Fidel Castro: ‘Never had such a profound change taken place’

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024
Fidel Castro’s Freedom Caravan enters Havana, Cuba, Jan. 8, 1959. “A sea of people,” he said, met rebel fighters after popular insurrection, general strike sealed victory in revolutionary war.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January is In Defense of Socialism: Four Speeches on the 30th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution  by Fidel Castro, its central leader. The triumph of the Cuban people on Jan. 1, 1959,…


Big jump in ‘Militant’ readership behind bars

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

The number of workers behind bars who subscribe to the Militant grew from 191 in March 2023 to more than 260 today — a 36% increase in less than a year! And there’s no sign the increase is slowing down.…


Teamsters ‘extended picket line’ backs striking US Foods drivers

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

BENSENVILLE, Ill. — More than 130 striking drivers at the US Foods distribution center here are getting support from fellow Teamsters around the country. Teamsters Local 705 is sending striking workers to other US Foods warehouses around the country in…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

February 1, 1999 President William Clinton repeated in his State of the Union address a favorite theme of bourgeois politicians: that Social Security may be bankrupt within a few decades because a bigger section of the population is living longer…


Join flight attendants’ rallies Feb. 13, build union solidarity!

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024
Flight attendants at LaGuardia Airport, New York, after union members voted 99.4% Aug. 30 to authorize strike in contract fight.

Working-class solidarity is crucial to strengthen today’s union struggles and build a more powerful labor movement. Flight attendants are urging fellow workers to join their picket lines at 30 airports worldwide Feb. 13 as part of the fight for new…


Hamas leaders get rich raising funds to make war on Jews

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

Hamas is a murderous, reactionary and anti-working-class outfit whose founding covenant calls for wiping Israel off the face of the earth and the slaughter of all the Jews. It has become an increasingly central link in Tehran’s “axis of resistance.”…


Washington forum highlights Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

WASHINGTON — “We seek to preserve the economic and social transformation of Cuba today. To protect the rights of the Cuban people in a world more difficult and more dangerous than 1959,” Alejandro García del Toro, deputy chief of Mission…


No guarantee you’ll have a place to live when you retire

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

Many older workers in the U.S. confront the harsh reality that working your entire adult life doesn’t guarantee you will have a roof over your head if you retire. Millions of older adults who depend on meager Social Security benefits…


Seattle panel discusses building fight against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024

SEATTLE — A well-attended Militant Labor Forum here Jan. 6 featured a panel discussion on how to effectively fight Jew-hatred and defend Israel’s right to exist in the wake of the murderous Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom against Jews in Israel.…


Capitalist rulers attack Ukraine unions, seize offices

Vol. 88/No. 3 - January 22, 2024

Ukraine’s capitalist rulers, with the urging of their imperialist backers in Washington, are using wartime conditions and claims they’re advancing “de-Sovietization” to attack the union movement and weaken its ability to fight to protect workers’ interests. This includes moves to…