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Socialist Workers Party 2019 election campaign program
Vol. 83/No. 23
June 10, 2019
The Socialist Workers Party’s fighting program to confront the economic,
social and moral crisis caused by capitalism:
UNIONS Support workers’ struggles to organize and strengthen unions, to
use union power to defend ourselves and all working people. One union
for Yellow Cab workers, drivers at Uber, Lyft and other app-based
companies, and car service drivers! Support farmworkers in their fight
to organize unions and for safe working conditions.
AMNESTY FOR ALL UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS in the US, a life-and-death
question for the unions to unite workers and cut across divisions the
bosses use to drive down wages.
JOBS Fight for a federal government-financed public works program to
put millions to work at union-scale wages building roads, bridges,
hospitals, child care centers, mass transportation and quality
affordable housing workers need.
OPPOSE WASHINGTON’S WARS US hands off Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. US
troops out of Afghanistan, Korea, the Middle East.
CUBA — AN EXAMPLE End the embargo against Cuba; US out of Guantánamo.
The Cuban Revolution in 1959 showed it is possible for workers and
farmers to take political power and uproot capitalist exploitation.
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL Fight for universal, government-guaranteed health
care and retirement income for all.
ABORTION Defend women’s right to unrestricted access to family planning
services, including the right to safe, secure abortions.
ISRAEL & PALESTINE For the recognition of Israel and of a contiguous
Palestinian state. For the right of Jews to return to Israel as a refuge
in the face of capitalist crisis, Jew-hatred, and murderous violence.
LAND AND LABOR Capitalism’s profit drive is the despoiler of nature and
cause of unsafe working conditions. Workers and our unions must fight
for workers control over production and safety in the factories, mines,
railroads and all workplaces to protect those on the job and in nearby
communities, and to prevent pollution of the earth, air, and waters.
Workers control over production to prevent disasters like the Boeing 737
MAX.
“JUSTICE” SYSTEM Fight against police brutality and the entire
capitalist injustice system with its frame-ups, “plea bargains,” onerous
bail, and outrageous prison sentences, all of which disproportionately
hit workers who are Black.
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS Defend democratic rights, under attack from Democrats
and Republicans alike. Stop government spying and harassment. Defend the
right to vote and free speech.
PRISONER RIGHTS End solitary confinement. End censorship in prison.
Abolish the death penalty, an anti-working-class weapon in the hands of
the rulers.
FARMERS — WORKERS ALLIES ON THE LAND To put a halt to farm
foreclosures, bankruptcies and skyrocketing rural debt, we demand
nationalization of the land. This puts the soil at the service of the
farmers who till it, as opposed to control by the banks and landlords.
We demand the government guarantee farmers their costs of production,
including their living expenses.
Working people must organize and act independent of the ruling
capitalists and break from their political parties — the Democrats and
Republicans. A movement of millions can be built to fight for these
demands along a course to replace the exploitative capitalist system
with a workers and farmers government.
Join the Socialist Workers Party campaign!
SWP Candidates
In This Issue
Front Page Articles •Thousands rally, demand women’s right to abortion!
•US hands off Venezuela! US hands off of Cuba!
•Rulers political crisis grows as UK workers say, ‘Get out of EU!’
•Over the top! ‘Militant’ goes over goals in paper, book, fund drives
•2019 version of Roosevelt New Deal no road forward for working people
•Join fight against new censorship of ‘Militant’ in Florida prisons!
Feature Articles •Socialist Workers Party 2019 election campaign program
•SWP: Oppose US threats on Iran, protest anti-Semitism
Also In This Issue •Every ‘Militant’ issue from 1928 to today is online!
•‘Nationalize PG&E, put it under workers control’
•Australia election ‘shocker’ reflects working-class anger
•US capitalist rulers ban Huawei in trade squeeze on Beijing
•Washington’s moves against Iran hit workers hardest
•Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund April 6-May 28
(final chart)
On the Picket Line •Union City, South Hayward teachers strike for higher pay
Books of the Month •‘Cuba’s revolution taught us we could do the same
thing here’
25, 50 and 75 years ago
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