Importance of labor unions shown during deadly Midwest tornadoes

Vol. 86/No. 1 - January 3, 2022
2019 strike at GM plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Union-organized plant had basement tornado shelter, no lives were lost, unlike at nonunion Amazon warehouse, candle factory.

Natural disasters under capitalist rule inevitably become a social catastrophe for workers and farmers, as the effects are multiplied by the workings of the dog-eat-dog for-profit system. This exposes the contempt the wealthy rulers have for the safety, life and…


Social disaster after tornadoes result of bosses drive for profits

Vol. 85/No. 48 - December 27, 2021

Powerful tornadoes swept across six states Dec. 10, resulting in a death toll climbing to over 100 people, including factory workers left to fend for themselves on the job in Kentucky and Illinois. While the storms were a mighty reflection…


Canada flood social disaster is a product of capitalist greed

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021

MONTREAL — Tens of thousands of workers and farmers across British Columbia face widespread flooding, mud and rock slides after torrential rain hit central and southern parts of the province beginning Nov. 14. The unfolding social catastrophe, however, is not…


‘No one had to die from the storm,’ SWP candidates say

Vol. 85/No. 35 - September 27, 2021
Róger Calero, SWP candidate for New York mayor, discusses disaster for workers from tropical storm flooding with Luis Rosas, retired maintenance worker in Woodside, Queens, Sept. 12.

QUEENS, N.Y. — Socialist Workers Party candidates Róger Calero for mayor of New York City and Willie Cotton for public advocate, and campaign supporters on Sept. 12 extended solidarity to residents affected by destructive floods caused by heavy rain from…


Boss, gov’t let nursing home evacuees suffer in Louisiana

Vol. 85/No. 35 - September 27, 2021
Inhumane conditions in warehouse in Independence, Louisiana, where 850 nursing home residents were sent after hurricane. It took days for the state to intervene, while 7 people died.

The Louisiana Department of Health shut down seven for-profit nursing homes and moved to revoke their licenses Sept. 7, after 850 senior citizens there were evacuated to a warehouse in Independence Aug. 27 and left in deplorable and degrading conditions…


Social disaster from hurricane is a product of capitalist greed

Vol. 85/No. 34 - September 20, 2021
Volunteers organized by Cajun Navy group travel through flooded LaPlace, Louisiana, Sept. 2. Groups aided people, distributed food and supplies, showing power of working-class solidarity.

The deaths and social disaster left in the wake of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, New York, New Jersey and elsewhere are the result of the workings of capitalism and the class-divided realities it imposes on working people. The liberal media,…


California fire catastrophe is a product of capitalist greed

Vol. 85/No. 31 - August 23, 2021

PARADISE, Calif. — High winds and extremely dry vegetation are fueling the Dixie Fire that has grown to burn over 450,000 acres — twice the size of New York City and the second-largest fire in California history. The historic town…



Florida building collapse product of capitalist greed

Vol. 85/No. 27 - July 12, 2021
June 28 vigil for residents of Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, after building collapsed. “Serious degradation of the building’s structure was found three years ago,” said Anthony Dutrow, inset, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Miami mayor. “Owners were urged to get it fixed. This was never done.”

MIAMI — “There are important stakes for the working class in looking at what happened with the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside and what caused it,” Anthony Dutrow, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor…