25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021

May 27, 1996 MIAMI — “How come they didn’t even know that one day this was going to happen? They wait until after this happens and then figure out what to do?” Dionne McClain raised these questions following the crash…


Get the word out! Support mine, steelworker strikes!

Striking coal miners rally, reach out for solidarity
Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021
United Mine Workers of America Striking coal miners and supporters join together at weekly rally May 5 in McCalla, Alabama.

MCCALLA, Ala. — A third weekly solidarity rally for 1,100 United Mine Workers of America union members on strike at Warrior Met Coal in nearby Brookwood drew several hundred miners, family members, union retirees and other supporters to Tannehill State…


Protests erupt in Colombia over jobs crisis, gov’t brutality

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021
1,500 people march in Chicago May 8 backing Colombia protests against government attacks. Sign says, “Fight so you don’t have to emigrate for a better future for you and your children.”

In the face of mass demonstrations and nationwide strikes that broke out April 28, Colombian President Iván Duque withdrew a “reform” bill May 2 raising sales taxes that would hit working people the hardest. But the protests continued. Brutal police…


Steelworkers stand up to ATI union-busting attack

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Over 1,300 United Steelworkers members are locked in a strike battle against union-busting bosses at Allegheny Technologies Inc. at nine plants in five states. The strikers on the picket lines are standing tall and winning solidarity from…


‘They try to hide the news about fights workers wage from us’

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021
“My boss made me employee of the month,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, on his doorstep May 6, “so I had to get this T-shirt.”

“I’ve been a union worker since I was 18,” Paul Stettler told Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, when she and campaign supporter Terry Evans knocked on his door in Jersey City May 6. His uncle…



25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

May 20, 1996 The following statement was issued May 8 by Socialist Workers candidates James Harris for U.S. president and Laura Garza for vice-president. The Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress are joining forces to deal a blow against…


High court hears challenge to California disclosure law

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021
Socialist Workers campaign office in Hazleton, Pa., damaged by firebombing Sept. 11, 2004. Disclosure laws open workers, organizations to attacks by government, political opponents.

Oral arguments were held before the U.S. Supreme Court April 26 on a lawsuit that challenges the state of California’s requirement that the over 100,000 charities registered there must hand over lists of major donors. The case poses an important…


SWP ‘stimulus’ donations hit $158,940, keep climbing!

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

Over the past week 10 new contributors donated $10,140. Contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments are at $158,940 from 121 people and increasing! The U.S. government continues to send out the stimulus payments as…


Letters

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

Chauvin trial I don’t understand at all the statement from Doug Nelson in the May 10 issue, “Chauvin trial dealt blows to rights workers need.” Isn’t serious jail time for killer cops after big protests in the street a victory?…