Israel fights to defend its existence as a refuge for Jews

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

Since March 2 Israel has launched airstrikes and ground attacks dealing blows to Hezbollah, after the Tehran-backed group unleashed missiles from Lebanon at civilian populations in Israel. Like its patrons in Tehran, and fellow “axis of resistance” forces in Iraq,…


SWP NJ ballot drive finds real interest in party, program

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

UNION CITY, N.J. — Two and a half weeks into the campaign to win ballot status for the Socialist Workers Party in New Jersey, SWP campaigners are finding serious interest in the party’s program and candidates as they speak out…


Rally in Quebec calls for defense of immigrants’ rights

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec — Hundreds protested here April 12 outside the leadership convention of the province’s governing party, the Coalition for the Future of Quebec (CAQ). Protesters included ambulance drivers, organized by the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), who have…


Bay of Pigs: Washington’s first military defeat in the Americas

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026
Cuban militia members celebrate after April 1961 victory over U.S.-sponsored mercenary force, helping transform their country, themselves as they set example for workers worldwide.

Playa Girón/Bay of Pigs 1961: Washington’s First Military Defeat in the Americas by Fidel Castro and José Ramón Fernández is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. This year is the 65th anniversary of this victory by Cuban…


SWP candidates: Tribunes of the people

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

The candidates of the Socialist Workers Party are the only voice in the 2026 elections that champion workers’ struggles for a better life in the face of the rulers’ attacks at home and speak out against their bloody wars abroad.…


Court: Vindictive prison transfer unconstitutional

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

In a legal victory based on the constitutional right to due process, U.S. Federal Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington, D.C., blocked the Department of Justice from transferring 20 former death row prisoners to the only federal “supermax” prison in the…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 16 - April 27, 2026

April 23, 2001 HAVANA — “The antiaircraft gunners who fought at Playa Girón were almost all 15, 16, 17 years old. At 22, I was one of the oldest,” said Enrique Dorta, a colonel in Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces, who…


Get all US troops, bombers, warships out of the Mideast!

Washington seeks to dominate, plunder the region
Vol. 90/No. 15 - April 20, 2026
Bridge under construction to link Tehran and Karaj, Iran, was heavily damaged in U.S. airstrike April 2. Washington threatened to destroy Iranian infrastructure, electric grid and bridges.

Shaky ceasefire agreed on, but fighting still continues Tehran and Washington agreed to a two-week ceasefire April 7 just an hour before the deadline set by President Donald Trump. He threatened the U.S. military would bomb Iran’s electric power stations,…


Stakes for working people in fight to end Mideast war

Vol. 90/No. 15 - April 20, 2026

The shaky two-week ceasefire reached by Washington and Tehran April 7 is a further step along the course pursued by the U.S. rulers to impose a “Pax Americana” across the Middle East. The same thing was true of the shaky…