Malcolm X aimed to wake people up to their own ‘self-worth’

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026
Malcolm X spoke to thousands at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Feb. 3, 1965. Then SNCC Black rights fighters took the revolutionary leader to speak in Selma, where a sharp battle was raging.

To mark Black History Month, Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February features Malcolm X on Afro-American History by the most outstanding leader of the Black liberation struggle in the U.S. The book contains speeches and other selections from Malcolm…



After 4 crashes, 45 dead, Spain rail union calls three-day strike

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

A collision between two high-speed passenger trains in Andalusia, in southern Spain, Jan. 18 left 45 people dead and at least 150 injured. In the week after the disaster, three other crashes took place. The Spanish Railroad Engineers and Trainmen’s…


SWP campaigns against gov’t attacks on immigrant workers

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

As protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ attacks, arrests and brutality against immigrants, and those who come out to support them, spread, growing numbers of unionists and others have looked to come to their aid. Socialist Workers Party members…


US rulers send armada to Iran, demand gov’t give up nukes

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

Seeking to repeat the kind of gunboat diplomacy Washington used to make substantial gains in Venezuela, President Donald Trump has now sent a large armada to the Middle East. He hopes the threat of military action will convince Tehran to…


Fight for amnesty for all immigrants in the US!

Protests against ICE arrests, deportations spread
Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026
Thousands joined nationwide protests Jan. 23 to defend rights of immigrant workers against ICE assaults. Above, union-sponsored march in Minneapolis set disciplined, peaceful example.

Unions help build Minneapolis protests to unite working class MINNEAPOLIS — Across the country last week unionists, high school students and others marched to defend the rights of immigrants to live and work in the U.S. From Chester, New York,…


Deaths in US mines rise as bosses push to boost profits

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

PITTSBURGH — The coal mining bosses reported 33 miners were killed in industrial accidents in 2025, up 27% from 2024, when the Mine Safety and Health Administration reported 26 miners died on the job. The majority of last year’s fatalities…


Moscow drone strikes kill 12 Ukraine coal miners

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026
Moscow drone strikes kill 12 Ukraine coal miners

Drone strikes by Moscow killed 12 coal miners and injured 16 more in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region Feb. 1. In the “double tap” attack, the Russian pilot of an Iranian-made drone targeted a bus with workers coming off their shift from…


US HANDS OFF CUBA!
END WASHINGTON’S ECONOMIC BLOCKADE!

A Call to Action by the Socialist Workers Party
Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

The following statement was released February 7, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee. There’s a pressing need today for a call to action by working people to oppose…


Court blocks gov’t move to revoke TPS for Haitians

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

On Feb. 2, federal Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Donald Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status from some 350,000 Haitians in the U.S. This means they can stay and work here. In the last month a number of union-backed…