Cuban Revolution forged in ‘extraordinary school of experience’

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Che Guevara at First Latin American Youth Congress, July 28, 1960, in Havana. Led by Fidel Castro, millions of workers and peasants took political power and made a socialist revolution.

Che Guevara Talks to Young People is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. Ernesto Che Guevara was a young Argentine-born fighter who joined Fidel Castro and his Rebel Army to become an outstanding leader of the Cuban…


Workers in Australia protest gov’t takeover of construction union

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

SYDNEY — Over 2,000 construction, electrical and other union workers and their supporters marched and rallied Nov. 12 at the state Parliament here to protest the federal government takeover of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees…


Torture videos show Hamas’ systematic brutality in Gaza

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Clip from 2019 video shot by Hamas in Jabaliya of prisoner being tortured by Hamas thugs. Along with goal of killing Jews, Hamas has brutalized Palestinians in Gaza since seizing power.

A video of Hamas thugs torturing Palestinians in Gaza is graphic proof that far from being a liberation movement, Hamas is one of the biggest obstacles Palestinian workers and farmers face to be able to defend their class and national…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

December 6, 1999 In the coal fields today miners are fighting against bosses attempts to gut the lifetime health benefits they won in struggle. Truck drivers are walking the picket lines to win a union at the largest nonunion trucking…


Kentucky factory explosion kills two workers

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two workers were killed and at least 11 injured when the Givaudan Sense Colour plant here exploded around 3 p.m. on Nov. 12. Part of the plant collapsed and the explosion sent shrapnel flying into the surrounding…


Nurses strike, rally in Sydney over wages, work conditions

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Thousands of nurses and midwives march in Sydney and rally at the New South Wales state Parliament there as part of a 24-hour strike demanding an immediate 15% pay raise.

SYDNEY — Up to 10,000 nurses and midwives marched through the central city and rallied outside state Parliament here Nov. 13, chanting, “We won’t take it anymore, we want more in ’24” and “15% now!” The protest was both angry…


Cuban deputy foreign minister says, ‘End US embargo!’

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

NEWARK, N.J. — Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, spoke to a meeting of 35 at Rutgers Law School here Nov. 14. Law professor Charles Auffant, who has organized trips to study Cuba’s legal system for…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 44 - November 25, 2024

November 29, 1999 The Russian government has begun a de facto military occupation of Chechnya — deploying 100,000 troops in and around the republic. The Kremlin, which originally claimed it needed to create a “buffer zone” against “Islamic terrorists,” is…


D.C. protest defends Israel’s right to exist as refuge for Jews

Vol. 88/No. 44 - November 25, 2024

WASHINGTON — Several thousand people joined in “Stand Together,” a Nov. 10 rally and concert to defend Israel’s right to exist, to demand Hamas release the hostages it has held for over a year and to fight against antisemitism. The…


Iran hospital workers: ‘We are nurses, not slaves’

Vol. 88/No. 44 - November 25, 2024
Iran hospital workers: ‘We are nurses, not slaves’

Nurses and other health care workers at hospitals in at least 17 cities held protests or took strike action leading up to and on Iran’s National Nurses Day Nov. 7. They are protesting low wages, mandatory overtime, understaffing and poor…