Walmart workers back locked-out Marathon oil workers

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Workers at the Walmart store where I work have organized to win support for locked-out oil refinery workers half way across the country. Members of Teamsters Local 120 at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in St. Paul…


SWP ‘stimulus’ fund climbs up to $163,760!

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

The SWP “stimulus” appeal now totals $163,760 from 137 contributors over the last three months! A tremendous accomplishment! The U.S. government reports the overwhelming majority of $1,400 payments have been sent out. We’ll plan a roundup of the effort two…


Capitalist crisis weakens UK rulers’ hold on North Ireland

Vol. 85/No. 20 - May 24, 2021
In October 1968, Belfast University students joined Northern Ireland civil rights movement against anti-Catholic discrimination in jobs, housing, education and political representation. In 1969, London sent British troops to repress movement with deadly force.

LONDON — Social and political turmoil came to the surface in Northern Ireland days before the April 28 resignation of Arlene Foster as its first minister. As is the case elsewhere in the United Kingdom, working people face the carnage…


High court hears challenge to California disclosure law

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021
Socialist Workers campaign office in Hazleton, Pa., damaged by firebombing Sept. 11, 2004. Disclosure laws open workers, organizations to attacks by government, political opponents.

Oral arguments were held before the U.S. Supreme Court April 26 on a lawsuit that challenges the state of California’s requirement that the over 100,000 charities registered there must hand over lists of major donors. The case poses an important…


SWP ‘stimulus’ donations hit $158,940, keep climbing!

Vol. 85/No. 19 - May 17, 2021

Over the past week 10 new contributors donated $10,140. Contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments are at $158,940 from 121 people and increasing! The U.S. government continues to send out the stimulus payments as…


‘501’ deportations by Australian gov’t are attack on working class

Vol. 85/No. 18 - May 10, 2021
Above, immigration detention center on Christmas Island, remote Australian territory in Indian Ocean. Hundreds of “501 detainees” are imprisoned there, facing deportation under Canberra’s law using “character grounds” to cancel visas of long-term residents. The law especially targets workers from New Zealand. Left, a fire at compound Jan. 10 after several days of sit-in protesting indefinite detention without family visits or contact with anyone.

  SYDNEY — Defending Canberra’s policy of stepping up deportations of “criminals,” Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton called it “taking the trash out” to “keep Australia safe.” His comments coincided with a Channel 9 TV report titled, “Con Air:…


SWP ‘stimulus’ donations head toward $150,000!

Vol. 85/No. 18 - May 10, 2021

Over the past week 10 contributors donated $12,740 to bring the contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments to $148,040 from 121 people. The U.S. government continues to send out the stimulus payments. Make a…


After outcry, SF school board reverses renaming 44 schools

Vol. 85/No. 17 - May 3, 2021
Martin Luther King (arriba, centro), y John Lewis (der.) en marcha de Selma a Montgomery tras cruzar puente Edmund Pettus el 21 de marzo de 1965. Recuadro, “Domingo Sangriento”, cuando Lewis fue golpeado en el puente. Pettus fue un general de la Confederación y líder del KKK. En 2015, Lewis se opuso a que se cambiara el nombre del puente. Dijo, “simboliza lo que fuimos una vez, y en lo que nos hemos convertido hoy”.

OAKLAND, Calif. — In the face of mounting opposition by parents, alumni and others, as well as a lawsuit, the San Francisco Board of Education voted 6-0 April 6 to reverse its decision to rename 44 schools. Claiming it was…


SWP ‘stimulus’ donations heading toward $150,000!

Vol. 85/No. 17 - May 3, 2021

Over the past week 16 contributors donated $16,800 to bring the growing total of contributions to the Socialist Workers Party from U.S. government $1,400 “stimulus” payments to $135,300 from 111 people. Dennis Richter from Los Angeles sent his contribution last…


Philippine gov’t steps up deadly raids on labor, political activists

Vol. 85/No. 16 - April 26, 2021
Students protest in January at University of Philippines in Manila over attack on political rights by President Rodrigo Duterte. His government scrapped 1989 agreement barring cops from entering campus, alleging Maoist armed group, the NPA, was recruiting there.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Working people in the Philippines face deadly repression as they look for ways to defend themselves from the impact of the worldwide capitalist crisis. President Rodrigo Duterte’s government is stepping up its assaults, including the killing…