Newton teachers win support in strike for wages, schedules

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

Teachers and aides on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, remain solid on the picket lines in the longest teachers strike in recent state history. The Newton Teachers Association members voted by 98% to strike Jan. 18, after more than a year…


The working people of Ukraine fight to defend their independence

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
“No War” painted on snow Dec. 9 by Ivan Zhizhnevsky in Kirov, some 500 miles northeast of Moscow. Like thousands of other protesters, he was arrested. Feb. 24 marks opening of the third year of Moscow’s murderous invasion against Ukraine and its people.

Moscow has stepped up its deadly aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities, bombarding apartment buildings, schools, energy infrastructure and other civilian targets in hopes of demoralizing working people fighting to defend their country’s independence. But Ukrainian workers are determined to beat…


Sydney rally participants debate Israel’s right to exist

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

SYDNEY — Members of the Communist League and supporters of the Militant  joined the Yabun Festival here Jan. 26, an annual event that celebrates the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia. They set up a table…


The US Civil War was the Second American Revolution

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024
Slaves liberated by Union army in Newbern, North Carolina, after Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863, Communist leaders Karl Marx, Frederick Engels said U.S. Civil War was a struggle between slavery and free labor. They backed Lincoln and free labor.

America’s Revolutionary Heritage: Marxist Essays by George Novack is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. This excerpt is from the chapter “The Civil War — Its Place in History.” It explains the revolutionary character of both the…




Iran: Opposition grows to death penalty

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

The streets were deserted as shopkeepers and working people held a one-day strike in over a dozen cities in the Kurdish region of Iran Jan. 30. They were protesting the execution of four Kurdish men the day before, accused by…


Ukraine unions call for worldwide solidarity actions

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has issued an appeal for solidarity actions with Ukraine’s fight against Moscow’s invasion on its second anniversary. The appeal, signed by Mykhailo Volynets, chairperson of the KVPU and of the Independent…


It takes a revolution to stamp out Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

While fights in the U.S. and around the world can expose and deal crucial blows against Jew-hatred, it will continue as long as the underlying causes remain unresolved. This requires mobilizing the working class in our millions to overthrow capitalist…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

February 15, 1999 DERRY, Northern Ireland — “Your demand is not about getting an apology from the British. It is not about revenge. It is about truth, about justice, about equality,” Martin Ferris, a Sinn Fein leader from Kerry, in…