US out of the Middle East!

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Several people were killed by Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1. Israel’s defensive war aims to prevent Tehran launching a nuclear Holocaust to wipe out Jews, Israel.

The following statement was released March 1, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee. Working people in the United States, the Middle East, and the world over must oppose…


A working-class campaign against war

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026

The protests being organized against the so-called “US/Israel war” on Iran have been called by groups like the People’s Forum and Party for Socialism and Liberation, which are unabashed partisans of the Iranian regime and its “axis of resistance” allies…


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…


SWP campaigns against US war moves on Iran, blockade of Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Alyson Kennedy, SWP candidate for governor of Texas, and party member Gerardo Sánchez, right, speak with FedEx facility workers Jamarion Conner, left, and Caleb Carter while campaigning against U.S. attacks on Iran door to door in Fort Worth March 1.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are campaigning in the working class, discussing the stakes in opposing Washington’s assault on Iran. They’re getting out the statement issued by the…


Cuban border guards prevent armed assault from Florida

Vol. 90/No. 10 - March 16, 2026
Weaponry Cuban border guards seized from counterrevolutionaries who sailed to Cuba from Florida and fired on the Cubans Feb. 25. Ten of the intruders were killed or captured.

Washington is utilizing a deadly gunfight between a Cuban border guard unit and a boatload of armed men trying to infiltrate the island Feb. 25 to step up its smear campaign and threats against Cuba’s socialist revolution. The Florida-registered boat…


New York-Presbyterian nurses end strike, make contract gains

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026

NEW YORK — Nurses at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, members of the New York State Nurses Association, approved a new, improved contract Feb. 21 after 41 days on strike. The vote was 93% in favor and 7% opposed. “It was definitely…


Teamsters at California campuses demand bosses honor contract

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026

HAYWARD, Calif. — Eleven hundred electricians, plumbers, mechanics, painters and other workers in the trades at California State University campuses carried out a four-day strike Feb. 17-20 demanding the university live up to what was agreed to in the union…


Maryland court tells gov’t: ‘No more detaining Ábrego García’

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026
Kilmar Ábrego García at 2025 Baltimore rally.

In a victory in his fight against the government’s drive to deport Kilmar Ábrego García, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ruled Feb. 17 that he cannot be taken back into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. This…


SWP launches Pennsylvania state campaign

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Socialist Workers Party members in Pennsylvania, from branches in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, held a special state meeting Feb. 22 to discuss the substantial opportunities in running candidates and campaigning all across the state and beyond. In photo above…