288 dead in train crash in India is result of workings of capitalism

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Hundreds of working people join efforts to free those trapped in wreckage after high-speed train collision in India. Years of government neglect, underfinancing led to disaster.

Working people worldwide were horrified at news coverage when at least 288 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in a head-on collision between government-run passenger and freight trains in India June 2. Rail bosses’ drive for profits at…


Working people in Ukraine step up defense of national independence

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

The Ukrainian government has launched a counteroffensive aimed at retaking territory seized by Moscow’s forces since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the country to try to subjugate its people. Ukrainian forces are making slow gains in fierce battles, while the…


Los Angeles Militant Labor Forum panel discusses fight for constitutional rights

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

LOS ANGELES —“Defend constitutional freedoms: Oppose U.S. government spying, harassment and frame-ups” was the topic of the May 21 weekly Militant Labor Forum here. Speaking were Mwezi Odom, from the African People’s Socialist Party, and Norton Sandler, from the Socialist Workers…


Legacy of colonial rule, crisis of capitalism fuel fighting in Sudan

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Sixty thousand Sudanese refugees camped in neighboring Chad after fleeing fighting since April. Inset, smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, during military clashes May 1.

Bloody clashes between the Sudan government’s armed forces and now insurgent paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded April 15 in Khartoum, so far killing more than 1,000 civilians and wounding over 4,000. At root is the legacy of imperialist exploitation and…


Canada wildfires cover North America with huge toxic smog

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

MONTREAL — In one of the worst wildfire seasons in Canada, over 2,600 forest fires have spread across the country, forcing more than 100,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. Hundreds of homes were destroyed as over 23,000 square…


‘Monroe Doctrine’ aided fight against colonial rule in the Americas

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Mural in Chihuahua, Mexico, depicts from left, Abraham Lincoln, leader of Union forces in 1861-65 U.S. Civil War; Benito Juárez, Mexican national hero who fought foreign occupation, 1861-67; and Simón Bolivar, who led 1811-25 Latin American independence struggles against Spanish colonial rule.

The Monroe Doctrine, whose 200th anniversary is marked this year, has been the subject of countless articles in the press. Many argue that the foreign policy position announced by President James Monroe in 1823 was a declaration of “imperialist” designs…


Protest demands justice in Iowa apartment building collapse

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Protest June 7 at Davenport, Iowa, City Hall, with partially collapsed apartment building in back, demands owner, city officials be held responsible for deaths, injuries, loss of homes.

The Davenport, a 116-year-old apartment building in downtown Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed May 28, killing Branden Colvin Sr., 42; Ryan Hitchcock, 51; and Daniel Prien, 60; and injuring many others. Fifty tenants lost their homes and possessions in the 78-unit…


Free Ed Poindexter, former Black Panther framed up 53 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. — This coming Aug. 31 marks 53 years 78-year-old Edward Poindexter will have been in prison. A number of organizations that support prisoners’ rights are reporting Poindexter’s left leg was amputated below the knee recently. Neither his family…


The Socialist Workers Party and defense of constitutional rights

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
FBI raid on SWP Minneapolis headquarters, June 27, 1941, hailed by bosses’ press, was aimed at party, Minneapolis Teamsters leaders as rulers prepared to enter World War II.

As the Democrats ravage constitutional freedoms in their drive to criminalize Donald Trump to stop him from running for president again, we feature FBI on Trial as one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. It contains the results…


Beijing bars Hong Kong protest to mark Tiananmen anniversary

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

In an effort to block a June 4 commemoration of those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, Hong Kong’s Victoria Park was filled with over 200 booths that weekend, part of a “Hometown Market Carnival.” That event was organized…