CHICAGO — The 67th annual meeting of the African Studies Association here brought together over 1,600 academics, authors and others Dec. 12-14. Many participants came from Africa. Over 350 panel discussions covered politics, economic underdevelopment and other topics. An exhibition…
Despite claims by the outgoing Joseph Biden government and liberal big-business media that inflation is now at “acceptable” levels, working people continue to face the scourge of high prices for basic necessities, from food to energy to rent. Wealthy dabblers…
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and the rulers in Iran announced they had won a huge victory. Thousands of Tehran-backed Hamas thugs crossed the Gaza border into Israel, killed 1,200 people — mostly civilians; wounded thousands; raped and mutilated dozens…
Dynamics of the Cuban Revolution: A Marxist Appreciation by Joseph Hansen is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January. Hansen, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, traveled to Cuba in 1960 with SWP presidential candidate Farrell Dobbs.…
The Jew-hatred at the heart of Hamas’ drive to destroy Israel is no secret. Its 1988 founding covenant says, “Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious.” Hamas, which operates primarily in Gaza and the West Bank,…
This school year marks the 50th anniversary of the hard-fought struggle for school desegregation in Boston. “Thousands of white students boycotted classes and white mobs took to the streets in an attempt to thwart court-ordered school desegregation. Black students arriving…
There is overwhelming support inside Georgia for the weeks of large protests there demanding a new election — and for the unwavering determination by demonstrators not to back down. Under this pressure, the government has pulled back from its earlier…
The government in Germany led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party collapsed Dec. 16 after losing a confidence vote in parliament. Germany, with Europe’s largest economy, has a caretaker government until new elections Feb. 23. Scholz’s fractious coalition, which…
DALLAS — The Dallas Black Dancers, who were all fired for joining the American Guild of Musical Artists, have reached a $560,000 settlement with Dallas Black Dance Theatre bosses. On Dec. 9 the union described the settlement, which included an…
As Joseph Biden prepares to turn the presidency over to Donald Trump, his Democratic Party administration leaves working people facing crisis conditions — from sky-high prices for basic necessities to the growing threat of new imperialist wars. Millions of workers…
