Ivan Dzyuba, Marxist fighter for the sovereignty of Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Ivan Dzyuba speaks in Kyiv at 1965 premiere of famed film, “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.” It celebrated Ukrainian culture, in sharp break with Stalinist orthodoxy. Dzyuba spoke out against arrests of over 100 youth and intellectuals for their anti-Stalinist views and activity.

Ivan Dzyuba died Feb. 22 at the age of 90, ironically on the eve of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Dzyuba was a literary critic and Marxist who was jailed by the then-Stalinist Soviet government of Ukraine in 1973 for his…


Cuban unions set mass May Day march, solidarity conference

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Huge march in Havana May 1, 2018. May Day parade this year will be first for two years, followed by conference of international solidarity with Cuba organized by Cuban Confederation of Unions. The activities follow the Havana International Book Fair, April 20-30.

The Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC) is inviting workers around the world to the million-strong May Day parade in Havana — which celebrates International Workers Day and puts on display the determination of Cuban workers to defend their socialist…


New Zealand CHEP pallet workers strike wins gains

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Workers at the CHEP pallet company’s service center here celebrated March 4 after voting unanimously to accept a new contract following a two-week strike. The FIRST Union members had kept up a round-the-clock picket line, successfully…


‘We are fighting for those to come,’ Quebec co-op strikers say

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

JOLIETTE, Quebec — Some 30 workers at the Novago Cooperative here are approaching their sixth month on strike, fighting against the bosses’ demands for pay cuts of 14% to 29%; cuts in sick days, vacation days and paid holidays; unstable…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

March 24, 1997 HAVANA — More than 130 people from 55 countries met here for the Second International Coordinating Committee meeting for the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students. The festival, which will be held in Cuba July 28-August…


Stalinism bears main responsibility for Hitler’s rise to power

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Nazi stormtroopers occupy union offices in Berlin 1933. Stalinist line that Social Democrats were “social fascists,” refusal to collaborate with them in fight against Hitler, allowed fascists to come to power without facing serious working-class combat.

The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany by Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky is this week’s Books of the Month selection. Written during the heat of battle against the rising Nazi movement in the early 1930s, he explains the counterrevolutionary course…


Class-struggle road to end war in Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

Angered at the death and destruction raining down on the people of Ukraine by Moscow, and inspired by the ferocious resistance of the Ukrainian people, many protesters support calls for the U.S. rulers to impose ever-tightening sanctions and no-fly zones.…


Defeat Moscow’s war on Ukraine! Defend Ukraine independence!

All US troops, nuclear arms out of Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
“Kherson is Ukraine,” says sign at March 5 protest that confronted Moscow’s troops occupying city of Kherson. Even after soldiers shot in the air, protesters stood their ground.

Two weeks into their invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s forces are widening their assaults — slaughtering hundreds and devastating cities, leading to a fast-growing refugee crisis. At the same time, President Vladimir Putin’s forces confront courageous resistance all across the country,…


Join the fight to rid the world of the threat of nuclear war

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin issued a warning, “Anyone who tries to interfere with us … must know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences as you have never…


Truckers fight gov’t mandates, attacks on their livelihoods

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Hundreds of “big rig” tractor trailer trucks and an estimated 1,000 vehicles overall — cars, pick-ups, motorcycles, and RVs — are crammed into the Speedway, an auto race track here, for People’s Convoy protests. More were still…