Constitutional rights fight key in class struggle

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
FBI raids Socialist Workers Party headquarters in Minneapolis June 1941, as Roosevelt administration led assault on constitutional freedoms to silence opposition in labor movement to U.S. rulers’ preparations for World War II.

Defending constitutional freedoms from attack by the capitalist rulers is at the center of the class struggle. That fact is borne out by the latest attack on Donald Trump, barring him from the Colorado and Maine ballots. The unqualified defense…



‘Jewish Question’ by Abram Leon is ‘truly important’

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in Israel, Pathfinder Press volunteers in the United States and Canada launched a special three-week campaign to get orders from bookstores and libraries for The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon.…


Opponents of Jew-hatred rally, outnumber pro-Hamas protest

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Supporters of Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews here organized a counterprotest against the Issaquah Students League, a chapter of a group called the Revolutionary Student Union. It led a march and rally at…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

January 18, 1999 At 2:00 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1959, Fulgencio Batista, the U.S.-backed dictator of Cuba, fled the country in face of the advancing forces of the Rebel Army. Speaking over Radio Rebelde from the outskirts of the eastern…


Fight attacks on political rights! Defend Trump’s right to ballot

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Without even a court hearing, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows threw Donald Trump off the presidential ballot Dec. 28, following a similar ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court. Both decisions were based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, adopted…


Celebrate life of Helen Ayres

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Helen Ayres, a long-time member and supporter of the Communist League in New Zealand, died in Auckland Dec. 25 at 86. Ayres was drawn into political activity as a trade unionist and campaigner for women’s rights in the mid-1970s after…


Venezuela claims on Guyana region threaten new conflict

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Map shows Guyana territory Venezuelan government claims. Region is rich in minerals, large offshore oil reserves. Territorial dispute has long been used by Venezuelan politicians to rally nationalist support. Broader moves in region seek to blunt chance of wider conflict, war.

A territorial dispute between the governments of Venezuela and Guyana dating back to 1811 has come back to the fore, putting a spotlight on the danger of military conflict amid the growing instability of the capitalist world order. At issue…


Back battle for Ukraine national independence

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

President Vladimir Putin’s regime in Moscow has stepped up its murderous rain of airstrikes against heavily populated areas of Ukraine. But working people there are determined to defeat his invasion and defend their independence. In recent months hundreds have protested…