Cuba’s women made ‘a revolution within the revolution’

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Women and the Cuban Revolution, which includes speeches and documents by Fidel Castro, Vilma Espín and others, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. The excerpt below is from “The Revolution Within the Revolution,” a December 1966…


Back fight for Puerto Rico independence!

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Statement by Sara Lobman for the Socialist Workers Party to the hearing of the U.N. Special Committee on Decolonization of Puerto Rico, June 20, 2022. Distinguished chairperson and committee members: My name is Sara Lobman. I am the Socialist Workers…


We need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022

Statement by Lea Sherman, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress from New Jersey, June 22. Working people face high stakes in defending ourselves and our families from rampant price hikes and boss attacks today. The threat of an economic…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022

July 7, 1997 LONDON — Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and chief negotiator Martin McGuinness were elected May 1 to the U.K. Parliament. In response to the gains made by the Republicans in the recent elections, London briefly reopened bilateral…




From prison, Cannon proposed SWP expand reach of ‘Militant’

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022
Workers picket General Motors plant in Michigan, part of 1945-46 nationwide 113-day strike by 320,000 United Auto Workers members. Socialist Workers Party leader James P. Cannon, jailed for SWP’s revolutionary program, wrote to help prepare party for bold campaign with Militant as rising labor battles began as World War II ended.

Letters from Prison: A Revolutionary Party Prepares for Post-WWII Labor Battles by James P. Cannon, a founding leader of the Socialist Workers Party, is one of June’s Books of the Month. Cannon, with 17 other cadres of the SWP and…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 23 - June 13, 2022

June 23, 1997 In his recent travels, president William Clinton has been touting the Marshall Plan between 1948 and 1951 as a model for peace and economic development. Under this scheme, the U.S. rulers provided $13 billion in loans to…


Women played the leading role in prehistoric society

Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022

Woman’s Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family by Evelyn Reed is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Reed (1905-79) was a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and participant in the women’s liberation movement of…


Get Moscow out of Ukraine, all of Ukraine!

Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022

Workers worldwide have a big stake in the courageous struggle waged by working people in Ukraine to defend their country’s independence and defeat Moscow’s invasion. But the people of Ukraine may have a “peace” settlement forced on them that leaves…