Putin regime in Moscow targets Russian culture today

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024

After brutally suppressing political protests against his war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is now intensifying his crackdown on culture and artistic creativity. “Censorship and repression is now at levels resembling those in the post-Stalin years of the later…


Fruit brings solidarity to Minneapolis park strikers

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024
Fruit brings solidarity to Minneapolis park strikers

MINNEAPOLIS — Rachele Fruit, the SWP candidate for president, brought solidarity to striking park workers here, members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, at Minnehaha Falls park July 21. The strike is in its third week as the…


SWP presidential campaign files for NJ ballot

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024
SWP presidential campaign files for NJ ballot

TRENTON, N.J. — Supporters of Rachele Fruit, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, filed 1,642 signatures, more than twice the requirement, to get on the ballot in New Jersey at the state Division of Elections in Trenton July 19.…


Longshore, Boeing, postal workers prepare for strikes

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024
Thousands of Boeing Machinists met in ballpark July 17, voted 99% to authorize a strike if they don’t win improved contract before Sept. 12.

Some 45,000 dockworkers, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association who work at ports from Maine to Texas, are preparing to hit the streets Oct. 1 if a new contract isn’t in place. It’s one of three sizable labor battles shaping…


Death-row inmate fights to prove he’s not guilty

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024
Ruben Gutierrez on death row in Hunstville, Texas. His execution was halted 20 minutes before he was to be killed July 16. He says DNA test will show he’s innocent.

The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez July 16, just 20 minutes before he would have been put to death at the Huntsville, Texas, state penitentiary. When he got the news, Gutierrez “turned to the…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024

August 2, 1999 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Chants of “No Justice No Peace!” and “What Do We Want? A Contract! When Do We Want It? Now!” broke out as Steelworkers on strike at Newport News Shipbuilding and locked out at…


For a fighting program for labor!

Vol. 88/No. 29 - August 5, 2024

Years of soaring prices at the grocery stores and gas stations, and for rent, health care, child care and more are felt in sharply different ways by working people and the ruling capitalist families. They’re upending our lives, dealing blows…



Communist League campaign wins support in UK elections

Vol. 88/No. 28 - July 29, 2024
Pamela Holmes, Communist League parliamentary candidate in Tottenham, London, with Pat Gough, Unite union convenor, on Case Holland picket line June 4. Inset, Peter Clifford, front right, CL candidate for Manchester Rusholme seat with fellow rail workers on strike June 8.

LONDON — “Our campaign starts from how to mobilize millions to defend the interests of working people,” Peter Clifford, the Communist League candidate for the Manchester Rusholme constituency told a candidates’ debate July 2, during the recent parliamentary elections. “The…


Pathfinder books sell well at librarians’ national meeting

Vol. 88/No. 28 - July 29, 2024

SAN DIEGO — Some 13,500 librarians, authors, illustrators and exhibitors attended the American Library Association annual conference here June 27-July 2, including 340 librarians from 51 other countries. More than 500 exhibitors displayed their wares, including Pathfinder Press. Volunteers at…