Socialist Workers Party author speaks on new title at book fair forum

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023
SWP leader Steve Clark signs copies of The Low Point of Labor Resistance is Behind Us, following March 11 presentation at Erbil International Book Fair in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Over 50 people attended a March 11 presentation by Steve Clark on The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. Clark is editorial director of Pathfinder Press and…


Gov’t court ‘reform’ paused after protests paralyze Israel

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his government’s push for judicial “reform” on hold March 27 in the face of growing opposition, including a national strike at the airport, stock exchange and hospitals called by the Histadrut labor federation, paralyzing…


Support workers, farmers in East Palestine!

Vol. 87/No. 13 - April 3, 2023

Workers, farmers and small proprietors in East Palestine are fighting to take control over the cleanup and rebuilding of their region. They need solidarity from your union, fellow workers and from farmers with their struggle. Let them know they’re not…


Nebraska rail worker speaks out on using union power

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. — Railroad derailments are increasing in many states, with Nebraska among those with the highest number of train derailments. Since 2000, a train has derailed in the state roughly once every seven days. The Feb. 3 derailment in…


Cuban rail workers defend safety, gains of socialist revolution

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
Cuba’s first new rail link in two decades was opened between Havana and port of Mariel in 2014. Cuban trains have five-person crews. For 16-hour Havana-Santiago run across the island, two crews work eight-hour shifts each, with sleeping car for those off-duty.

HAVANA — While in Cuba for the Havana International Book Fair in February, several volunteers at the Pathfinder Press stand who are rail workers were able to exchange experiences with leaders of Cuba’s National Union of Transportation and Port Workers…


Defend independence of Ukraine!

Vol. 87/No. 8 - February 27, 2023

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey state Senate, Feb. 15.  A year ago on Feb. 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, expecting to rapidly conquer Kyiv, the capital, arrest and…


Moscow tightens grip on occupied Crimea

Vol. 87/No. 7 - February 20, 2023
From May 18-20, 1944, Stalinist regime in the USSR deported 200,000 Tatars from Crimea, slandering them all as Nazis.

Russian occupation forces have stepped up arrests in Crimea over the last several months, especially targeting Crimean Tatars for “crimes” such as singing songs in Ukrainian at their weddings. The assaults are fueling resistance to Moscow’s rule and the decadeslong…


A working-class road to end cop brutality

Vol. 87/No. 7 - February 20, 2023

The following statement was released Feb. 6 by Lisa Potash, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia in 2022. Working people across the country were outraged when they saw the video of cops in Memphis savagely stun with…


Havana Int’l Book Fair set for February

Vol. 87/No. 4 - January 30, 2023

The 31st Havana International Book Fair, with the theme “To read is to grow,” will take place Feb. 9-19. This year’s country of honor is Colombia. This year’s fair also honors Cuban poet and essayist Fina García Marruz, who died…