SWP campaigns to defend Cuba, amnesty for immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
At a union-supported march for immigrant rights in Minneapolis Feb. 7, SWP supporters set up a table including placard, “US hands off Cuba!” One man wearing a union peacekeeper T-shirt stopped by to say, “I’ve been to Cuba and I’m glad to see your signs.”

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are urging working people to join them in organizing and building protests against Washington’s stepped-up oil blockade and threats of worse against Cuba. They’re…


Over 1,000 rally in Ohio to back TPS for Haitians

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — More than 1,000 supporters, double what organizers expected, packed St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church here Feb. 2 calling for an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, one of many recent solidarity actions. Hundreds more were turned…


Unions help lead protests for rights of immigrants in Minneapolis

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Rally in defense of immigrant rights in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Feb. 7, sponsored by Teamsters Local 120. Growing union involvement is essential to build broad and effective protests.

MINNEAPOLIS — Despite the government’s “drawdown” removing 700 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, 2,000 of them remain in Minnesota. They’re conducting raids and arrests of immigrant workers and increasingly of protesters who obstruct their operations. At the same time,…


70 years after his execution, Tommy Lee Walker cleared

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Crowd outside Dallas County Courthouse during Tommy Lee Walker’s 1954 trial. Walker, an African American, was framed-up, convicted by an all-white jury and executed.

FORT WORTH, Texas — On Jan. 21, the Dallas County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to exonerate Tommy Lee Walker. Walker, a 19-year-old Black man, was convicted by an all-white jury of the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a 31-year-old…




Communist League campaign in the UK gets a wide hearing

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Communist League candidate Hugo Wils, left, discusses campaign at Feb. 1 house meeting.

MANCHESTER, England — “The Communist League stands in the front lines of battles by working people,” Hugo Wils, the CL’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election said. He was talking with seven workers, originally from Pakistan, at a…


Arizona judge revokes laws limiting abortion access

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026

Maricopa Superior Court Judge Greg Como struck down three state laws that restricted access to abortion in Arizona Feb. 6. The laws required women to provide a reason for seeking an abortion, barred abortion in cases of nonfatal genetic abnormalities,…


Demonstrations across Quebec demand rights for immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Marchers in Montreal joined demonstrators across Quebec Feb. 7 to defend the rights of immigrant workers. The increased presence of union banners and contingents was striking.

MONTREAL — Thousands joined rallies and demonstrations in eight cities across Quebec Feb. 7 protesting the provincial government’s abolition of its Quebec Experience Program (PEQ). Under the program thousands of workers from abroad were brought to work in Quebec, providing…


Nurses in California, Hawaii, New York fight for contracts

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Striking nurses, other health care workers picket West Los Angeles Kaiser hospital Feb. 9. Some 31,000 hospital workers in California, Hawaii are fighting for more staffing to care for patients.

LOS ANGELES — Some 31,000 Kaiser Hospital nurses and other health care workers in California and Hawaii, organized by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, have been on strike since Jan. 26. Over 3,000 pharmacy technicians,…