Moscow driven back in Bakhmut, support Ukraine independence!

Vol. 87/No. 21 - May 29, 2023
Farmers fix remote-controlled demining machine near Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 26. Oleksandr Kryvtsov protects his tractor from explosions with armor plates from destroyed Russian tanks.

Moscow’s troops have been pushed back by Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, the primary target of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s winter offensive. The retreat was a blow to Putin who predicted control of the city by May 9, a celebration marking…


Rail workers build support for people of East Palestine

Residents seek control over cleanup, health care
Vol. 87/No. 21 - May 29, 2023
Michelle and Dave Shaffer talk with SWP member Kaitlin Estill in East Palestine, Ohio, April 30. He said rail disaster proves “we can’t trust politicians, the government or Norfolk Southern.”

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — In an ongoing series of meetings here hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency, working people, farmers and small-business people continue to express their anger and distrust at claims being made by the railroad and government agencies.…


What is road forward for the working class in 2024 election?

Vol. 87/No. 21 - May 29, 2023

The 2024 presidential campaign is well underway, with Donald Trump, Joseph Biden, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and more announced or just running. Biden threw his hat in the ring via video, evidently not wanting to make…


Residents demand the truth about East Palestine disaster

Rail union speaks out, blames profit drive of bosses
Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023
Rail union paper says Norfolk Southern bosses’ profit drive is responsible for disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Fight put up by area residents, rail unionists shows potential for them to work together to take control of working conditions on the railroad, living conditions in that region.

Working people in East Palestine, Ohio, continue to fight to get the truth from the rail bosses and Environmental Protection Agency representatives who claim everything is safe now after the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and release of highly toxic…


Defend political freedoms under assault from the Democrats, FBI

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023
FBI agents raid Socialist Workers Party Minneapolis headquarters, June 1941, opening move in rulers’ assault on SWP’s opposition to imperialist war. Prosecutors won conviction of party, Teamsters leaders on frame-up charge of “conspiracy to advocate overthrow of government.”

Since before the 2016 election, Democrats and their backers in the middle-class left have gone after Donald Trump and his supporters, using their main political police agency, the FBI, and the capitalist court system to attack them, especially the working…



What are stakes for working people in US banking crisis?

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023

Government officials and the owners of the country’s largest banks keep insisting the U.S. banking system has been stabilized and is under control. Is that true? The answer is no, as the deepening crisis of their capitalist system continues to…


Extend the reach of SWP campaigns, ‘Militant,’ books and Fighting Fund

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023
SWP member Andrea Morell, right, selling Militant subscription at Berkeley, California, book fair May 7. At one-day fair, 21 subscriptions and 63 Pathfinder books were sold amid lively discussions on union solidarity, constitutional rights and the fight against antisemitism.

Socialist Workers Party and Communist League candidates and members are responding to political opportunities opened up by the continuing crisis of capitalism and the working-class resistance it spawns to meet and exceed this spring’s goal of signing up 1,350 Militant…


Back Ukraine independence! Moscow out of Ukraine now!

Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023

Hit with a new wave of cruise missile strikes on Kyiv and aerial attacks on other cities, working people in Ukraine deepened their determination to resist Moscow’s assaults on their independence. At home, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is tightening…


UPS workers rally, open battle over new contract

Key issues are two-tier wages, part-time jobs
Vol. 87/No. 19 - May 15, 2023
Teamsters rally at UPS depot in New York April 28, part of national fight for new contract to get rid of two-tier pay, boost wages for part-time workers and unify all the workers.

NEW YORK — Hundreds of Teamsters union members rallied at six UPS hubs in the New York City area at the end of April to advance their fight for a new contract. The current contract expires July 31. Workers’ key…