25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

June 14, 1999 HAVANA, Cuba — “We’re not veterans — we’re combatants,” Brig. Gen. Gustavo Chui affirmed. “As members of the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution, we’re engaged in the day-to-day struggle for the unconditional defense of our…


‘I stand for socialism, Cuba, independence for Puerto Rico’

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024
March to U.S. Federal Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2006, protesting the FBI killing of Macheteros leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos and FBI raids on homes of pro-independence fighters. For decades the Puerto Rican people have fought to get out from under Uncle Sam’s boot.

Puerto Rico: Independence Is a Necessity by Rafael Cancel Miranda is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, will be representing the party, speaking before the U.N. commission on…


Letter

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

Pleased to learn about the Socialist Workers Party I recently subscribed to the Militant, and I am pleased to discover the existence of the Socialist Workers Party. The open antisemitism of the (Stalinist) CPUSA drove me away from it, when…


Corrections

Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024

The headline in an article in issue no. 23 misstated that “Oberlin College fired lacrosse coach for saying, ‘Women’s sports are for women.’” Former Oberlin College lacrosse coach Kim Russell was not fired. She was removed from coaching duties in…


Richter: ‘Glencoe native running for vice president’

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

The following is an excerpt from an interview with Dennis Richter by Owen Elle, editor of the weekly McLeod County Chronicle published in Minnesota. The article ran on the front page May 24. Glencoe native Dennis Richter is running as…


Imperialist war deepens political crises, revolutionary prospects

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024
Meeting of 800 demanding release of 18 members of SWP and Minneapolis Teamsters union, who were framed up and imprisoned in 1944-45 for opposing imperialist rulers’ war drive.

The Socialist Workers Party in World War II: Writings and Speeches, 1940-43 by James P. Cannon is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. In his Oct. 2, 1942, report, “The workers and the Second World War,” excerpted…


FBI is the capitalist rulers’ political police

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

Below is an excerpt from the Socialist Workers Party 2022 Political Resolution, printed in The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. It describes the consolidation of the FBI as the rulers’ main…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 23 - June 10, 2024

June 14, 1999 President William Clinton and NATO commanders are continuing their brutal assault on the working class of Yugoslavia. We urge our readers to join in actions demanding an immediate halt to the bombing and the removal of all…


Join fight to overturn ban on ‘Militant’ in Florida prison

Vol. 88/No. 22 - June 3, 2024

Prison officials in Florida have banned an issue of the Militant in violation of inmates’ constitutional rights and the right of the Militant to reach its subscribers behind bars. Aided by the Militant’s attorney, David Goldstein, we are fighting to…