Ukraine drones supply cookies, not just bombs

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

The shopping list is radioed, as it is every morning. Today it’s for oatmeal cookies, smoked bacon, mayonnaise, vegetables and fruit, coffee, bread, some sandwiches. “Copy that,” the supply chief replies. The “customers” are Ukrainian soldiers in front-line trenches, ordering…



Lenin, Castro led political movements that changed history

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Fidel Castro prepares workers and peasants to defend their socialist revolution against 1961 U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs. Under his leadership, they prevailed.

Understanding History: Marxist Essays by George Novack is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. The excerpt is from the article “From Lenin to Castro: The role of the individual in history making.” In it Novack deals with…


‘Hands off Cuba’ protests spread across the United States

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

ATLANTA — Twenty-two people joined a busy downtown street protest here Feb. 17 with signs demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba” and “No economic blockade.” The Socialist Workers Party and the Democratic Socialists of America Cuba Solidarity Working Group co-sponsored the…


Do workers see their wages ‘blowing past expectations’?

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Corporate profits jumped 43% while workers’ wages stood still over the past six years.

“Hiring rebounded in January,” proclaimed a headline in the Feb. 12 Wall Street Journal, hailing the Labor Department’s announcement that 130,000 jobs were created that month. This “blew past expectations,” the Financial Times enthused, “signaling that the labour market is…


Syrian gov’t deals blows to Kurds right to self-determination

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

The fight of Kurds for self-determination was dealt serious blows when Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa sent forces in January to seize the autonomous zone controlled for years by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria. Washington backed al-Sharaa’s move…


Ambassador Yuri Gala López explains Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

“U.S. government policy of hostility toward Cuba has been in place since the very triumph of the Cuban Revolution back in January 1959,” Yuri Gala López, deputy permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations, told a Feb. 15 webinar…


Cultural events show dignity of Cuban people in face of US threats

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Valentine’s Day peña (cultural celebration) was organized by the University for Older Adults in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Feb. 14. Above, part of the audience with singer who also presided over the event; inset, another singer who also performed at the peña.

HAVANA — Militant reporters joined 75 people for a poetry reading at a popular cultural center here Feb. 13. The next day we were invited to a Valentine’s Day peña (cultural performance) hosted by members of the University for Older…