Tehran regime repression fails to stop protests and strikes in Iran

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Striking workers at Isfahan iron smelting factory Nov. 26. Unionists have waged a series of strikes against boss, government attacks alongside widespread protests sweeping Iran.

Despite the death of more than 400 protesters and the arrests of thousands, the bourgeois clerical regime in Iran has not been able to stop working people and youth from joining protests and strikes that have swept the country since…


Democrats, antifa push anti-Catholic attacks, bigotry

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

Over the last two years there have been at least 170 attacks on Catholic churches across the U.S. In 38 states and the District of Columbia, week after week churches have had services disrupted, windows broken out, bullets shot through…


UAW calls Dec. 17 ‘Solidarity Day’ for Case strikers

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022

Striking members of United Auto Workers Local 180 and their supporters are building a “Solidarity Day” for Dec. 17 to press their contract fight against the bosses at Case New Holland. “It’s being broadcast in a lot of places,” Yasin…



Chinese American scientists beat back FBI ‘spy’ frame-up attempts

Vol. 86/No. 46 - December 12, 2022
Left, Xiaoxing Xi, Temple University physics department chair. He fought FBI frame-up, won public support, and charges were dropped. Right, Sherry Chen in 2018 after court ruling that her firing from the National Weather Service on espionage charges was a “gross injustice.”

SAN FRANCISCO — At a Nov. 12 program during the conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas here (see accompanying article), three Chinese scientists, all naturalized U.S. citizens, gave powerful accounts of how they stood up…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…