NY meeting celebrates political life of Dave Prince

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026
NY meeting celebrates political life of Dave Prince

NEW YORK — One hundred and sixty people crowded into a midtown New York hall March 22 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Dave Prince, who was a member and leader of the Socialist Workers Party for 60…


Fight against Alberta gov’t attacks against immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

MONTREAL — Canada’s capitalist rulers are stepping up their attacks on immigrant workers, including record-high deportations by Ottawa, as well as a series of new anti-immigrant laws. The Alberta government of United Conservative Premier Danielle Smith has called a referendum…


Join fight to reverse ‘Militant’ prison bans!

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

The rapid overturn of the across-the-board ban on the Militant at the Federal Correctional Institution in Three Rivers, Texas, strengthens the paper’s fight to overturn bans at state prisons in Florida. The suppression of the Militant is a serious attack…


Indiana oil workers fight BP lockout, defend jobs, union

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026
Members of USW Local 7-1 picket BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, March 19, on first day of lockout of 800 workers by bosses demanding union-busting concessions in their contract.

WHITING, Ind. — Members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1 hit the picket lines outside the sprawling BP refinery here March 19, after the company locked them out in the midst of a contract dispute. The union represents over 800 operators,…


Celebrate John Benson’s six decades building the SWP

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

ATLANTA — John Benson, a longtime leader of the Socialist Workers Party, died here March 6 after a brief struggle with aggressive leukemia. He was 84 years old. Benson, speaking here at 2015 SWP conference, joined the Young Socialist Alliance…


Protest hits arson attack outside synagogue in London

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

LONDON — “Stop the Jew hate” and “Jewish and proud” were among the slogans and signs at a spirited protest march and rally of hundreds of Jews and other opponents of Jew-hatred in Golders Green here March 23. They gathered…


Refuse workers in the UK mark one year out on strike

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England — “Stand up, fight back!” striking bin workers chanted outside the Atlas refuse depot here to mark one year on the picket line. Members of Unite the Union walked out March 11, 2025, after Birmingham City Council cut…


Join drive to expand reach of the ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

The spring campaign to expand the reach of the Militant, books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary working-class leaders and win contributions to this year’s Militant Fighting Fund kicked off March 14 and runs through May 12. Members of…


Steelworkers strike ArcelorMittal plant in Ohio

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026

SHELBY, Ohio — Some 450 United Steelworkers members at the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant here have been on strike since Jan. 13 fighting demands by the company to limit health care for workers’ spouses and change their work schedule in…


Support fight by Haitians for TPS protection!

Vol. 90/No. 12 - March 30, 2026
Support fight by Haitians for TPS protection!

WASHINGTON — At a press conference and rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building here March 17, Faith in Action Executive Director Bishop Dwayne Royster, above, called for the court to uphold Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000…