Women and the Cuban Revolution, which includes speeches and documents by Fidel Castro, Vilma Espín and others, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. The excerpt below is from “The Revolution Within the Revolution,” a December 1966…
MONTREAL — The National Assembly of Quebec adopted Law 96 on May 24, declaring French the province’s official common language and enforcing its use. Under the pretext of combating the “declining use of French,” the bill restricts the use of…
“I was born in 1995,” Luke Winnicki told Chris Hoeppner, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress, June 26 in south Philadelphia. “My first memory was Sept. 11, 2001, then there was the 2008 financial crash. My family survived but…
For all their pious talk about the climate crisis and the need to end the use of fossil fuels, most capitalist rulers worldwide, as well as middle-class environmental groups, oppose much-needed steps to expand the use of nuclear power. This…
After two weeks of sizable daily protests by Indigenous groups, the government of Ecuador has given in to some of their demands and is negotiating with them on others. The protests by thousands of workers and peasants provoked by the…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. — Nine members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 22, went on strike at Form-A-Feed here June 13. They are the only union members among the over 200 workers at the company’s two mills,…
Kherson, a Ukrainian port on the Black Sea, was the first major city to fall to Russian forces when they invaded Ukraine Feb. 24. It lies near the Crimean Peninsula, which was seized by Moscow in 2014. “In the first…
Statement by Sara Lobman for the Socialist Workers Party to the hearing of the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization of Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022. Distinguished chairperson and committee members: My name is Sara Lobman. I am the Socialist Workers…
Facing a spreading economic crisis and soaring inflation, especially in things workers need, the U.S. rulers have launched steps that will fuel a deeper downturn in production and jobs. In a model of understatement, Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell told…
MANCHESTER, England — “We’re learning we can use union power,” Rail, Maritime and Transport Union activist Pete Clifford told a rally in solidarity with striking rail workers here June 25. Clifford had returned to work June 14 after a union…
