April 11, 1994 The natural gas explosion that sent a fireball through an apartment complex in Edison, New Jersey, was not a freak occurrence or just an accident. Its ruinous impact on the lives of hundreds of local residents who…
After nearly two-years “investigating” President Donald Trump — cheered on by a relentless “resistance” of Democratic liberals, NeverTrump Republicans and the entire middle-class left — special counsel and former FBI Director Robert Mueller submitted his final report. He was forced…
Mary Watkines Mary Watkines, who helped lead the fight for workers’ rights at Walmart in Washington state, passed away Feb. 12 after a long battle with cancer. Mary’s brother Larry, and her sons Nicholas, Mark, and Kacey, along with the…
The Socialist Workers Party is launching a seven-week campaign to broaden interest in the party’s program and activity among working people. It will be centered on expanding the readership of revolutionary books and the Militant, and will run from April…
In the midst of the capitalist economic “recovery” in the U.S. many workers are still living paycheck to paycheck and more working farmers are being driven deeper into debt or off the land altogether. This is exacerbated by social catastrophes…
LONDON — The government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of Shamima Begum, who left the U.K. at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has stirred heated discussion here. The capitalist rulers in a number of countries…
Leaders of the Democratic Party and the rapidly growing number of contenders for the party’s presidential nomination are caught in a dogfight over the best strategy for victory in 2020. Should they try to compete with President Donald Trump for…
LONDON — As the March 29 deadline for the U.K. to leave the European Union loomed without any agreement over how this division would be managed, the capitalist rulers here and those who control the EU in Berlin and Paris…
“We think the problems that working people face in Troy are really similar across the country and the world,” Samantha Hamlin, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor, told a well-covered press conference March 20 at Troy City Hall in upstate…
NEW YORK — The city government here announced March 20 that it was dropping its appeal of a civil court decision that found two New York cops liable for the killing of Mohamed Bah, who was emotionally ill, in Harlem…
