Why are the US rulers out to take over Greenland?

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

President Donald Trump is seeking to expand the military reach of the U.S. rulers in the Arctic by taking control of key locations in Greenland. Washington is preparing for more and deadlier wars to come, reasserting its domination across the…


Despite brutal repression, Iran’s toilers find ways to renew protests

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
More than 1,000 people attend Jan. 11 funeral for teenager Alireza Seydi in Abdanan in Iran’s Ilam province, one of thousands massacred by the regime just days before. Unions, oppressed nationalities refuse to be cowed. They are demanding regime release all political prisoners.

More information is coming out about the number of protesters slaughtered by the bourgeois-clerical regime in Iran Jan. 8-9. The Human Rights Activists News Agency has confirmed 5,459 deaths and is investigating 17,000 more. Two Iranian health ministry officials told…


The SWP and the fight to defend rights the working class needs

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Mass arrests of union, communist militants during 1920 “Palmer Raids” under Democratic President Woodrow Wilson led to arrests of up to 10,000, politically motivated deportations.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January is 50 Years of Covert Operations in the US: Washington’s Political Police and the American Working Class by Larry Seigle, Farrell Dobbs and Steve Clark. It explains how the U.S. rulers…


Road to forging a fighting labor movement

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

The defense of the millions of workers without papers is a front-line battle for all workers, which must be taken up and led by the unions. Because of the bosses’ insatiable need for labor, immigration has grown, and native-born and…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

February 5, 2001 LUTON, England — Ten thousand working people marched here Jan. 20 to protest the decision by General Motors to cut 10,000 jobs at plants across North America and Europe. Workers reported plans for plant-gate demonstrations in Portugal,…


Washington is deepening its domination in the Middle East

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

After imposing a ceasefire in Gaza, blocking Israel from defeating Hamas decisively, the Donald Trump administration is making further shifts to advance U.S. imperialist interests in the Middle East. This includes pursuing profits from its expanding presence as well as…


Imperialism’s growing drive to war marks Davos debates

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

Heated tensions between Washington and rival ruling class spokespeople in Europe were on show at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21-22. The annual gathering exposed the reality of the cut-throat relations that increasingly mark the fraying imperialist…


Moscow targets working people in Ukraine, bombs out power and heat

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Rail and other maintenance workers came from across Ukraine to volunteer in Kyiv repairing heating and power facilities damaged by massive drone and missile assaults by Moscow.

Ukrainian and U.S. officials met with Russian military representatives in Abu Dhabi Jan. 23-24 on terms to bring Moscow’s nearly four-year-long war on Ukraine to an end. At the same time, the Kremlin launched over 370 attack drones and 21…



US rulers deepen control over oil in Venezuela, cut delivery to China

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

Following Washington’s assault on Venezuela, killing more than 100 Venezuelans and 32 Cubans there, and kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas Jan. 15 to meet with new Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez. The meeting focused on…