Taking advantage of Israel’s devastating blows to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Islamist militias led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham have taken over Aleppo, the second largest city in Syria, and are advancing toward Hama. They say their aim is to overthrow the…
Hamas’ murderous Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel and Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine were watershed events in world politics, with large stakes for the working class. Millions were appalled by these assaults and recognize the need to defend Israel as…
MONTREAL — Pat King, who was one of the spokespeople for the 2022 “Freedom Convoy,” was convicted Nov. 22 by Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland of five frame-up criminal charges, including mischief and disobeying a court order. The convoy was…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Karen Ray, a member of the Socialist Workers Party for more than two decades, died at her home in Westminster, Colorado, Nov. 11 following a long fight against cancer. She was 63. Ray joined the Young Socialist…
December 20, 1999 The struggle to get the U.S. Navy out of the island of Vieques has given a powerful boost to the fight to end Puerto Rico’s colonial subjugation to Washington — the root of the problem. The massive…
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December is the Spanish edition of Soldier of the Cuban Revolution: From the Cane Fields of Oriente to General of the Revolutionary Armed Forces by Luis Alfonso Zayas. A teenager from a…
Hundreds of oil workers marched to the offices of the Gachasaran Oil and Gas Exploitation Company in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Nov. 24. They demanded the right to unionize, protest and “organize freely without retaliation.” They also called for the…
In an escalating fight over the political direction of South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol triggered the country’s biggest political crisis in decades by abruptly declaring martial law Dec. 3. His goal was to ban all opposition political activity. This…
MONTREAL — Over 180 unions and other organizations across Canada have issued an open letter to the federal government calling for an end to its moves to target immigrant workers and to grant permanent residency to all those living in…
