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AUSTRALIA $1.50 · CANADA $1.50 · FRANCE 1.00 EURO · NEW ZEALAND $1.50 · UK £.50 · U.S. $1.00 INSIDE US, Canadian socialists, Cuban youth discuss US class struggle — PAGE 9 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE Vol. 81/no. 16 April 24, 2017 SWP members Washington Socialist Workers Party: join discussion, tells Beijing: Get US out of Syria, Iraq! debate over US Back North gov’t war moves Korea off BY MARY MARtiN BY TERRY EVANS At the end of the first week, the Social- Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ist Workers Party’s seven-week spring April 6-7 summit with his U.S. coun- campaign to take the party, the Militant terpart Donald Trump at his Mar-a- newspaper and Pathfinder Press books Lago resort in Florida was completely on working-class politics to working upstaged by furor in Washington and people is ahead of schedule. Participants other imperialist capitals over North from several areas indicate that as they Korea’s nine-minute-long test-firing took the party and its program to work- of an unarmed missile into the Sea ers’ doorsteps, as well as on strike picket of Japan the day before the summit. lines and to social protest actions, dis- It was also marked by Washington’s cussions were marked by Washington’s decision to shoot 59 missiles against a Inset, Militant/Steve Warshell; above, U.S. Navy bombing of Syria and threats of a pre- Syrian air base in response to Damas- Cynthia Jaquith, SWP candidate for Miami mayor, at Ft. Lauderdale protest against U.S. bombing of Syria. emptive attack on North Korea. cus’ use of nerve gas April 4 against Above, Tomahawk missile launch from U.S. Navy ship, The campaign runs together with the Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province, same type as the 59 used in U.S. attack on Syria April 6. Militant Fighting Fund, a drive to raise killing at least 85 people and wound- $112,000 to keep getting the Militant out ing over 500. US uses horror at Assad gas Stop Washington’s bombs! and around. The media coverage of the summit attack to step up Syria war All US troops out now! The goal of the effort is to expand the focused largely on Washington and reach of the party’s publications, to in- Beijing’s response to the develop- BY Jim BRADLEY The following statement was is- crease the number of workers involved ments in Korea. “If China is not go- Washington’s April 6 missile strike sued April 7 by Socialist Work- in its activities and to build the party. ing to solve North Korea, we will,” against the Bashar al-Assad dictator- ers Party candidate for may- “We discussed the U.S. attack on Syr- Trump told the Financial Times be- ship’s Al Shayrat air force base repre- or of New York Osborne Hart. ia with just about everyone we talked fore Pyongyang’s missile test. Secre- sents a further escalation of the U.S. to over the weekend,” Alyson Kennedy tary of State Rex Tillerson said, “All rulers’ military intervention in Syria’s The 59 deadly Tomahawk missiles writes from Denver. options are on the table.” six-year civil war. It goes along with that U.S. military warships rained Many workers are horrified by the The U.S. rulers pressed Beijing to steadily growing numbers of U.S. Assad regime’s use of chemical weap- get their ally in Pyongyang to back ground troops in both Syria and Iraq Continued on page 3 off, with little effect so far. and further involvement in combat in SOCIALIST WORKERS On April 11 Trump announced the Yemen and Afghanistan. PARTY STATEMENT dispatch of “an armada” near the Ko- President Donald Trump claims Spring Campaign to rean Peninsula. The navy strike group Washington’s 59 cruise missile at- down on a Syrian government airfield expand the reach of includes the USS Carl Vinson aircraft tack was carried out in retaliation for April 6 will further escalate Washing- Continued on page 11 a chemical bomb dropped two days ton’s decadeslong wars in the region. I ‘Militant,’ books earlier by the Assad regime against demand stop the bombing! Get Wash- April 1–May 23 (week one) civilians in the opposition-held town ington’s troops out of the Middle East Sub Subs Books Books Continued on page 4 Continued on page 7 Country quota sold quota sold Trump garners UNITED STATES Albany 60 15 60 15 bipartisan backing Atlanta 65 18 65 11 Join May Day protests! Demand Chicago 80 23 80 15 for escalation of Denver 25 10 25 7 amnesty for immigrant workers! Lincoln 20 6 20 5 war in Syria, Iraq Los Angeles 110 26 110 14 BY SETH GALINSKY “We