Supreme Court overturns California disclosure law

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021

An important victory for political rights was won July 1 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn a California regulation requiring tens of thousands of charities there to hand over lists of donors to state officials.  The decision…


Join the SWP campaigning for a future truly worth living

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021

Statement by Malcolm Jarrett, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, July 7. Striking steelworkers at Allegheny Technologies Inc. and autoworkers at Volvo Trucks in Virginia are discussing tentative deals reached by their unions. Oil refinery workers locked out by…


Capitalist rulers aim to solve gov’t deficit on workers’ backs

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021
Protest in Philadelphia by retired workers against Social Security cuts in late 1980s. Rich bondholders demand government cut social wage, not profitable interest payments on government bonds, to cover rising state debts. This attack hits what working people see as a social right.

Capitalism’s World Disorder: Working-Class Politics at the Millennium by Jack Barnes is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. Barnes is the national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The excerpt is from the section “Bondholders and the…


Puerto Rico turns electric grid over to Luma, attacks workers

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021
May 18 protest in San Juan by electrical workers against state privatizing management of public electric company to Luma bosses. Sign says, “Yes to a collective contract! No to Luma!”

On June 1 the government of Puerto Rico handed over management of the breakdown-plagued state-owned electric system to Luma Energy, a U.S.-Canadian joint venture. The electrical workers union, UTIER, and other opponents of the move organized protests across the island…


Thank you to contributors to Militant Fighting Fund

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021

July 7, 2021 Dear Friends, Thank you to all our readers who generously contributed to the Militant Fighting Fund. This was run in conjunction with the 2021 spring circulation campaigns for the Militant newspaper and books by revolutionary leaders of…


ATI workers debate contract proposal after 3-month strike

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021

BRACKENRIDGE, Pa. — The United Steelworkers union is organizing meetings of striking unionists at Allegheny Technologies Inc. to discuss a tentative four-year agreement reached by union representatives with the company, prior to strikers voting whether to ratify the deal. Some…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021

July 22, 1996 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —The bill of rights in South Africa’s new constitution lays the groundwork for an amendment in existing legislation that could legalize the right to abortion. The Parliamentary Ad Hoc Select Committee on Abortion recommended…


Come to the Int’l Active Workers Conference in Ohio!

Vol. 85/No. 27 - July 12, 2021

The 2021 Active Workers Conference sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party July 22-24 is a unique opportunity to spend three intensive days with fellow working-class fighters discussing the road forward today. The gathering, to be held at Wittenberg University in…


Juneteenth marked victory over chattel slave system

Vol. 85/No. 27 - July 12, 2021

Actions around the country celebrated Juneteenth, which only became a federal holiday two days earlier. June 19 marks an important milestone in the Second American Revolution, which abolished slavery and led to the strengthening of the working class with millions…


Calls for Puerto Rico independence fill UN hearing

Vol. 85/No. 27 - July 12, 2021
Participants from June 18 UN hearing on decolonization of Puerto Rico join rally that day called by ProLibertad Freedom Campaign. Theme of protest was, “Solidarity with Puerto Rico and Cuba: Two Wings of One Bird.”

UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 20 speakers from organizations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. testified at a June 18 U.N. decolonization committee hearing, speaking out on the devastating consequences of U.S. colonial rule for the Puerto Rican people. The committee…