‘I stand for socialism, Cuba, independence for Puerto Rico’

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024
March to U.S. Federal Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2006, protesting the FBI killing of Macheteros leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos and FBI raids on homes of pro-independence fighters. For decades the Puerto Rican people have fought to get out from under Uncle Sam’s boot.

Puerto Rico: Independence Is a Necessity by Rafael Cancel Miranda is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, will be representing the party, speaking before the U.N. commission on…


Letter

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

Pleased to learn about the Socialist Workers Party I recently subscribed to the Militant, and I am pleased to discover the existence of the Socialist Workers Party. The open antisemitism of the (Stalinist) CPUSA drove me away from it, when…


Corrections

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

The headline in an article in issue no. 23 misstated that “Oberlin College fired lacrosse coach for saying, ‘Women’s sports are for women.’” Former Oberlin College lacrosse coach Kim Russell was not fired. She was removed from coaching duties in…



Molson Coors workers return to work after hard-fought strike

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — After a three-month hard-fought strike, members of Teamsters Local 997 at Molson Coors Brewery here accepted a three-year contract May 22. Workers said 270 voted yes and 84 voted no. They began returning to work May…


Rulers across Europe boost militaries, war preparations

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024
Nine NATO powers, from U.S. and Europe, engage in joint military exercise in Poland, involving 20,000 troops with tanks and other armored vehicles, including crossing of Vistula River, above, March 4. Operation Dragon 24 was designed as a test response to attack by Moscow.

Rivalries, trade wars and the growing threat of more shooting wars are a reality across the capitalist world today. This future underscores the stakes for working people in organizing to take political power out of the capitalist rulers’ hands. Nowhere…



Conviction of Trump deals new blows to political rights

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

The seven-year drive by Democratic Party bosses, prosecutors and the liberal media to bring down, ruin and imprison Donald Trump is accelerating with the coming presidential election. They finally got a conviction by a jury in New York City May…


A road forward to unite workers in Israel, Iran and Palestine

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

Israeli soldiers now control most of Gaza’s border with Egypt, dealing blows to Hamas’ ability to collaborate with Tehran to launch new attacks on Jews and Israel, as well as on Gazans opposed to its reactionary rule. Israeli troops found…