Front page from May 3, 2017

Socialism 2017 | Chicago | July 6-9
Residents pull victims from the rubble following a coalition air strike in Mosul

Trump dials up the terror

His stepped-up military aggression, from threats against North Korea to the use of the "mother of all bombs," won't stop terrorism, but only fuel it.

Let Sarah teach

A Chicago special education teacher and determined activist has been plucked out of the classroom over a bogus accusation.

Venezuela's authoritarian turn

Venezuelan socialists set out the left's tasks in opposing the growing authoritarianism of the government and the schemes of the right.

A fighter against the old guard

The Teamsters Local 705 leader came from a generation that took on the mob in the union--but he ended up on Hoffa's side.

Living in the bad old days

Tomorrow Ever After inverts the dystopian paradigm with the story of a visitor from the future who sees the present as a nightmare.


Solidarity into the streets

Thousands celebrated an international workers' holiday born in America by raising their voices for justice in this country and around the world.

Building solidarity, not walls

On the march in Milwaukee against Trump's immigrant-bashing (Joe Brusky)

The story of May Day teaches us that the struggle against anti-immigrant scapegoating has always been critical for the whole working class.

This student won't stand alone

Carimer Andujar, a prominent Rutgers activist, is faced with deportation--but the response in her defense was immediate.

A cruel history on immigration

America has had a contradictory relationship to immigrants because U.S. employers have always needed laborers, but also needed to control them.

Tom Cat workers want dignity

New York City bakery employees facing unjust termination based on immigration status took a courageous stand for all of us.

Ready for May Day in SF

A recent panel discussion in San Francisco connected the fight for immigrant and labor rights with socialist organizing.

Behind the immigrant-bashing

Donald Trump (Sgt. Alicia Brand | Wikimedia Commons)

Trump is offering U.S. employers a deal: Tolerate my anti-immigrant onslaught and I'll deliver higher profits and a reassertion of U.S. imperial power.

How activists confronted ICE

Fear is flooding through communities as Trump's war on immigrants intensifies, but activists are working on initiatives to defend the vulnerable.

Environment

Speaking climate truth in D.C.

The Peoples Climate March in Washington, estimated at 200,000 strong, was the centerpiece of a day of protest for the planet.

The planet can't wait

As the Peoples Climate March takes place this Saturday, the stakes have never been higher--but our movement has real successes to build on.

Turning up the heat on Trump

Massive crowds turned out for Marches for Science around the U.S. to send a message: "The oceans are rising, and so are we."

Organizing for alt-right delete

Speaking out against the far right and threats to free speech at UC Berkeley

The controversy over whether reactionary Ann Coulter would speak at UC Berkeley came to a head with further protests.

Far-right rampage in Berkeley

This mobilization shows the physical threat that the racists represent--and the need to organize large numbers to oppose them.

Tufts nurses are ready to fight

Nurses at Tufts Medical Center in Boston are sending a message to management to stop stalling on contract talks.

Don't let them be banned

Two New York City parent activists have been banned from their kids' school after protests against abuses and teacher firings.

How we fight for freedom

Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti and African American minister Nyle Fort held a dialogue on solidarity and resistance.

What the U.S. wants in Syria

An award-winning journalist answers our questions about the situation in Syria after Trump's missile strike and what the future could hold.

Middle of the road to nowhere

The frontrunner in France’s presidential election is a devoted neoliberal whose reign could give a further boost to the far right.

Turkey's rigged referendum

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed victory for his referendum to grab more power, but brazen fraud has led to continuing protests.

What can stop the Tories?

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses a rally in Cardiff (Liberty Russell)

A fighting left stance might not be enough for Labour to win the coming British vote, but it could change the shape of the debate.

Fraud sparks protest in Serbia

Serbia is being rocked by the biggest mass protests since the revolution that overthrew dictator Slobodan Milošević in 2000.

A crumbling order in France

The media celebration of Marine Le Pen's "defeat" in the presidential election's first round is both premature and shortsighted.

An interrogation at the border

An SW contributor was questioned about his political views by a customs official when he returned to the U.S. Here's his answer.

Unity at the expense of choice?

It’s a good sign that Bernie Sanders is under fire for his speaking event to campaign for an anti-choice Democrat in Nebraska.

They learned they could rebel

The eruption of protest and rioting in Los Angeles in 1992 was an expression of the decades of accumulated anger at racism and class inequality.

When Buffalo sent OR packing

Abortion rights activists clash with anti-choice Operation Rescue members outside the Buffalo clinic

Twenty-five years ago, hundreds of activists mobilized in upstate New York to stop the anti-abortion fanatics of Operation Rescue.

How is Leninism relevant?

It remains a fact that socialists need to work together, as a democratic collective, to be effective in building a socialist movement.

Read SW's series on the Russian Revolution, which began 100 years ago today.

Organizing workers' power

The workers' council system created in Russia in 1917 provided the platform for full democracy and liberation.

The revolt against the empire

How did the 1917 Russian Revolution affect the vast empire of oppressed nations that had been subjected to Tsarist rule?

Find a list of articles from the full Socialist Worker series on Russia 1917.

¿A quién sirven las fronteras?

Vivimos en un mundo en que el mercado se ha impuesto sobre cada país, pero los trabajadores son restringidos de moverse de un país a otro.

Organizando voces de lucha

La directora ejecutiva de Voces de la Frontera explica por qué contrarrestar la agenda anti-inmigrante de Trump requerirá la solidaridad.