Demand Washington end its economic war on Cuba! Now!

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY NATIONAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT
Vol. 86/No. 39 - October 24, 2022
Crews repair electrical grid Sept. 30 in Pinar del Rió after Hurricane Ian. There is no better moment to explain the facts and win working people to oppose U.S. economic war on Cuba.

Click below for downloadable pdfs of this article in English or Spanish           The following statement was released Oct. 11 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The Socialist Workers Party demands that…


SWP leader discusses Constitution during trial against the FBI

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022
In 1786, Massachusetts farmers staged Shays’ Rebellion. Many, like their leader, Daniel Shays, were veterans of Revolutionary War. Their uprising opposed unfair tax burden imposed by new government. Such plebian revolts helped force addition of amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, that strengthened the Constitution and its protections against government intrusions.

Our book feature this week is FBI on Trial: The Victory in the Socialist Workers Party Suit Against Government Spying. Readers will find it of special interest in light of the latest assault on constitutional rights by the Biden administration…


How the SWP forced out the truth about Washington’s political police

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

There are stepped-up attacks today by the capitalist rulers, their political parties — the Democrats and Republicans — and the FBI against constitutional rights, rights that are crucial for the struggles of working people. These attacks can be defeated, and…



Defend the working class, our families, women’s rights

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022
Sara Lobman, SWP candidate for U.S. Senate from New York, discusses with Bram Lefevete at New York action May 14 after draft Roe v. Wade decision was “leaked” to the press.

This statement by Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of Texas and the party’s 2020 presidential candidate, was released June 25. The Socialist Workers Party plans to redouble our efforts — our election campaigns, expanding the reach of…


Back fight for Puerto Rico independence!

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Statement by Sara Lobman for the Socialist Workers Party to the hearing of the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization of Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022. Distinguished chairperson and committee members: My name is Sara Lobman. I am the Socialist Workers…


Albany forum discusses steps to strengthen SWP’s political work

Vol. 86/No. 20 - May 23, 2022
Forum in Albany April 30 heard John Studer, speaking, SWP National Committee member and editor of Militant. From left, other speakers were Beverly Bernardo, Communist League in Canada; chair Jacob Perasso; and Alex Huinil, SWP Albany branch organizer.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Twenty-six people attended a special Militant Labor Forum here April 30 titled “A Proletarian Line Confronting Today’s World and the Necessity of Building the Socialist Workers Party.” Speakers included Alex Huinil, organizer of the SWP branch in…


Join SWP campaigning at May Day actions

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022

The Socialist Workers Party and its candidates for public office invite you to join us and thousands of other working people and youth at International Workers Day actions May 1. May Day — which was revived in the U.S. in…


Working people need to take political power

Vol. 86/No. 14 - April 11, 2022

Since the Vladimir Putin regime in Moscow began its murderous invasion of Ukraine, seeking to obliterate that country’s existence as an independent nation, the Socialist Workers Party has stepped up explaining that the U.S.-dominated imperialist world system is marching toward…


Join the fight to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin issued a warning, “Anyone who tries to interfere with us … must know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never…