Communist International defended rights of oppressed peoples

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024
Lenin speaks at Second Congress of Communist International, July 1920, in Petrograd, Russia. Combating persecution of Jews, said Lenin, is vital to advance socialist revolution as only road to ensure rights of all oppressed nations. Under his leadership, Bolshevik Party was on the front lines of the fight to end pogroms.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February is Workers of the World and Oppressed Peoples, Unite! Proceedings and Documents of the Second Congress of the Communist International, 1920, Vol. 1. The 1917 revolution led by V.I. Lenin and…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024

March 1, 1999 DERRY, Northern Ireland — “The British government has got away with murder for too long — let’s see if they can handle the truth as well as they can handle the lies,” said Kay Duddy. Her brother,…


Calif. rally demands, ‘Reinstate fired health care workers’

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024
Rally at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California, Feb. 10 demands nine fired health care workers be reinstated. Hospital officials fired them for fighting for better staffing levels.

LYNWOOD, Calif. — Holding placards and wearing shirts demanding the reinstatement of nine fired workers, a spirited rally of 200 people was held across the street from St. Francis Medical Center here Feb. 10. Scott Byington, who has worked as…


Moscow bars candidate opposing Putin, Ukraine war

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024

In the largest anti-war manifestation since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine almost two years ago, some 200,000 people waited in lines stretching for city blocks all across the country in January to sign petitions to put Boris Nadezhdin on…





Rail unions push for steps needed to prevent more East Palestines

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — For rail workers, “East Palestine was no surprise,” Jared Cassity, director of safety for the SMART-TD rail workers union, told a video conference of rail union officers two days before the Feb. 3 one-year anniversary of…


Supreme Court questions moves to throw Trump off the ballot

Vol. 88/No. 8 - February 26, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments Feb. 8 on former President Donald Trump’s appeal of a Colorado high court ruling throwing him off the Republican primary ballot there. A clear majority of the justices voiced strong doubts about the…