Mass anti-Vietnam War protests changed face of US politics

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022
United Auto Workers contingent in May 5, 1971, mass demonstration in New York. Many workers, then some unions, became involved in fight against Washington’s war in Indochina.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for August is Out Now! A Participant’s Account of the Movement in the U.S. Against the Vietnam War by Fred Halstead. Representing the Socialist Workers Party, Halstead helped lead the international protest movement.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

August 25, 1997 HAVANA — Tens of thousands of young people filled the Panamerican stadium here August 5 for the closing ceremony of the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students. Among them were most of the 12,335 delegates from…


Letters

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

Delight with your article I want to express my sincere gratitude and delight at reading the excellently written Aug. 8 Militant article entitled “National Federation of Blind traces its aims, history, fight for rights.” Jane Roland and others captured the…


No to Democrats’ assaults on constitutional rights!

Vol. 86/No. 31 - August 22, 2022

The armed raid by the FBI, on the home of former President Donald Trump in Florida Aug. 8, deals blows to rights in the U.S. Constitution that provide vital protection against state interference in political and trade union activity. These…



Need more Militants!

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

Thank you so much for the free subscription to the Militant. It was well read, with at least six men reading it thoroughly and many others perusing it. It certainly provoked political conversations in here, a place where politics is…


No to nuclear arms! Emulate Cuba’s example

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

On Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. capitalist rulers unleashed a nuclear inferno on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were instantly incinerated or died agonizing deaths from burns and radiation poisoning.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022

August 25, 1997, Supplement In the face of an all-out assault by United Parcel Service, 185,000 striking Teamster members are standing firm against the nation’s largest delivery company. Rallies in support of the striking Teamsters have been taking place across…



1969 ‘Cordobazo’ in Argentina posed working class taking power

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Workers’ uprising in Córdoba, Argentina, May 1969. Agustín Tosco, left in front, a leader of the “Cordobazo,” was a class-struggle-minded worker and secretary of energy workers union Luz y Fuerza (Light and Power). What was missing was a revolutionary party and leadership.

This special feature is from The Leninist Strategy of Party Building: The Debate on Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America by Joseph Hansen, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, cited in last week’s article, “Argentine military officer found guilty for…