Back Ukraine’s fight to repel Moscow’s invasion

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin is driving to conquer more territory in Ukraine’s southeast despite the staggering loss of the lives and limbs of Russian workers in uniform. Moscow’s bombardment of Ukraine’s cities and power grid continues to strike blows at…


Liberals, left hail Mangione’s killing of health care CEO

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

NEW YORK — After staking out the site, an armed attacker waited in the early morning here Dec. 4 until Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, walked by on his way to a work conference. The gunman approached him from…


Israeli army command refused to wake Netanyahu as Hamas pogrom loomed

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

A year and a half before Hamas and Tehran launched their murderous Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom, the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence Directorate obtained a 40-page Hamas document. It “laid out almost exactly how Hamas eventually wound up carrying out…


Iran workers strike, protest, amid deepening crisis

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

The blows Israeli forces have dealt to the capitalist rulers in Tehran and its “axis of resistance” have provoked unprecedented open debate and discussion in Iran, accelerated by the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. Working people increasingly oppose the…


Judge upholds free speech in Uhuru 3 case

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

MIAMI — The sentencing hearing for the Uhuru 3, leaders and supporters of the African People’s Socialist Party framed up on charges of conspiring to act as agents of Moscow, was held Dec. 16 at the federal courthouse in Tampa.…


Build solidarity with striking San Francisco hotel workers!

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — Some 2,500 striking hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, are fighting to defend health coverage won in past contract battles. As the strike enters its 13th week it’s the longest-ever hotel strike here, and the…


Australia rally protests attack on synagogues, Jewish homes

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Rally in Sydney Dec. 15 condemns arson attack gutting Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and harassment of congregation at city’s Great Synagogue by Hamas supporters.

SYDNEY — Members of the Jewish community here made it clear they will not be intimidated as more than 2,000 turned out for a rally Dec. 15 to condemn recent attacks on Jews and synagogues. Four days earlier, homes in…


Malcolm X: ‘Learn to see, listen and think for yourself’

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Malcolm X with Black youth at Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama, Feb. 3, 1965. He addressed several thousand students amid ongoing mass protests to overthrow Jim Crow segregation.

Malcolm X Talks to Young People is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. As his evolution accelerated in the last year of his life, Malcolm emerged as the authentic voice of the forces of the coming American…


The Cuban Revolution is an example for workers worldwide

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Literacy brigadistas set out for Cuba’s rural areas in 1961. Over 100,000 volunteers joined effort to teach workers and farmers to read so they could fully participate in the revolution.

Sixty-six years ago under the leadership of Fidel Castro, working people in Cuba overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, took political power and went on to uproot capitalist exploitation. There is no better example of what workers are capable…


Frontier flight attendants picket in fight for new contract

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Association of Flight Attendants members picket Frontier Airlines at O’Hare airport Dec. 11. “This is the first day of action we’ve had in Chicago,” said AFA Local 86 President Brianna Whelan. Actions took place at Frontier locations in Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas and Orlando.

ATLANTA — “We’re out here today to raise awareness that the company’s new policy on scheduling is costing flight attendants to lose 30% to 40% of their pay compared to what they used to make,” J.D. Minter, local council vice…