerto Rico to the mainland, visiting or calling at least four people on the West Coast and Midwest over the last few weeks. The harassment began in Puerto…


White House acts to refurbish FBI, target rights workers need

Vol. 86/No. 37 - October 10, 2022

Serious blows are being struck to constitutional freedoms by President Joseph Biden’s White House, congressional Democrats and the FBI in the course of a mounting number of legal assaults against former President Donald Trump and his family members in the…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022

October 6, 1997 SACRAMENTO, California — Shouting “¡Sí, se puede!” and “Justice! Now!” more than 1,000 farm workers and janitors, along with other unionists, students, and community activists, marched through this state capital September 18, led by the United Farm…



“Back rail workers’’ struggles! No worker has to die on the job!

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022

This statement by Naomi Craine, a rail worker and member of the SMART-TD union and Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor in Illinois, was released Sept. 20. Rail workers continue to face a relentless offensive from carrier bosses determined to…


Protest Putin’s new war moves! Defend Ukraine independence!

Protests in Russia: ‘No to war! No to mobilizations!’
Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022
Manifestantes (izq.), en Ulan-Ude en Siberia con carteles contra guerra contra Ucrania y nuevas movilizaciones, 21 septiembre. Der., manifestantes en Moscú, corearon, “¡No a guerra!” “¡Envíen a Putin a las trincheras!” Miles protestaron a pesar de represión y arrestos por la policía.

Advances by Ukrainian forces, backed by the local population, fighting Moscow’s invasion have set back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to crush the country’s independence. Weakened by recent battlefield reversals, Putin’s regime also faces growing pressure from opponents at home,…


White House, FBI attacks on constitutional rights continue

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022

Since Joseph Biden’s Sept. 1 speech singling out “MAGA Republicans” as a “clear and present danger,” the president and other Democrats continue to target former President Donald Trump and the tens of millions who voted for him as a danger…


Rail unionists debate contract deal, vow to keep up fight

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022
Massive 3-mile-long cargo train in Southern California in 2020. Rail bosses are pushing longer freight trains, one-person “crews,” unsafe and inhuman schedules, on call 24/7. These conditions wreak havoc on rail workers’ lives and endanger them, other workers and communities near the tracks.

LINCOLN, Neb. — In the next several weeks, nearly 100,000 union rail workers will vote on tentative agreements negotiated by rail union officials on the one side and five Class 1 rail companies and 30 local railroad bosses, organized together…