‘Militant’ finds audience among Ohio rail workers

Vol. 88/No. 7 - February 19, 2024

“I find that paper very interesting,” rail worker Anthony Veach told Socialist Workers Party members Jacquie Henderson and Anthony Dutrow as they were introducing the Militant and Pathfinder books to workers going in to work at the CSX yard plant…


UK unions march to protest against new anti-union law

Vol. 88/No. 7 - February 19, 2024
Members of Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, the U.K. train drivers’ union, picket Manchester Piccadilly Jan. 31, protesting new law limiting impact of strike action.

CHELTENHAM, England — Some 5,000 workers marched behind union banners here Jan. 27 to protest against a new anti-union government law, the “Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act.” The law was passed to cripple the impact of union strike action. Enacted…


Ukraine unions call for worldwide solidarity actions

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has issued an appeal for solidarity actions with Ukraine’s fight against Moscow’s invasion on its second anniversary. The appeal, signed by Mykhailo Volynets, chairperson of the KVPU and of the Independent…


It takes a revolution to stamp out Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

While fights in the U.S. and around the world can expose and deal crucial blows against Jew-hatred, it will continue as long as the underlying causes remain unresolved. This requires mobilizing the working class in our millions to overthrow capitalist…



25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

February 15, 1999 DERRY, Northern Ireland — “Your demand is not about getting an apology from the British. It is not about revenge. It is about truth, about justice, about equality,” Martin Ferris, a Sinn Fein leader from Kerry, in…


Support Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews

Israeli blows against Hamas open political space in Gaza
Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Arabs, Jews attend funeral for Ahmad Abu Latif, Bedouin soldier in Israeli army, who died fighting Hamas in Gaza. “Jews, Arabs must work together,” his brother said. “We’re threatened by a common enemy.”

The Israeli army’s advances in Gaza are striking blows to Hamas and its brutal rule, beginning to open space for Palestinians there to speak out, including against the Tehran-backed group. This opens the door to uniting working people — Jews,…



Thousands in Manchester march against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Some 6,000 people marched against antisemitism in Manchester, England, Jan. 21, the largest action against Jew-hatred in city in years. Jew-hating attacks have spiked around the world in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom, which slaughtered or maimed thousands of Jews in Israel.

MANCHESTER, England — “Jews were hated because we were poor, because we were rich, because we were communist, because we were capitalist, because we kept to ourselves, because we infiltrated everywhere,” Mark Adlestone, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of…


Los Angeles, Orange County hotel workers fight for a contract

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

LOS ANGELES — UNITE HERE Local 11 launched a new series of strikes at Hotel Figueroa Jan. 21 and DoubleTree by Hilton Jan. 22, both downtown here, and at Sheraton Park in Anaheim where hundreds of workers protested Jan. 25.…