Join SWP campaigning against Moscow’s war to crush Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

From protests against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, to strike picket lines, truck stops, at workers’ doorsteps and with co-workers, Socialist Workers Party members are discussing the party’s statement: “Defend Ukraine’s independence! For defeat of Moscow’s invasion! U.S. troops, nuclear arms…


Striking Iowa Machinists reject bosses’ takeback offers, win support

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Members of the International Association of Machinists on strike at Eaton Corporation’s Mission Systems Division here voted March 4 to reject for a second time a company takeback contract. The vote was 97% against. IAM Local 388…


25 years after split-jury verdict Louisiana inmate finally freed

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

Louisiana state prison inmate Brandon Jackson was released on parole Feb. 11 after serving 25 years of a 40-year sentence. He had been charged with robbing an Applebee’s restaurant at gunpoint in 1997. Jackson’s original conviction was tainted, but that…



Debt crisis in Argentina comes down hard on working people

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Teachers in Jujuy, northern Argentina, are fighting for wage raise to keep up with skyrocketing price increases. Sign says, “No to the miserable 19% increase,” referring to the government’s offer. They went on strike March 1 to demand increase to match Argentina’s 50% inflation.

A deal between the government of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund to refinance $44.5 billion in debt owed to wealthy bondholders awaits the approval of the country’s legislature. If adopted, the unending cycle of paying off…


Verdict for Amtrak engineer is victory for workers

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

PHILADELPHIA — It took less than 90 minutes March 4 for a Philadelphia jury to find Brandon Bostian, the engineer during the 2015 Amtrak derailment where eight people died and more than 200 were injured, not guilty of all charges…


Amazon workers in Alabama rally for pro-union vote

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

BESSEMER, Ala. — “It’s an atrocity that we, the laborers, generate 99% of the income, yet we get less than 1% of the cut,” Amazon worker Dale Wyatt told 150 unionists and others here Feb. 26. They had turned out…


Haiti garment workers strike for higher wages

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Haiti garment workers strike for higher wages

Thousands of garment and other workers, above, took to the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, Feb. 17 demanding higher wages. Police fired into a Feb. 23 protest after the workers went on strike. Maxihen Lazzare, a reporter for Roi des…


After 10-month lockout, Texas oil workers vote up contract

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

BEAUMONT, Texas — After a punishing 10-month lockout by ExxonMobil bosses at their refinery and processing plant here, members of United Steelworkers Local 13-243 approved the latest company contract offer 214 to 133. Over 600 workers were locked out May…


NY meeting: Defend Ukraine, Cuba’s socialist revolution!

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022
SWP leaders John Studer, editor of the Militant, and Mary-Alice Waters, SWP National Committee and director of party’s work in solidarity with Cuban Revolution, speak at New York meeting

NEW YORK — “Tens of thousands of workers and others in Ukraine are throwing themselves into defending the sovereignty of their country. They are putting up a fierce resistance, against a murderous invasion by Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia aimed…