Hong Kong protests defy Beijing’s drive to tighten grip

Vol. 84/No. 27 - July 13, 2020
In largest protest in Hong Kong this year, thousands rallied July 1 to commemorate 23rd anniversary of end of British colonial rule and reknitting of ties to China. Defying police attacks, they marched to press demands for political rights in opposition to new “security” law imposed by Beijing.

Defying a ban by Hong Kong authorities thousands joined the biggest demonstration in the city in many months, on the July 1 anniversary of the end of British colonial rule and the territory’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.  They…



SWP 2020 campaign presents fighting working-class program

Vol. 84/No. 27 - July 13, 2020
Omari Musa, right, SWP candidate for D.C. Congress delegate, speaks with retired worker James Cunningham June 27.

Outrage at the impact of the crisis of capitalism on the lives of working people — from police brutality to bosses’ assaults on wages and working conditions, and workers’ resistance to these attacks — is increasing interest in the Socialist…


Oberlin College appeal tries to turn criminal into the victim

Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020
Allyn Gibson Sr. talking with children outside his Oberlin, Ohio, store. Appeal of court decision against Oberlin College officials deepens race-baiting smear campaign against Gibsons family.

Perpetuating their smear campaign against the Gibson family who own a small bakery, Oberlin College asked the Ohio Court of Appeals June 5 to overturn a 2019 jury verdict finding the college and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo guilty of…


Solidarity with striking Bath shipyard workers!

Strikers fight boss move to pit generations against each other
Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020
Shipbuilding workers on strike at Bath Iron Works in Maine June 22. Thousands of Machinists union members rejected company demands to contract out work, attack seniority, health care.

BATH, Maine — Thousands of Machinist union members went on strike here June 22 against concession demands at Bath Iron Works. They are fighting moves by the bosses to extend the use of subcontractors to further attack their jobs, wages…


Join the 2020 SWP campaign! Back Bath strike, fight for jobs

Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020

June 24 statement by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president. Malcolm Jarrett is the party’s candidate for vice president. Join the Socialist Workers Party 2020 campaign — the working-class alternative to the bosses’ Democratic and Republican parties! Joe…


Juneteenth actions across the US protest police brutality

Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020
Participants in Juneteenth march and rally in Dallas display umbrellas with names of 239 people killed by cops. One of them is Mike Ramos, an unarmed man shot by Austin police April 24.

Amid national — and worldwide — protests against police brutality since the cop killing of George Floyd on May 25, this year’s Juneteenth celebrations took on new life. As a result, they were bigger and more numerous than previously, becoming…


Beijing, New Delhi tensions escalate after border clash

Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020

In their deadliest clash in almost six decades, Indian and Chinese troops, using improvised hand weapons, battled over a disputed border region high in the Himalayan mountains June 15. Tensions between the rulers of the world’s two most populous countries…



Court grants reprieve for ‘Dreamers,’ White House to refile to end program

Vol. 84/No. 26 - July 6, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling June 18 rejecting on procedural grounds the way the administration of President Donald Trump reached its decision to dismantle the “Dreamers” program. This Barack Obama-era program protects from deportation some 700,000 undocumented immigrants…