Workers and farmers in Cuba proved socialist revolution is possible

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026
The Second Declaration of Havana, delivered by Fidel Castro, was adopted by mass assemblies of workers, peasants across Cuba. In Santiago de Cuba, above, 100,000 marched Feb. 10, 1962.

The First and Second Declarations of Havana: Manifestos of Revolutionary Struggle in the Americas adopted by the Cuban people is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for May. Between the 1960 and 1962 declarations, both given by Fidel Castro…


Support Israel’s fight against Tehran, Hamas, Hezbollah

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026

Well before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom, the Militant explained working people must oppose Jew-hatred and why. Hamas, backed by the reactionary regime in Tehran, slaughtered 1,200 people in Israel that day because they were Jewish or worked side by…


Help take ‘Militant’ campaign over top!

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026

As we go into the final week of campaigning in the international 2026 spring drive, members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are organizing to go over the top in…


Support oil refinery workers on strike at Marathon!

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026

MARTINEZ, Calif. — Workers walked off the job at Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s renewable fuels refinery here at 12:01 a.m. April 27. The company announced it was going to impose its “final” proposed contract on the 120 members of United Steelworkers…


Hundreds of thousands march in Cuba May 1

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026
Hundreds of thousands march in Cuba May 1

Hundreds of thousands marched and rallied in Havana, above, May 1, International Workers’ Day, under the slogan “The Homeland must be defended.” Led by the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC), Cuba’s trade union federation, huge crowds of unionists, students…


May Day appeal by Ukraine unions blasts Moscow’s war

Vol. 90/No. 19 - May 18, 2026

Frustrated by recent losses on the battlefield, Moscow is intensifying its missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, targeting homes, apartment buildings and workplaces, as well as energy, transportation and other civilian infrastructure. In a statement released for International Workers’…


Support builds for striking Metro workers in Montreal

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
Striking Grocery Workers Union members at Metro supermarket chain in Montreal welcome solidarity delegation of rail conductors at Canadian National, members of Teamsters, April 15.

MONTREAL — Striking workers at the giant Metro supermarket chain here continue to win support for their fight for a better contract. The Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), their union, has condemned Metro bosses for using contract drivers as…


As immigration soars in EU, rulers seek to exploit new labor

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

The number of immigrants living in the European Union hit a total of more than 64 million in 2025, a record high, as millions of working people seek a better life in the face of the wars and social disasters…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026

May 7, 2001 The grotesque spectacle being prepared by the Bush administration for the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, is part of the rulers’ effort to divide the…


Fight to defend TPS for Haitians, Syrians debated at Supreme Court

Vol. 90/No. 18 - May 11, 2026
Some 200 Haitians and supporters rally in North Miami, Florida, April 26 to demand extension of Temporary Protected Status that could affect ability of 350,000 Haitians to remain in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Several hundred defenders of the rights of immigrants, trade unionists and others rallied outside the U.S. Supreme Court here April 29, protesting moves by the federal government to terminate Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria.…