Back Ukraine’s fight to defend its sovereignty

Vol. 87/No. 28 - July 31, 2023

The Ukrainian counteroffensive aimed at turning back Moscow’s invasion is “a bit disappointing,” complained retired U.S. Marine Col. Mark Cancian on NPR June 24. His remarks were typical of recent comments by the military brass and officials of President Joseph…


Canadian longshore workers fight for raise, job protection

Bosses look to Ottawa to ban Pacific Coast strike
Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Striking ILWU dockworkers rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 9, drawing widespread solidarity. Support has come from UNITE HERE Local 40 members on strike at Sheridan Hotel at the airport, and from dockworkers’ unions in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Some 2,000 International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada dock and warehouse workers and supporters rallied downtown here July 9 in a show of strength and solidarity for their strike. The strike by 7,400 union members has…


What is road to unify, strengthen working class?

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Rally in solidarity with United Mine Workers strike at Warrior Met, 2021, in Alabama. Today’s “diversity” programs have nothing in common with fights like Kaiser case that broke down bosses’ racist discrimination, advanced unity among working people and strengthened unions.

In a 6-3 vote the U.S. Supreme Court overturned admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina June 29. The court ruled that both colleges used race to favor some applicants at the expense of others, violating the…


SWP meeting in California maps out bold 2024 campaign

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Laura Garza, rail worker and SWP candidate for U.S. Senate from California, joins hotel workers in UNITE HERE Local 11 on strike picket line July 2 at InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — “Laura Garza is not just a Socialist Workers Party candidate in California. This is a campaign for the working class in the United States,” Alyson Kennedy, SWP candidate for mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, last May, told…



NOW conference participants debate over perspectives

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023
Workers in 2021 strike at Frito-Lay in Topeka, Kansas, pushed back against brutal schedules and unlivable wages that tear away at workers’ families, and their lives outside work. Participants at NOW conference debated how this fight is crucial to road to women’s emancipation.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Some 250 women and men gathered for the National Organization for Women’s annual conference here June 30-July 2. The theme was “We Won’t Stop: Organizing Until Equity for All.” The NOW leadership promoted a renewed effort to…


Working people in Ukraine show resolve to defend their sovereignty

Vol. 87/No. 27 - July 24, 2023

Despite Moscow’s air superiority and greater troop numbers, the Ukrainian army and thousands of volunteer fighters continue to push back President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to conquer Ukraine. They’re backed by a civilian population growing more determined as the brutal consequences…



Profit drive of the rail bosses behind disaster in East Palestine

Vol. 87/No. 26 - July 17, 2023
Rail workers rally at Columbus, Ohio, Statehouse Dec. 13, 2022. Unions fought for a contract with improved safety for themselves and communities near tracks. President Biden led bipartisan Congress to bar a strike after rail workers voted down bosses’ proposals.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The results of the June 22-23 National Transportation Safety Board hearings here are unmistakable. The Feb. 3 derailment of Norfolk Southern train 32N, subsequent toxic leaks and fires and current challenges facing working people throughout the…


Defend constitutional freedoms won in over two centuries of class struggle

Vol. 87/No. 26 - July 17, 2023

Won over two-and-a-half centuries of bloody class struggle, key constitutional protections against government interference are under attack by President Joseph Biden’s administration. The push for even more prosecutions against former President Donald Trump, Biden’s main rival for the presidency, is…