July 1, 1996 The following statement was released June 19 by James Harris and Laura Garza, Socialist Workers candidates for president and vice president of the United States. Responsibility for the escalating racist burnings of Black churches throughout the South…
MONTREAL — Less than a week after the killing of four members of Salman and Madiha Afzaal’s family in London, Ontario, June 6, thousands of people in that city of some 400,000 joined actions to show their opposition to violent…
The Spanish edition of Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution by Vilma Espín, Asela de los Santos and Yolanda Ferrer, three leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the…
July 1, 1996 FT. MADISON, Iowa — After seven and a half years in prison, Socialist Workers Party member Mark Curtis left the Iowa State Penitentiary here on June 18. Imprisoned since 1988 on frame-up charges of attempted rape and…
Over 1,000 demonstrators marched from the Texas state Capitol in Austin to the Governor’s Mansion May 29 to protest the recently passed “Texas Heartbeat Act” that would ban most abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. The “heartbeat”…
As bosses everywhere try to boost their competitive edge and profits at the expense of workers, they sometimes feel compelled to hand out some bribes, hoping to buy workers’ acquiescence. Socialist Workers Party members call this “blood money” — production,…
The Socialist Workers Party is hosting an International Active Workers Conference at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, July 22-24. As COVID restrictions are being lifted, this is the first time in nearly two years the party has been able to…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “They are us. They belong here. Bring them back!” Unite Union Co-president Tina Barnett told a rally organized by the Federation of Aotearoa Migrants here June 5. Over 800 people marched to demand border restrictions be…
DUBLIN, Va. — Some 2,900 United Auto Workers Local 2069 members entered their second week back on strike at Volvo Truck, fighting for higher wages and against bosses’ demands for divisive concessions. Since a 13-day strike at Volvo’s New River…
Democratic Party politicians and their boosters in the liberal media have been posturing as the foremost defenders of the voting rights of working people, but the fact is their only interest is trying to jerry-rig the system to assure they…
