Book fair in Sulaymaniyah shows gains in Kurdish national struggle

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Pathfinder volunteer Jim White, center, at Sulaymaniyah book fair, Nov. 17-26. Developments in the region and world politics boosted interest in books on lessons of revolutionary struggles.

SULAYMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — The 10-day Sulaymaniyah International Book Fair ended Nov. 26, drawing tens of thousands of people eager to get their hands on books in Kurdish, English and Arabic. Busloads of students and schoolchildren walked up and…


South Korean truckers strike for living wage, safety

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Hundreds of the 25,000 striking unionized truckers march in Uiwang, South Korea, Nov. 24, one of 16 nationwide rallies that day. South Korean government is trying to force them back to work. Signs demand a guaranteed minimum rate, safer working conditions.

Some 25,000 owner-operator truck drivers in South Korea kicked off their second major strike in less than six months Nov. 24, affecting manufacturing, construction and fuel supplies in the world’s 10th-largest economy. Cement-truck drivers joining the action face a government…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

December 15, 1997 SYDNEY — Prime Minister John Howard has moved to curtail Aboriginal land rights. His proposed amendments to the Native Title Act have been met by protest rallies and public meetings in defense of the customary land use…


Nurses in Australia strike for increased staffing, pay raises

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

SYDNEY — Over 2,000 nurses marched here Nov. 23 demanding the New South Wales state government increase hiring in public hospitals and end its 3% cap on pay increases for its workers. There were also actions in more then 30…


Defend right to strike! Support rail workers!

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

Working people have every interest in backing the struggle of rail workers against the attacks of the bosses and opposing government intervention aimed at crippling their use of union power. Both President Joseph Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi seek to…


On eve of WWII, rulers task FBI as Washington’s political police

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Above, armed FBI raid Aug. 8 on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. Inset, Sept. 1 press conference by Cuba Solidarity Committee in Puerto Rico hits FBI harassment. Democrats seek to refurbish FBI as political police, targeting working class, opponents of imperialist war.

Fifty Years of Covert Operations in the US: Washington’s Political Police and the American Working Class by Larry Seigle, Farrell Dobbs and Steve Clark is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. It marks the capitalist rulers’ decision…


Rail workers fight attacks by bosses and their gov’t

Biden, Pelosi lead Congress to bar right to strike
Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Rail workers picket Omaha meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns BNSF railroad, April 30, part of hard-fought battle for livable schedules, paid sick days, control over work conditions.

LINCOLN, Neb. — It has become increasingly clear to a growing layer of working people over the last year that the fight of the rail workers and their unions against the profit-driven rail bosses and their government allies in Washington…