Former hostages describe torture, abuse by Hamas

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

Along with the slaughter of 1,200 Jews and others and the rape and mutilation of dozens of women, a central part of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom was the kidnapping of 251 hostages, forcing them into captivity in Gaza. But…


Pro-Hamas thugs attack Toronto meeting defending Israel

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

 MONTREAL — A Nov. 5 meeting organized by Students Supporting Israel at Toronto Metropolitan University was violently attacked by masked supporters of the Jew-hating outfit Students for Justice in Palestine. The meeting was called to hear two Israeli soldiers speak…


Miners, nurses, oil workers, retirees take to streets in Iran

Water shortage, price hikes, war moves fuel protests
Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Nov. 4 protest and strike by workers in the South Pars gas field for higher wages, more humane work schedules. Dozens of labor actions and strikes are taking place every week in Iran.

 “Our pay slip is a mark of slavery,” several hundred temporary workers from the Fajr Jam gas refinery in Bushehr province in southern Iran chanted during a work stoppage and march Nov. 10. “Enough with promises, our table is empty.”…


Miami rally: ‘Extend TPS protection for Haitians!’

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

MIAMI — A car caravan and press conference here Nov. 15 demanded the extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, as well as those from Venezuela and 15 other countries. Cubans in the U.S. had also been protected under a…


Supreme Court discusses SWP role in the fight for ballot access

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

 A victory won by the Socialist Workers Party in a political rights lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections in 1979 became a central focus of the discussion at an Oct. 8 U.S. Supreme Court hearing. At issue was…


Author Boualem Sansal released from prison in Algeria

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Worldwide protests freed author Boualem Sansal, a dual citizen of Algeria and France, from imprisonment in Algeria Nov. 12. Above, rally in Paris in March calls for his release.

In a victory for human rights, 81-year-old prize-winning Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal was released from imprisonment Nov. 12 and flown to a hospital in Germany where he is being treated for prostate cancer. Sansal’s release by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune…


The working class in the US is destined to take political power

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Petrograd Soviet meets amid 1917 Russian Revolution. Bolshevik Party led by V.I. Lenin went from tiny minority in February to leading workers, peasants to overthrow the czar and take power nine months later.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November is Speeches to the Party: The Revolutionary Perspective and the Revolutionary Party by James P. Cannon, who was the national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The book covers the prospects…


Fight bipartisan assault on Venezuela, Cuba

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

President Donald Trump’s escalating threats to the sovereignty of Venezuela’s working people are a serious danger to all workers. They’re the latest step in a decadeslong drive by both Democratic and Republican administrations to bring down Venezuela’s government. Their goal…


Starbucks workers strike over contract, wages, schedules

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

ANTHONY, Minn. — At the Starbucks workers’ picket line here Nov. 14, picket captain Abby Haland told the Militant, “Starbucks jobs aren’t livable without winning a contract. Low wages and lack of benefits mean many of us work two jobs…


Protest set against gov’t move to deport Abrego García

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García will rally in his defense Nov. 20 outside a U.S. District Court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, protesting the Donald Trump administration’s latest move to immediately deport him to Liberia. CASA, an area immigrant…