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25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018May 24, 1993 PENSACOLA, Florida — Chanting “We won’t back down” and “Choice Now,” more than 2,000 people marched through Pensacola May 8 to support abortion rights and protest the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed outside a…
Unions lead fight against racism, for working-class unity
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018Fighting Racism in World War II is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for May. This selection — “CIO Committee Fights Jim Crow” from the Nov. 4, 1944, Militant — is by Charles Jackson, the pen name for Dr.…
Education under capitalism is a class question
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018Below are excerpts from The Working Class and the Transformation of Learning: The Fraud of Education Reform Under Capitalism by SWP National Secretary Jack Barnes. Copyright © 2000 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permission. The purpose of education in class…
Revolution, counterrevolution and war in Iran: Social and political roots of workers’ protests that swept 90 cities and small towns
Militant Supplement on Iran
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018The article below corrects the initial weeks of Militant coverage of the large working-class protests that began in Mashhad, Iran, on Dec. 28 and swept some 90 cities and towns across the length and breadth of that country in…
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 82/No. 19 - May 14, 2018May 17, 1993 KAYENTA, Navajo Reservation, Arizona — United Mine Workers of America Local 1924 president Eugenie Bodonie told the Militant that the local’s membership voted unanimously to give eastern coal miners “full support in the BCOA [Bituminous Coal Operators…
Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, fund
Vol. 82/No. 19 - May 14, 201825, 50 and 75 Years Ago
Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018May 10, 1993 KENNETT SQUARE, Pennsylvania — Representing labor, church, student and community groups, 500 people marched through this town April 24 in support of striking mushroom workers. The march followed by a rally at a park next to the…
‘Summon masses to struggle against imperialism and war’
Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018Below is an excerpt from Lenin’s Struggle for a Revolutionary International, one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. In September 1916 the last national conference of the united Socialist Democratic Party of Germany took place before it split.…
Correction
Vol. 82/No. 18 - May 7, 2018The article “Lessons of 1979-83 Grenada Revolution Debated in UK,” in issue no. 16 incorrectly said that Fidel Castro’s remarks about Bernard Coard’s “Pol Pot-type group” were presented at a rally in Havana. Castro’s remarks were presented in a 1985…