Hotel workers fight to make Philadelphia an all-union city

Vol. 90/No. 26 - July 27, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Three days after winning a contract through a nine-day strike at the Sheraton Downtown, UNITE HERE Local 274 workers from that hotel were on the picket line at the Hilton Garden Inn July 2 supporting their union brothers…


Protests: ‘End US blockade, war threats against Cuba!’

Actions win support from working people, unions
Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Cuba contingent in St. Paul July 4 parade, part of national protests. U.S. rulers are targeting Cuba, its defenders in the U.S. and crucial rights guaranteed in Constitution that workers need.

MINNEAPOLIS — As part of nationwide actions called by the National Network On Cuba to protest U.S. aggression against Cuba, the Minnesota Cuba Committee, Solidarity Committee on the Americas, the Socialist Workers Party and others carried out a week of…


Support C&H workers strike to stop bosses’ takebacks

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

CROCKETT, Calif. — C&H Sugar bosses have stepped up their attack on the three-week-old strike by 91 warehouse workers at its plant here, members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6. On July 2 C&H moved the Tai Herald,…


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…


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…


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…


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…


Springfield rally: ‘Defend TPS protection for Haitians!’

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — One hundred and fifty people turned out here in sweltering heat July 3 to protest the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting the federal government permission to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants and to call instead…


Quebec forum panel discusses new book on Cuba and Africa

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Montreal event June 28 on French edition of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde by Víctor Dreke. Panel from right: Idris Diallo, National Front for Defense of the Constitution; Katy LeRougetel, Communist League; Michel Prairie, chair.

MONTREAL — Thirty-four people attended a special June 28 Militant Labor Forum here to celebrate the publication in French of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde: The Fall of the Last Colonial Empire in Africa by…


Locked-out BP oil workers’ fight wins new support

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Locked-out BP oil workers’ fight wins new support

WHITING, Ind. — Close to 200 locked-out BP oil refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1, and their families and supporters formed a contingent and marched in the July 4 parade here. Whiting is a working-class town and they…