US rulers’ assault on Cuba is a bipartisan policy

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026

Washington’s punishing oil blockade against Cuba, as well as military threats against the Cuban people by President Donald Trump’s administration, are a sharp escalation of the bipartisan course followed by the U.S. capitalist rulers for over 60 years. It’s not…


Demonstrations across Quebec demand rights for immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 7 - February 23, 2026
Marchers in Montreal joined demonstrators across Quebec Feb. 7 to defend the rights of immigrant workers. The increased presence of union banners and contingents was striking.

MONTREAL — Thousands joined rallies and demonstrations in eight cities across Quebec Feb. 7 protesting the provincial government’s abolition of its Quebec Experience Program (PEQ). Under the program thousands of workers from abroad were brought to work in Quebec, providing…



US workers face fewer jobs, high prices and tough times to come

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

The capitalist economic crisis continues to weigh heavily on the backs of working people despite upbeat reports from the White House and the business sections of the boss press.  It is true the capitalist rulers and their upper-middle-class hangers-on are…


Malcolm X aimed to wake people up to their own ‘self-worth’

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026
Malcolm X spoke to thousands at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Feb. 3, 1965. Then SNCC Black rights fighters took the revolutionary leader to speak in Selma, where a sharp battle was raging.

To mark Black History Month, Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February features Malcolm X on Afro-American History by the most outstanding leader of the Black liberation struggle in the U.S. The book contains speeches and other selections from Malcolm…



SWP campaigns against gov’t attacks on immigrant workers

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

As protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ attacks, arrests and brutality against immigrants, and those who come out to support them, spread, growing numbers of unionists and others have looked to come to their aid. Socialist Workers Party members…


US rulers send armada to Iran, demand gov’t give up nukes

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

Seeking to repeat the kind of gunboat diplomacy Washington used to make substantial gains in Venezuela, President Donald Trump has now sent a large armada to the Middle East. He hopes the threat of military action will convince Tehran to…


Deaths in US mines rise as bosses push to boost profits

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

PITTSBURGH — The coal mining bosses reported 33 miners were killed in industrial accidents in 2025, up 27% from 2024, when the Mine Safety and Health Administration reported 26 miners died on the job. The majority of last year’s fatalities…


After 4 crashes, 45 dead, Spain rail union calls three-day strike

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

A collision between two high-speed passenger trains in Andalusia, in southern Spain, Jan. 18 left 45 people dead and at least 150 injured. In the week after the disaster, three other crashes took place. The Spanish Railroad Engineers and Trainmen’s…