NY Forum: ‘Sankara spoke for oppressed and exploited’

Vol. 82/No. 12 - March 26, 2018

NEW YORK — “Thomas Sankara spoke for the oppressed and exploited, and against the imperialist world order, which he showed can be fought and explained must be replaced,” Socialist Workers Party speaker Peter Thierjung told some 40 participants at a…



NY cop who killed Deborah Danner is let off

Vol. 82/No. 9 - March 5, 2018

NEW YORK — On Feb. 15 State Supreme Court Judge Robert Neary acquitted Sgt. Hugh Barry of murder in the killing of Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia. Once again, the decision shows the difficulty in winning a…


End US sanctions against North Korea! Korea is one!

Letter from Socialist Workers Party National Committee
Vol. 82/No. 9 - March 5, 2018

Below is a Feb. 15 letter from Steve Clark, on behalf of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, to the people of Korea on the occasion of their Feb. 16 national holiday. The Socialist Workers Party and Young…



Protest Turkish rulers’ assault on Kurds in Afrin!

Vol. 82/No. 7 - February 19, 2018

Across the Kurdish region in northern Syria, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Europe and North America and cities around the world, opponents of the Turkish government’s deadly bombing and ground invasion of Afrin canton in northwest Syria have taken to the…


SWP: For a world free of nuclear weapons

Vol. 82/No. 6 - February 12, 2018

The following statement was issued Jan. 30 by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director. The Socialist Workers Party demands Washington’s immediate unilateral nuclear disarmament and has done so since these weapons were first developed and used against the…


Workers in Venezuela face challenges in capitalist crisis

Vol. 82/No. 5 - February 5, 2018

Workers in Venezuela face growing challenges in the midst of the deepening capitalist economic crisis there, exacerbated by sanctions and other attacks from Washington. Oil production — the country’s main source of hard currency — is at a 28-year low.…


May Day Brigade to Cuba builds in Appalachia

Vol. 82/No. 5 - February 5, 2018

Supporters of the Cuban Revolution are getting out the word and signing people up to participate in the 13th annual May Day International Brigade to Cuba from April 23 to May 6. Come see Cuba for yourself! The brigade is…