Memorial marks lives cut short by Hamas at the Nova Festival

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
SWP member Rachele Fruit, right, and CL member Ólöf Andra Proppé view bus stop near Re’im kibbutz, where 27 people seeking refuge Oct. 7, 2023, were murdered by Hamas thugs.

RE’IM, Israel — On July 11, a group of us were taken by our hosts, Vered and Itzik Benayoun, to visit the site of the Nova Festival, now a memorial to the nearly 400 mainly young participants in the all-night…


Keen interest in Pathfinder books at American Library Association conference

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
The Pathfinder booth at the American Library Association conference June 25-29 drew wide interest. More than 75 librarians signed up for more information, 114 books were purchased.

CHICAGO — Just under 15,000 people attended the American Library Association’s 150th Conference in Chicago June 25-29, with 641 exhibitors coming from 61 different countries. The Pathfinder booth drew people interested in books on crucial questions facing workers today. Pathfinder…



The road to build a revolutionary party in the imperialist epoch

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026
V.I. Lenin, central leader of Bolshevik Party in Russia, speaks in May 1920. Revolution brought workers and peasants to power there. The SWP aims to build on this example in the U.S.

The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes is one of the Books of the Month. Barnes has led the political course of the SWP to build a communist party whose members…


Working-class road to stop new imperialist wars

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

From Washington’s war against Iran, to Beijing’s military expansion in the Pacific, Moscow’s war to conquer Ukraine, and squabbles over who will dominate Europe, the capitalist rulers worldwide are preparing for new wars to redivide the world for their profit…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

July 30, 2001 A classified Pentagon strategy document elevates “homeland defense” into one of the four pillars of U.S. imperialist military doctrine and gives the military domestic duties in battling terrorism. The rulers know they must confront working people who…


Toilers in Ukraine fight to back their nat’l sovereignty

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Over 52,000 Kyiv residents took to city Metro stations during Moscow’s bombardment July 2.

The indomitable people of Ukraine and their battle to defend their country’s sovereignty have fought far larger Russian forces to a standstill on the frontline after almost four and a half years of war. Ukraine’s use of drone warfare is…


Montgomery movement dealt blow to Jim Crow, strengthened working class

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
E.D. Nixon escorts Rosa Parks, center, to courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama, March 19, 1956. Leaders of the powerful Black bus boycott organized by thousands there were on trial.

The victorious Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1956 marked a new stage in the mighty battle against Jim Crow and brought it to national attention. It demonstrated the unwavering courage of the Black population and the resourcefulness of a working-class…


Rhode Island event discusses Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau freedom fight

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Panel discussion on Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde by Cuban revolutionary Víctor Dreke June 28 in Rhode Island. Abel Djassi Amado speaks in front of photo of Amílcar Cabral, leader of independence fight, and Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Surrounded by exhibits about the immigration of Cape Verdeans to the U.S. and their rich history of struggle, some 40 people attended a June 28 discussion at the Cape Verdean Museum here on Pathfinder’s new book Cuba…


US rulers’ war in Mideast aims at more sway over resources, labor

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

The unstable ceasefire between Washington and Tehran that began April 8, after 40 days of U.S. airstrikes and Iranian drone and missile attacks on Israel and its Arab rivals in the Middle East, was broken yet again when Tehran attacked…