Defend Ukraine independence! Back fight to defeat Putin’s war

Protests against Moscow’s invasion continue in Russia
Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
These Russian soldiers are among many in Moscow’s invasion force in Ukraine who are complaining that “command doesn’t care about us.” Tens of thousands of Russian workers and farmers in uniform are cannon fodder as Putin’s war of conquest in Ukraine continues.

As Moscow attempts to crush the Ukrainian people, sending wave after wave of Russian conscripts to their deaths in the assault on the city of Bakhmut, the Vladimir Putin regime has launched its biggest air strikes in several weeks on…


Nebraska rail worker speaks out on using union power

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. — Railroad derailments are increasing in many states, with Nebraska among those with the highest number of train derailments. Since 2000, a train has derailed in the state roughly once every seven days. The Feb. 3 derailment in…


NJ march protests cop killing of Najee Seabrooks

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

PATERSON, N.J. — Hundreds took part in a vigil, march and rally outside City Hall here March 7 protesting the police killing of 31-year-old Najee Seabrooks four days earlier. The action was organized by his family and the Paterson Healing…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

March 30, 1998 DES MOINES, Iowa — Members of the United Steelworkers of America rallied in downtown Des Moines March 6 to support members of the United Auto Workers now in contract talks with Case Corp. The protest aimed its…


Cuban rail workers defend safety, gains of socialist revolution

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
Cuba’s first new rail link in two decades was opened between Havana and port of Mariel in 2014. Cuban trains have five-person crews. For 16-hour Havana-Santiago run across the island, two crews work eight-hour shifts each, with sleeping car for those off-duty.

HAVANA — While in Cuba for the Havana International Book Fair in February, several volunteers at the Pathfinder Press stand who are rail workers were able to exchange experiences with leaders of Cuba’s National Union of Transportation and Port Workers…


Bank failures reflect crisis of capitalism

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

The collapse of three regional banks and the underlying fall in the value of U.S. government bonds caused by rising interest rates is a symptom of the ongoing crisis of capitalist production and trade, and a harbinger of further crises…


Women wanted to help, to be part of Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
Graduation of 8,000 “Anitas,” December 1961 in Havana. Young peasant women each received a sewing machine, pledging to teach 10 others how to sew, and to spread the revolution.

To mark International Women’s Day, one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March is Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution. It is by three leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women, Vilma Espín, Asela…


Support grows for hospital workers on strike in Hawaii

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023

MAUI, Hawaii — Two weeks after nearly 500 hospital workers went on strike here against Kaiser’s three Maui Health System facilities, the bosses arrived one hour late for the first negotiating meeting since the walkout began and then broke off…


Unionists resist French gov’t attack on pension age

Vol. 87/No. 12 - March 27, 2023
Paris demonstration, part of March 7 national protests against Macron government proposal to raise retirement age. CGT union banner says, “Decontaminate society of capitalist virus.”

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 continues to meet mass resistance by workers across the country. March 7 was the sixth day of strikes and protests since mid-January, with at…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023

March 23, 1998 Class-conscious fighters must lead opposition to military intervention in Kosovo by Washington and other imperialist powers, whether in the guise of United Nations “peacekeeping” troops, NATO soldiers, the Western European Union, or anything else. Washington and its…