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…




With one week left, ‘Militant’ renewal drive is over the top

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
SWP campaigner Leroy Watson, left, spoke to train car repairman William Robinson in Broadview, Illinois, Feb. 6. He renewed Militant subscription, looks for further discussions.

As we go into the final week of the international drive to expand the long-term readership of the Militant, supporters worldwide are poised to meet and exceed their goals. Overall, we’re already over the top, winning 310 renewals, 10 over…


SWP: ‘Combat Jew-hatred wherever it raises its head’

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for US Congress in New Jersey, carries party placard: “It’s not ‘hate,’ it’s Jew-hatred!” in 2020 New York “No Hate, No Fear” rally that drew 25,000.

UNION CITY, N.J. — “The Socialist Workers Party and its candidates join working-class struggles against attacks by bosses and their parties, and present a course to lead workers to take power into our own hands,” Joanne Kuniansky, the SWP’s candidate…


Palestinians, Israelis unite against settler attack on West Bank

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022

Over a dozen masked unsanctioned settlers in the West Bank attacked a group of Palestinian farmers and their supporters from Israel Jan. 21 as they were planting trees by the village of Burin, south of Nablus. The attackers used clubs…