May 18 was the 78th anniversary of Moscow’s forced deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar people from their homeland to Central Asia in 1944. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin said the Tatars were all agents of the Nazis. The date is…
![Protests across Iran erupted in mid-May over government lifting of subsidies on basic foods, effects of rulers’ war moves in the region. Angry demonstrators raised political demands: “Down with [Supreme Leader Aya-tollah Ali] Khamenei!” and “We don’t want mullahs ruling!”](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IranProtest_8622-300x210.jpg)
Demonstrations against government moves to lift subsidies on basic foods, which touched off a torrent of rising prices, erupted across Iran in mid-May. They spread to dozens of cities and towns. Protesters in many of the actions raised political slogans,…
RUGBY, England — Some 70 street cleaners, lorry drivers and loaders here have been on strike since April 26 for higher pay. “The 1.75% wage offer from the Local Government Association is a wage cut when you think inflation is…
Working people of all nationalities demonstrated in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, above, May 18 to commemorate those who died in the country’s 1983-2009 civil war. The victims included tens of thousands of Tamils, an oppressed minority in the majority Sinhalese…
BURNABY, British Columbia — Hotel workers at the Hilton Metrotown here, who had been fighting a lockout by the bosses for 391 days, voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract May 11. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 40,…
Woman’s Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family by Evelyn Reed is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Reed (1905-79) was a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and participant in the women’s liberation movement of…
HAVANA — “We all know, or at least sense, that the first large land war on the European continent in more than 75 years signals a new stage in the unraveling of the imperialist world order established by the victors…
Workers worldwide have a big stake in the courageous struggle waged by working people in Ukraine to defend their country’s independence and defeat Moscow’s invasion. But the people of Ukraine may have a “peace” settlement forced on them that leaves…
Below is a review by Peter W. Wood of the new Pathfinder title Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity. Wood is the author of 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project; president of the National Association of Scholars…
June 9, 1997 TEHRAN, Iran — More than one million people attended the 10th Tehran International bookfair, held April 26-May 5. Most of the books presented were in Farsi, Arabic, and English, including titles from more than 1,300 Iranian publishers…
