The History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. The excerpt is from the Preface written by Trotsky, a central leader of the revolution and the Bolshevik Party under V.I.…
UNITED NATIONS — After two days of often acrimonious debate by the United Nations General Assembly Oct. 27-28, the body voted overwhelmingly to pass a motion submitted by Cuba — “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed…
HUMACAO, Puerto Rico — The fight by fishermen here for a ramp that would make launching and beaching their small fishing boats qualitatively easier, spotlights some of the challenges facing the working class in Puerto Rico. It also provides a…
Beginning Oct. 18, truckers and farmers came together, blockading roads, ports and fuel depots across southern Italy to protest the soaring cost of diesel and its devastating impact on their livelihoods. They’ve won widespread support from working people across the…
OTTAWA, Ontario — Thousands of teachers, custodians, education assistants, librarians and other school workers and their supporters rallied here and in four other Ontario cities Oct. 24, under the theme “Together For Publicly Funded Education.” Over 250,000 education workers represented…
MONTREAL — The Canadian Union of Public Employees “will advocate defiance of any use of Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to break strikes and supports any union that decides to defy strikebreaking laws,” Mark Hancock, the union’s national…
TROIS RIVIERES, Quebec — “They were expecting we would enter on our knees but the union is strong,” striker Lucas Breton-Daigle, who has worked five years at the Siemens plant here, told this Militant correspondent on the picket line Oct.…
Washington is ramping up pressure on the Ukrainian government, claiming Kyiv is the chief obstacle to peace, at the same time offering concessions to normalize relations with Moscow, whose murderous invasion of Ukraine has now lasted longer than World War…
