Pedro Castillo, Peru’s newly elected president, took office July 28 in the midst of sharp political polarization and rising class tensions fed by a deepening economic and social crisis. Castillo, the candidate of Peru Libré (Free Peru), a party on…
The following letter was sent by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes to Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, on Nov. 27, 2016, after the death two days earlier of Fidel Castro, his brother…
DALLAS — Some 650 oil workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 13-243, have been locked out of their jobs at the ExxonMobil Refinery and Lubricant Blending and Packaging plant in Beaumont, Texas, for over three months. They’ve maintained picket lines…
Socialist Workers Party candidates and campaign supporters are taking the party’s working-class politics far and wide, exchanging views and experiences with working people on their doorsteps, at strike picket lines and social protests. Workers and farmers are seeking ways we…
PARADISE, Calif. — High winds and extremely dry vegetation are fueling the Dixie Fire that has grown to burn over 450,000 acres — twice the size of New York City and the second-largest fire in California history. The historic town…
President Joseph Biden announced July 30 that Washington plans to “increase pressure” on Cuba. Since Fidel Castro and the July 26 Movement led Cuban workers and farmers to make a socialist revolution over 60 years ago, every U.S. president, Democrat…
Unless it is overturned, legislation that would ban almost all abortions in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy will go into effect Sept. 1. Unlike similar “heartbeat laws” adopted in other states — which have been challenged and ruled unconstitutional…
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the Lebanese government in central Beirut Aug. 4 on the first anniversary of a huge explosion that killed over 200 people, injured 7,000 and forced a quarter of a million from their homes.…
“The best feeling of my life was sitting on that dumb stool,” Frank McCain said, describing the moment he and three other Black students sat down at a “whites-only” lunch counter at a Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, Feb. 1,…
SEATTLE — Over 40 people attended a meeting here Aug. 1 to celebrate the rich political life of Socialist Workers Party member Cecelia Moriarity. A 45-year cadre of the communist movement, Moriarity died July 23 at age 74. Over 30…
