Workers, families look for relief from price hikes, capitalist crisis

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022

How to win protection from the disastrous effects of the deep-rooted social crisis of capitalism is a question confronting more working people and our families today. It’s becoming harder and harder to start a family, or hold one together. Beginning…


Moscow hands off Ukraine!

US troops out of Eastern Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, Feb. 15. Russian rulers have hold over German rulers who increasingly rely on Moscow for natural gas.

Moscow’s military buildup and menacing war exercises in the region threatens Ukrainian sovereignty and independence and pose the potential of a ground war with devastating consequences for working people throughout Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin is using the German rulers’…


Join May Day Brigade! Learn about Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
May Day march in Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, May 1, 2019, celebrates Cuban Revolution. May Day Brigade members will join 2022 march in Havana, meet with mass organizations.

For anyone wanting to learn firsthand about the Cuban Revolution, an excellent opportunity is the 15th International May Day Voluntary Work Brigade to Cuba this spring, set for April 24 to May 8. The National Network on Cuba organizes the…


GM workers in Mexico vote for new independent union

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Leaders of SINTTIA independent autoworkers union at GM plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, Feb. 3, after winning union election. At center is union Secretary General Maria Alejandra Morales.

Workers at the General Motors pickup-truck plant in Guanajuato, Mexico, voted overwhelmingly for a new independent union in early February, sending a message to the U.S. auto-giant bosses they will no longer accept low wages and abusive working conditions. With…


Minnesota teachers, staff rally for smaller classes, higher wages

Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS — Over 1,000 teachers and supporters marched and rallied here Feb. 12 in subzero temperatures. The action took place leading up to a strike vote by teachers and support staff in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. The unions in…


Drivers, delivery workers rally for union, higher pay

NY workers form alliance to advance fight
Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
“We need a union,” speakers said at Feb. 1 rally of Uber and Lyft drivers and food delivery workers in New York. They are fighting for higher wages, job protection and better conditions.

NEW YORK — More than 100 Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride and food-delivery workers and their supporters from New York City and Long Island rallied here Feb. 1 demanding higher pay, better working conditions, an end to arbitrary employer…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

February 24, 1997 For the past 25 years the Socialist Workers Party has waged a fight to function in politics free from harassment by government and right-wing organizations and individuals. A Federal Elections Commission ruling exempting the party from reporting…


Moscow pushes rulers in Berlin to advance its aims in Europe

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
Over 5,000 protesters carry Ukrainian national colors in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Feb. 5. Behind a banner saying, “Kharkiv is Ukraine,” they demanded an end to Russian threat of aggression only 25 miles from border where tens of thousands of Russian troops with tanks are deployed.

Moscow is using the German capitalist rulers’ deepening dependence on Russian natural gas to squeeze them to stand aside as Moscow advances its interests in Europe and against Ukraine. The Russian rulers’ military encirclement of Ukraine threatens Ukrainian independence and…


Truckers in Ontario show road to fight boss attacks

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

MONTREAL — Long-haul truckers in Canada — both owner-operators and company drivers — face a series of attacks today from shippers, truck bosses, federal and provincial government agencies and from skyrocketing fuel costs.  They’ve filed more than 4,800 complaints with…


Socialist Workers Party campaign offers working-class road forward

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 300 people, way over the 65 required, have signed the petition to put Eleanor García, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, on the California ballot. In addition, over $5,000 has been raised to pay…