US, Tehran deal means no peace in the Mideast

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

Washington and Tehran signed a 14-point “Memorandum of Understanding” June 17. But this is not a “peace” agreement, it’s a move by Washington to work with Iran’s capitalist rulers to achieve the stability the U.S. rulers want to advance their…


Fight against Jew-hatred falls to working class

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

Violent assaults targeting Jews in the U.S. and worldwide are sharply expanding, shattering illusions that the Jewish people will be protected from abuse and attack by Washington and other “democratic” imperialist powers. These assaults go side by side with the…


Víctor Dreke book on Cuba, Africa presented at Paris LASA conference

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026
Presentation of Víctor Dreke’s Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. From left, María Isabel Bardina of Cuba’s Camagüey University; chair Matilde Zimmermann; Wilson da Graça Robalo, of Federation of Cape Verdean Associations of France.

PARIS — “The fight for freedom is not local, it’s worldwide,” María Isabel Bardina of Cuba’s Camagüey University told 30 people at a meeting here to present Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde: The Fall of…


San Francisco airport workers fight against schedule changes

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO — After six months of negotiations without reaching an acceptable contract, food and other concession workers at the San Francisco airport picketed outside the international terminal here June 18. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, are…


Letters

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

Joanne Holowchak Joanne Holowchak, a long-time member and supporter of the Communist League in Canada, died June 14 in London, Ontario. She had waged a courageous battle against dementia for the last 10 years, and was lovingly cared for by…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

July 9, 2001 The Cuban government condemned the convictions in a U.S. court of five Cuban citizens on espionage and murder charges. The five, the statement says, were part of an operation to “discover and report on terrorist plans hatched…


SWP exposed decades of FBI spying, political disruption

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026
Los Angeles SWP headquarters firebombed in May 1970, with four people inside, by counterrevolutionary Cubans with long history of working with FBI and CIA. Inset, SWP leader Syd Stapleton with 3,138 documents the FBI was forced to turn over as a result of the SWP lawsuit.

Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June features Cointelpro: The FBI’s Secret War on Political Freedom by Nelson Blackstock. Much of what is known about this decadeslong political disruption program is the result of evidence forced into the light through…


‘US hands off Cuba,’ say Puerto Rican Parade marchers

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026
‘US hands off Cuba,’ say Puerto Rican Parade marchers

CHICAGO — Opponents of Washington’s deepening attacks against Cuba got a tremendous response from thousands of people lining the route of the annual Puerto Rican People’s Parade here June 13. Two dozen people took part in a special Cuba solidarity…


Protests continue to spread in Iran, despite arrests, executions

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026
Workers at West Islamabad Health Center in Iran’s Kermanshah province protest June 22 over wages, benefits and delays in getting paid. “We are the guardians of people’s health in a deprived region, but we ourselves are struggling,” they told the Iranian Labour News Agency.

Despite devastating losses to its military, police and other parts of its repressive apparatus, as well as the destruction of many factories during the recent wars with Washington and Israel, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei claimed the ceasefire it…


G7 summit shows deepening rifts among capitalist powers

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

President Donald Trump joined other government leaders for a Group of Seven summit held at a French resort June 16-17. This is one of the main imperialist blocs set up to confront challenges to the capitalist world order that emerged…