‘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.…



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…


Defend sovereignty of Israel and Ukraine

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Moscow’s murderous war on Ukraine, its culture and its people, and the Tehran-sponsored Hamas pogrom seeking to smash Israel and kill as many Jews as possible are two watershed events whose ramifications effect politics worldwide. Both are deadly threats to…


‘Thank you for standing up for workers everywhere’

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Solidarity card for IFF strikers in Memphis, Tennessee, from 25 workers in BCTGM Local 22 in Minneapolis. Right, Local 22 bulletin board asks for donations for strikers’ holiday toy drive.

MINNEAPOLIS — Members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 22 at Jerry’s Broadway Bakery here responded to the call for solidarity from strikers fighting a union-busting drive by International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee. They organized…


Hotel workers in Pasadena strike, celebrate the New Year

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

PASADENA, Calif. — Hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, struck the Hilton Pasadena and Hyatt Place Pasadena hotels New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The city hosts the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game that…


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…


Defend Israel’s right to exist! Join fight against Jew-hatred

Defeating Hamas opens door to unite Jews, Arabs
Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Filipino migrant workers in Israel volunteer to help bring in the crops after Oct. 7 pogrom. Hamas had killed not just Jews, but Filipinos, Thais and Arab Israelis who worked with Jews.

Israeli forces continue making gains against the Tehran-sponsored Hamas terror organization in Gaza. These advances are increasing openings to bring together Jewish, Arab and other workers in Israel and the Middle East in common struggle. Israeli forces, with the backing…


Quebec public worker strikes make advances

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Striking teachers march in Montreal Dec. 12. Banner reads, “Aiming higher for teachers and public schools.” Almost 600,000 public sector workers have walked picket lines across Quebec, often at the same time, forcing the government to offer tentative settlements Dec. 28.

MONTREAL — Under the pressure of a lively five-week strike by 66,000 primary and secondary school teachers — members of the Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE) — and the threat of a strike in early 2024 by the Common Front…