Join the SWP’s fall ‘Militant,’ book, Fund drive

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025

Across the U.S., Socialist Workers Party members and supporters of the Militant are spreading the word about today’s union struggles, discussing why the fight against Jew-hatred and Israel’s moves to destroy and dismantle Hamas are crucial to defending workers’ interests…


Pathfinder sells 120 books at French Fete de l’Humanite

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025

BRETIGNY-SUR-ORGE, France — The depth of the world capitalist crisis, the imperialist rulers’ drive toward more wars and the need to build revolutionary working-class parties were at the heart of discussions at the Pathfinder stand at this year’s Fete de…


‘Long view of history’ key in fight against capitalist oppression

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
Meeting of elected representatives of Paris Commune, which lasted for 72 days in 1871. Karl Marx called the Commune “the glorious harbinger of a new society,” where “the proletariat for the first time held political power.” It showed the future, not just for France, but for working people worldwide.

The French edition of Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity: The Long View of History by Frederick Engels, Karl Marx, George Novack and Mary-Alice Waters is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Its collection of writings…


Growing losses in Ukraine breed disaffection, protests in Russia

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
Stoptime band drew hundreds who danced, sang along at its street concerts in St. Petersburg, with songs denouncing Putin regime and its brutal war in Ukraine. From left, lead singer Diana Loginova, guitarist Vladislav Leontyev. At far right, drummer Alexandr Orlov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion to try to conquer Ukraine and its people, the bloodiest war in Europe since World War II, has ground on for almost four years. Despite his escalating bombardments of civilians and the county’s power networks,…


Kaiser health care workers strike on West Coast, Hawaii

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
More than 40,000 union health care workers struck Kaiser Permanente Oct. 14-19 in California, Oregon and Hawaii, over wages and safe staffing. Above, strikers in Harbor City, California.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente workers marched, chanted and picketed in front of Kaiser’s Oakland Medical Center here, part of a broader strike that lasted five days, Oct. 14-19. The strike here ended a day earlier than elsewhere.…


British Columbia gov’t workers expand strike to almost 25,000

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — More than 1,600 members of the Professional Employees Association across the province have now joined striking BC Government Employees’ Union members on the picket line Oct. 16, bringing the total number of strikers to almost 25,000.…


US rulers step up war threats on Venezuela gov’t, toilers

Vol. 89/No. 39 - November 3, 2025
Helicopters on USS Iwo Jima in Caribbean Sept. 23. U.S. armada off Venezuela has blown up several boats, part of Washington’s drive to topple the government of Nicolás Maduro.

The Donald Trump administration is sharply escalating its threats against the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The combined military, political and economic pressure is also aimed at sending a message to other governments in Latin America and the Caribbean…