Front page from April 2, 2018

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Protesters hit the streets of Sacramento to demand justice for Stephon Clark (Black Lives Matter Sacramento | Facebook)

When they murdered Stephon, they lit a fire

People are in the streets of Sacramento to protest the police murder of an African American father of two, shot in the back in a hail of bullets.

Today, Oklahoma is a right-to-strike state

Educators and public workers in Oklahoma are on strike for pay increases and greater state funding for schools and public services.

How will Delta workers win?

A Delta worker describes the poor working conditions and disrespect on the job that are driving a campaign to form a union.

Wendy's old-fashioned greed

Hundreds of farmworkers and their allies marched on the New York offices of Nelson Peltz, the billionaire CEO of Wendy's.

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The History of Black America

Read Socialist Worker's series on the history of the African American struggle in the U.S., from slavery through Jim Crow, civil rights and Black Power, up to the present day.


Trump's cabinet of horrors

The White House has taken a decisive turn toward an even more militarist "America First" strategy, increasing the threat of conflict and war.

Coming together for the banks

U.S. Capitol building at night (Oscar Novoa | flickr)

One-third of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to undo some of the regulations passed to prevent another Great Recession.

Big Data versus democracy

The scandal engulfing political consultants Cambridge Analytica is symptomatic of a political system for sale to the highest bidder.

Cruel stunt in New Hampshire

Trump's recent stop in New Hampshire to promote his plan to combat the opioid epidemic came down to blaming the victims.

Meek-as-a-Lamb "opposition"

If Democratic leaders get their way, millions of people who hope a Democratic Congress will put the brakes on the Trump blitzkrieg will be disappointed.

Victims of the EPA's racism

The dismissal of a lawsuit protesting deadly pollution in a largely Black Alabama town fits right in with the agenda of Trump's EPA chief Scott Pruitt.

Youth show the way to March

Students pour into the streets of Milwaukee to protest gun violence (Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association | flickr)

The anti-gun violence protests on March 24 brought out a wide range of people for "one of the biggest youth protests since Vietnam."

Students make the connections

During the March 14 walkout, students on Chicago’s South Side tried to link school shootings with the daily horrors of poverty and racism.

Glimpses of a new movement

Educators and contributors to SW describe what they saw and thought during the March 14 school walkout against gun violence.

Protesting gun fundamentalists

When right-wingers brought their pro-gun message to the University of Vermont, students and the community spoke out.

99 bullets and one dead teen

The police killing of Jesus Delgado-Duarte is sparking outrage and demands for justice in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood.

Make courts an ICE-free zone

Legal workers in New York City continued their protests against undocumented clients being targeted by ICE at the courthouses.

Seattle stands with Maru

Immigrant rights activist Maru Mora-Villalpando rallies with supporters in Seattle (NWDC Resistance | Facebook)

After spending years fighting for immigrant rights, Maru Mora-Villalpando is fighting to stop a new threat: her own deportation.

Stop targeting Noor Salman

Because of a cruel prosecution, a domestic violence survivor is facing prison time for the horrific actions committed by her husband.

Manufacturing a shortage

There is an ongoing scarcity of essential intravenous medications in the U.S.—and the for-profit health care system is to blame.

Behind the Austin bombings

The string of explosions in Austin, Texas, most of them targeting people of color, are terrorizing Black and Latino neighborhoods.

Grad workers vote on a strike

Columbia University graduate workers are voting on authorizing a strike to pressure the administration to recognize their union.

PSU adjuncts need a level deal

PSU adjuncts and their supporters turned out to say that they deserve a fair contract and are essential to the university's functioning.

Saying #MeToo in Maine

Panelists for a discussion at the University of Southern Maine talked about the need for action around sexual violence on campus.

Rebellion of the teachers

Is Oklahoma the next stop?

Some 150,000 teachers and public workers in Oklahoma are preparing for a strike that could continue until their demands are met.

Reviving labor's lost traditions

The traditions of the past helped guide West Virginia teachers to victory, while providing fresh lessons that can help rebuild the labor movement.

Schools for struggle

March was the month when U.S. schools became the epicenter of explosive protests that are teaching lessons for building a stronger resistance.

Solidarity with Okla. teachers

Social Equity Educators in Seattle is organizing a petition for educators to stand in support of the teachers in Oklahoma.

When the teachers unite

Arizona teachers rally for a better conditions in schools (@kathyhoffman_az | Twitter)

A Phoenix teacher talks about the conditions threatening Arizona's schools--and how rank-and-file educators are taking a stand.

Recipe for a red-state revolt

Looming in the background of the West Virginia teachers' strike was both a rich history of labor struggle and bitterness at a deep social crisis today.

Bring her assassins to justice

Socialist organizations in the U.S. send their solidarity after the assassination of a leading socialist and human rights activist in Brazil.

A family snatched at dawn

The Australian government has forged a close partnership with Sri Lanka that comes at the expense of Tamil immigrants.

Winning the right to be

No one could have predicted the kind of outburst we experienced for the International Women's Strike in cities of the Spanish state.

Striking a neoliberal university

The struggle of university workers in the UK is giving the labor movement a big boost and opening up an outlet for seething anger against neoliberalism.

On strike at UK universities

Striking university workers rally to defend their pensions and working conditions (USS Strike Solidarity)

Staff at more than 60 universities in the UK continue to walk the picket line after a bad deal to end their struggle was rejected.

When workers shut it down

One hundred years ago this week, workers in Kansas City organized a general strike that showed the power of class solidarity.

Fascism's American cousin

Opponents of the far right will find valuable historical lessons for organizing in a short pamphlet about fascists in an earlier era.

The lessons of the FLPs

The history of the farmer-labor parties shows the problems with a strategy of trying to implode the two-party system "from within."

A superhero for #MeToo

Resistance to sexual assault and harassment are stitched into the fabric of the second season of the Netflix show Jessica Jones.

15 Years After the Iraq Invasion

In this four-part series, Ashley Smith tells the story of the U.S. war on Iraq

I. The drive to a war crime

U.S. soldiers finished with a mission in Iraq (Spc. Luke Thornberry)

In spite of the largest coordinated protests in history, George Bush and the neo-cons were determined to have their war on Iraq.

II. The war machine unleashed

In March 2003, the U.S. used the full might of its arsenal against a country that had already been devastated by decades of war.

III. Occupation and resistance

The U.S. unleashed terror and repression to cement its power in Iraq--but in the process, it stoked multiple points of resistance.

IV. The end of the occupation

When its troops failed to quell the Iraqi resistance, the U.S. fomented a civil war, but the occupation still ended in failure.

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