SAG-AFTRA 118-day strike makes gains, contract vote set

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Some 160,000 members of Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ended 118-day strike Nov. 9. Vote on proposed contract set for Nov. 14 through Dec. 5.

LOS ANGELES — After a historic strike lasting 118 days, which partly overlapped with a strike against the same industry bosses by the Writers Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists reached a tentative…


SWP offers class-struggle road to end Jew-hatred, strengthen unions

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Port trucker Dilraj Singh told SWP congressional candidate Margaret Trowe he welcomed the party’s defense of Israel’s right to exist. After their discussion in San Leandro, California, Nov. 5, he got a year’s subscription to the Militant, two books, gave $50 to SWP Party-Building Fund.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Canada, Australia and the U.K. are discussing the stakes in joining fights against Jew-hatred. They’re talking to workers at their doorsteps, on union picket lines and at protests against Hamas’…


Democrats’ assault on constitutional rights aims to keep Trump off ballot

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

A growing series of lawsuits that challenge constitutional protections needed by working people are proceeding against Donald Trump. They’re scheduled to be heard between now and the 2024 election. Among the cases are lawsuits seeking to get the Republican front-runner…


Moscow supports Hamas, confronts protests against its war on Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Alexandra Skochilenko, antiwar artist, at court hearing in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 14. She faces eight years in prison on charges of spreading “false information” about Russian army by putting stickers over supermarket price tags with facts on Moscow’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian people are mounting resolute resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to conquer their country. At the same time, Israel is fighting to defeat Hamas. The two wars mark a watershed in world politics, with high stakes for…


200,000 rally against Jew-hatred
Back existence of Israel as refuge for Jews

Washington marchers say: No to cease-fire, prevent more pogroms
Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Massive nationwide rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14 defends Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews, demands release of hostages held by Hamas and protests growing antisemitic attacks.

WASHINGTON — Some 200,000 protesters from across the country came out on the National Mall here Nov. 14 to rally against the Tehran-organized-and-backed Hamas slaughter of over 1,200 people in Israel Oct. 7, overwhelmingly Jewish. The banner at the front…


Fight to stop Hamas wins support from both Arabs and Jews alike in Israel

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Arabs, Jews work together packing food, toiletries Nov. 8 at community center in Rahat, Israel, for thousands of Bedouin, Jewish Israelis, jobless in Negev after Hamas pogrom Oct. 7.

Tehran-backed Hamas has “lost control of Gaza,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced Nov. 13. But there is still a road ahead to eliminating the murderous Jew-hating organization, which is holding hostages in their network of tunnels in Gaza. A…


States kick over 2 million kids off Medicaid so far this year

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

With pitiless disregard for the consequences, state officials have kicked at least 2 million children off Medicaid coverage over the past seven months, exacerbating severe challenges workers face trying to raise and care for families. “The figures, which are likely…



Israel and Ukraine: Two fronts for the working class

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023

There have been two sharp and significant watershed moments in the class struggle that, one after the other, have changed the world. The first was Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, met by the determination of Ukrainian working people to defeat their…