Month: December 2023

Defend Israel’s right to exist as refuge for Jews!
Oppose US rulers’ moves to force Israel to give up battle to defeat Hamas
Fight against Jew-hatred!

Statement released Nov. 29 by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director. From Oct. 7 when Hamas launched its pogrom against Jews in Israel, the democratic imperialist government in Washington has moved to defend the U.S. rulers’ class interests…

Sugarcane cutters in Dominican Republic fight for raise, pensions

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — “The gains we have made have been because of our mobilizations in the streets,” Jesús Núñez, national coordinator of the Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC), told the Militant. He described their yearslong fight to win pensions,…

Thousands march in London against Jew-hatred

LONDON — Tens of thousands joined a march and rally here Nov. 26, the first nationwide protest in the United Kingdom against Jew-hatred since the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel carried out by Tehran-backed Hamas. The action was called by…

Working people in Ukraine fight genocidal war waged by Putin

Moscow has been waging a genocidal war against Ukraine and its people for over 21 months. Russian President Vladimir Putin denies Ukraine has a right to exist, claiming it’s part of Russia. The Kremlin has kidnapped tens of thousands of…

Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund Sept. 23 – November 21 (final chart)

25, 50, and 75 years ago

December 14, 1998 CHICAGO — “My name is Randall Dale Adams. The state of Texas tried to kill me for a murder I did not commit,” Adams told a crowd of hundreds of opponents of the death penalty at Northwestern…

Trotsky: ‘Jewish question is tied to the emancipation of humanity’

Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom against Jews in Israel ignited a surge in Jew-hating attacks across the world, Pathfinder is featuring the pamphlet  On the Jewish Question  by Leon Trotsky as one of its Books of the Month for December.…

Defenders of Hamas plan to ‘shut down’ Jewish National Fund conference in Denver

In a serious threat to basic constitutional rights of free speech and assembly, and as a direct expression of Jew-hatred, the Colorado Palestine Coalition is calling on its supporters to disrupt the Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 Jewish National Fund…

Putin moves to abolish women’s right to abortion in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is leading a drive to severely restrict women’s right to get an abortion in Russia, which in recent history has a relatively high abortion rate, an annual average of 46 per 1,000 women. At the same…

CSX Kentucky derailment shows threat of new rail catastrophes

LIVINGSTON, Ky. — Residents in this central Kentucky town of 200 were told to evacuate Nov. 22 after 16 cars on a CSX freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed just north of here. Two of the cars were transporting molten…