Month: September 2026

Women’s liberation intertwined with working-class fight for power

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026
Literacy class for women in the Soviet Union in 1920s, in early years of the Russian Revolution. The Bolsheviks mobilized working class to win universal literacy, advancing women’s equality.

Feminism and the Marxist Movement by Mary-Alice Waters is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. Marxists have always explained that the economic roots of women’s oppression are an integral part of the workings of capitalism. Only the…

New Jersey rally: ‘Back independence for Puerto Rico!’

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026
New Jersey rally: ‘Back independence for Puerto Rico!’

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A lively march and rally demanding independence for Puerto Rico drew some 60 people to City Hall here Aug. 29. “Puerto Rico has been occupied illegally by the U.S. for 128 years,” Jason Cruz, president of…

US court upholds ‘Foreign Agents Registration’ law conviction

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026

In a blow to constitutional rights, a U.S. Court of Appeals in Florida Aug. 5 upheld the government’s use of the notorious Foreign Agents Registration Act, adopted in 1938 as part of the U.S. rulers’ drive to enter the second…