‘Only social revolution can sweep clean path for new culture’

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020

What Is Surrealism? Selected Writings by André Breton, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January. Breton was the founder and major leader of the surrealist movement, one of the most influential currents of 20th century art and…


Correction

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020

The article in the Dec. 30 Militant, “CP’s Oil Train Wreck Raises Specter of New Lac-Mégantic” incorrectly stated that Canadian Pacific Railway is the largest rail company in Canada. It is second largest, Canadian National is the biggest.


Striking Kaiser workers demand more staffing for patient care

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020

OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of mental health workers went on a five-day strike Dec. 16-20 at up to 100 Kaiser Permanente clinics throughout the state demanding increased staffing and a 3% pay raise. Areas where actions were organized included San…


Minnesota Teamsters walk out in support of UNFI strikers

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020
Teamsters Local 414 members, who struck United Natural Foods plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, picket at company’s Hopkins, Minnesota, plant Dec. 17, winning support from workers there.

HOPKINS, Minn. — Seven hundred members of Teamsters Local 120 walked out here Dec. 17 at United Natural Foods Inc., the largest organic grocery distributor in North America. The workers were supporting Teamsters Local 414 members who had set up…


Fight to end the rents and mortgages system

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020

In a letter below reader Briggette Blalock from San Leandro, California, asks, “What can we do about high rents?” She describes a challenge familiar to millions of workers —  fighting to prevent a landlord from evicting herself and other tenants…


IFCO wins victory in fight against IRS harassment

Vol. 84/No. 1 - January 13, 2020

NEW YORK — In an important victory for political rights, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization announced Dec. 19 that it had won its fight against revocation of its tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service in 2017. “As our…