believe that workers’ rights Miami 35 2 35 10 BY SETH GALINSKY NEW YORK — May Day actions and immigrant rights go hand in New York 135 31 135 21 President Donald Trump’s decision this year to demand an end to deporta- hand,” Héctor Figueroa, president of Oakland 80 28 80 35 to escalate Washington’s intervention tions and for amnesty for all undocu- SEIU 32BJ, told the press. Local 32BJ Philadelphia 50 11 50 8 in Syria won him bipartisan praise, mented workers in the U.S. will be the Continued on page 6 Seattle 70 26 70 7 including from many liberals who’ve largest in years. Marches, rallies and Twin Cities 50 9 50 8 been spending most of their time strikes are planned in dozens of cities Washington 50 5 50 9 whipping up hysteria against his pres- and towns from coast to coast, many Total U.S. 830 210 830 165 idency. MSNBC’s Brian Williams, with official labor union involvement. Inside who has repeatedly attacked Trump, “An injury to one is an injury to Prisoners 15 9 Emmett Till lynching spurred lauded the “beautiful pictures of fear- all,” Sean Campbell, president of fight that overthrew Jim Crow 8 UNITED KINGDOM some armaments.” Teamsters Local 813, told an April London 50 15 50 21 It gave a temporary boost to 3 press conference announcing the Kurds’ national struggle Manchester 45 1 45 5 Trump’s standing in opinion polls and May 1 rally here at Foley Square. The looms over Mideast wars 4 Total U.K. 95 16 95 26 undercut the liberals’ campaign paint- 5 p.m. rally is being organized by a CANADA ing him as a dupe of Moscow. coalition of labor, immigrant and re- ‘Problem isn’t ‘bad’ government, Montreal 40 7 40 11 But the politicians and bosses of the ligious organizations. There will be it’s the capitalist system itself’ 6 Vancouver 30 4 30 1 big capitalist media who are shedding a number of other actions around the Total Canada 70 11 70 12 crocodile tears over the men, women city starting at 6:30 a.m. –On the picket line, p. 5– and children massacred by the Syrian “This is the first time our local has NZ meat workers fight against New Zealand 40 11 40 3 regime’s sarin gas bombing in Idlib played a major role in a May Day pro- nonunion individual contracts Australia 35 12 35 5 had no tears for the civilians killed by test,” Campbell told the Militant by Washington’s Tomahawk attack April phone. “We want as many people as Canada bread workers strike Total 1,085 269 1,070 211 6. Not to mention the thousands of ci- possible to come out and see more of over far-reaching attacks SHOULD BE 1,100 157 1,100 157 Continued on page 11 these actions take place.” UK action protests brutal Stop deportation of Dominic Ricardo Morgan! attack on Kurdish refugee BY ÖGMUNDUR JÓNSSON Thirteen people have been charged CROYDON, England — Some 150 with offenses from attempted murder people joined a protest April 8, called to violent disorder. Police say they are by Stand Up to Racism, against a bru- looking for another five suspects. tal assault on three Iranian asylum “I visited Reker in the hospital with seekers in this far southern corner of Faysal Sariyildiz, a Kurdish Member London a week earlier. of Parliament from Turkey,” Zinar The attack by a gang of over 20 Demeni from the Kurdish Solidarity thugs that left an Iranian Kurdish ref- Campaign, told those at the protest. ugee hospitalized and two others in- “It was a privilege to do so.” jured has provoked revulsion among “I told him that many British people working people. It shines a spotlight in the U.K. are behind you, they sup- on the scapegoating and restrictions port you, they condemn this attack,” facing asylum-seekers. Demeni told the London Times. “This According to press reports, the put a huge smile on his face.” gang confronted the three friends at There has been widespread press Militant/Sergio Zambrana a bus stop, asking where they were coverage of the attack across the LATHAM, N.Y. — Fif ty people picketed in front of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland from before launching the vicious at- country. A fundraising appeal to Security office here April 3, protesting moves by Immigration and Customs tack. Reker Ahmed, who came to the raise £3,500 ($4,350) for Ahmed has Enforcement to deport Dominic Ricardo Morgan, a Jamaican-born worker liv- U.K. from Sardasht in the Kurdish topped £57,000 ($70,000). ing in Utica. Federal agents told him two months ago he is a priority for de- region of Iran, was chased, assaulted Capitalist politicians were quick to portation and he must now check in with ICE every month.