Organize, build protests to demand US hands off Cuba

Stop gov’t targeting defenders of Cuba, political rights!
Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026
Bob Schwartz from Global Health Partners speaks at National Nurses United event June 30 in Washington, D.C., opposing U.S. blockade on Cuba. More protests like this are needed today.

1,000s attend events in Cuba to back its nat’l sovereignty HAVANA — Thousands of people across Cuba paid tribute to the revolution’s central leader, Fidel Castro, Aug. 13 on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Here in the capital, the…


Unions in Australia fight for better conditions in the mines

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026

SYDNEY — For the first time in over 25 years, workers at BHP’s iron ore operations at Port Hedland in the Pilbara, a remote region in Western Australia, went on strike July 16. BHP, one of the largest mining companies…


‘Grateful working people of Grenada give back to Cuba’ raises $250,000

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026

Under the theme “Grateful Grenada Gives Back to Cuba,” groups dedicated to solidarity with Cuba and other organizations held a successful fundraising campaign all across Grenada, and on the smaller islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, to aid the sister…


SWP 2026 candidates point working-class road forward

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026

The Socialist Workers Party is running candidates in 12 states across the country in 2026, advancing a road for the working class to defend itself from the exploitation and drive to war of the capitalist class and to fight to…


The working class is critical to the advance of human history

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026
Workers, soldiers at Winter Palace in Petrograd, Russia, as Lenin announces overthrow of Provisional Government, installing dictatorship of proletariat and poor peasants Oct. 25, 1917.

Lenin’s Struggle for a Revolutionary International, Documents: 1907–1916; the Preparatory Years is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August. It records the political battle Lenin led within the leadership of the international workers movement to oppose imperialist war…


As new wars threaten, Ottawa plans attacks on political rights

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026
Cops used pepper spray against truckers, supporters during 2022 protests in Ottawa. Preparing for bigger class battles to come, Canadian rulers are escalating attacks on the unions, political freedoms of working people. Bill C-22 will strengthen police powers, government spy agencies.

MONTREAL — As the crisis of capitalism deepens and friction between the rulers in Canada and the U.S. grows, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has over the last two months stepped up its assaults on the political…



Putin trip to Kuril Islands points to threat of new wars

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the disputed Kuril Islands Aug. 13 was aimed at reinforcing Moscow’s control over what is a crucial military gateway to the Pacific as it seeks leverage for its war in Ukraine. Besides Moscow, Pyongyang…


Texas protests demand justice in ICE killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Vol. 90/No. 31 - August 31, 2026
Demonstrators gather July 8 at street in Houston where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot day before by ICE agents. Protests over justice for Salgado, immigrant workers, continue.

CONROE, Texas — In the month since construction worker Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while driving to work with three co-workers July 7, several events have been held here protesting his death. A…