Armed Secret Service agents during FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, Aug. 8. Raid, Democrats’ witch hunt against Trump, are a threat to constitutional protections against the bosses’ state, rights working people need.

Raid on ex-President Trump is attack on constitutional rights

Sharp shift in political crisis of capitalist rulers

In a sweeping attack on constitutional rights, the Joe Biden administration ordered a pre-dawn raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, carried out by 30 or more heavily armed FBI and Secret Service agents. During the nine-hour…


‘You’re on the ballot!’ SWP is on in Pennsylvania

Chris Hoeppner, SWP candidate for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s 3rd District, left, turns in nominating petitions July 27. Party prepared for fight after state official changed requirements. “You’re on the ballot! And good luck!” SWP attorney Larry Otter, right, told Hoeppner Aug. 9.

PHILADELPHIA — “You’re on the ballot! And good luck!” Larry Otter, the Socialist Workers Party’s lawyer in Pennsylvania, told Chris Hoeppner, the SWP candidate for U.S. Congress from the 3rd District, and the Militant Aug. 9. “Despite moves by state…


Defend Ukraine independence! Protest, demand Moscow get out

Wall of Sorrow, above, is Moscow monument unveiled in 2017 to remember victims of Stalinist terror. Action against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine there July 24, marking fifth month of war, was halted by arrests of protesters arriving with flowers, unfurling signs. Pro-regime provocateurs backed cops and taunted protesters. Inset, sign says, “No to war in Ukraine.”

Nearly six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war to snuff out Ukraine’s independence and subjugate its people, Moscow’s offensive has largely stalled in the face of resolute Ukrainian resistance. Despite this, the Kremlin continues to unleash murderous…




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Steps to strengthen the communist movement in the Pacific

Communist League cadres in the Pacific region have moved to consolidate forces in Australia to strengthen and expand the reach of the communist movement throughout the region. Plans were celebrated at July 23 Sydney meeting, above, and at Sept. 24 meeting in Auckland.

SYDNEY — In a major step forward the Communist Leagues in New Zealand and Australia have decided to combine their forces to build one Communist League, based in Australia with its headquarters in Sydney. The decision will enable the party…



Socialist Workers Party leadership sets course ahead

Adopts course to build union solidarity • defend constitutional freedoms • fight for wages, hours, job conditions that prevent families in working class from being torn apart • defend Cuba’s socialist revolution and its example in the U.S. and world over
International Educational Conference in Oberlin, Ohio, June 8-10, brought together over 330 people for reports, discussion on communist program, continuity and activities. Right, SWP literature table during conference.
OBERLIN, Ohio — “The sweeping indictment of Donald Trump under the Espionage Act by President Joseph…






Cuba and Chernobyl

This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.