25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 90/No. 33 - September 21, 2026

September 17, 2001 There is a fighting, working-class alternative to the big-business parties in the upcoming elections — the Socialist Workers Party candidates. These candidates have been getting an excellent response, particularly from working people and youth. This is a…


Protest: ‘Defeat Montreal City Council motion against Israel’

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026
Joe Young, right, Communist League candidate for Quebec National Assembly, joins opponents of anti-Israel resolution being debated by City Council at Montreal City Hall Aug. 24.

MONTREAL — A major political confrontation took place at City Hall here Aug. 24 when Projet Montreal, the opposition party, submitted a resolution calling on the City Council to sever all ties with Israel, falsely claiming Israel is an “apartheid state…


Support won for Cuba at NY Grenada Day Festival

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026
Support won for Cuba at NY Grenada Day Festival

NEW YORK — Pathfinder Press has participated in the annual Grenada Day Festival, held in Brooklyn, since 2014. Inspired by news of the recent “Grateful Grenada Gives Back to Cuba” fundraising campaign on the island, volunteers at this year’s Pathfinder…


Minneapolis meeting raises funds to send medical supplies to Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS — Some 150 people attended a political meeting and showing of “Cuba After Castro” at the Main Cinema here Aug. 26. The film, made by Abby Martin and Matthew Belen, is an interview with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who…


Special sale of books by Marx and Engels

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026

Pathfinder Press has launched a special sale of selected volumes of the collected writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, as well as the collected writings of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin. The books are on sale for the special price…



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…


Maryland Teamsters out on strike at Verbal Beginnings

Vol. 90/No. 32 - September 14, 2026

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Nearly 100 striking Teamsters, members of Local 639, and their supporters, held a lively rally outside of Verbal Beginnings here Aug. 27. “Who are we?” shouted one striker, “Teamsters!” the pickets yelled back. Verbal Beginnings is a…