Ottawa steps up attacks on rights of immigrant workers

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
More than 1,000 marchers in Montreal joined with actions across Quebec Feb. 7 protesting gov’t attacks on status of immigrant workers. Union contingents, banners marked the protests.

MONTREAL — Over the last year, the Liberal Canadian government of Mark Carney has proposed two new laws that attack the rights and conditions of immigrants, Bills C-2 and C-12. Bill C-2, introduced earlier, is named the Strong Borders Act.…


Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes break out into open warfare

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

Longstanding border clashes between Afghanistan’s governing Taliban forces and the Pakistani army escalated sharply Feb. 27, with Islamabad ordering airstrikes on Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and other areas. The conflict has had a devastating impact on working people, with hundreds dead…


March 8 protest for women’s rights in Ukraine

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
March 8 protest for women’s rights in Ukraine

Over 3,000 women marched through central Kyiv March 8 on International Women’s Day for the first time since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago. They rejected a proposed bill drawn up behind closed doors by Ukraine’s parliament…


Refinery workers fight for contract

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

MARTINEZ, Calif. — “Fair contract now!” demanded dozens of process operators and maintenance workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, who rallied in front of the Marathon biodiesel refinery here March 3. Criff Reyes, an operator and Marathon Local 5…


SWP candidates speak out against US war on Iran, Cuba blockade

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

Around the country Socialist Workers Party candidates are speaking out against Washington’s bombardment of Iran and its mounting threats against the Cuban Revolution. They’re explaining that the working class can prevent the rulers’ march toward a third world war by…


High school students in Illinois protest ICE raids, deportations

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026

PARK RIDGE, Ill. — A spirited student walkout at East Maine High School here drew some 100 participants March 3. Many held homemade signs as they marched through the neighborhood to protest immigration raids and deportations. Some participated in their…


SWP campaign kicks off in new Pittsburgh headquarters

Vol. 90/No. 11 - March 23, 2026
SWP campaign kicks off in new Pittsburgh headquarters

PITTSBURGH — Tony Lane, Socialist Workers Party candidate for lieutenant governor in Pennsylvania, speaking, and Sergio Zambrana, SWP candidate for Congress in the 12th District, formally kicked off their campaigns here March 7, at a meeting in the party’s new…


After US assault, Tehran hits Israel, Arab regimes

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Damage from bombing on Tehran’s South Kargar street March 3. U.S. military struck targets in dozens of cities, as well as oil facilities and ports in the southern part of the country.

Washington’s massive military assault on Iran — a violation of the country’s national sovereignty — and Tehran’s drone and military counterattacks on U.S. bases, oil facilities in neighboring Arab countries and on Israel are having a devastating impact across the…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026

March 12, 2001 Washington’s recent cluster bombing of Iraq on the outskirts of Baghdad is a continuation of the brutal character of the U.S. rulers’ 10-year assault against the Iraqi people. This policy has included the killing of as many…