‘Malcolm was a revolutionary leader of the working class’

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

Below is an excerpt from a talk by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, titled “Malcolm X: Revolutionary Leader of the Working Class.” It was given at a March 28, 1987, meeting in Atlanta, and is available…


Arbery verdict: Guilty

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

As we go to press, the jury in the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, an African American jogger, near Brunswick, Georgia, returned its verdict Nov. 24. Travis McMichael was found guilty on all nine counts, including…


‘Capitalism contaminates land, sea and air for profit’

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

Below are excerpts from the Socialist Workers Party 2007 resolution “The Stewardship of Nature Also Falls to the Working Class: In Defense of Land and Labor.” It is available in issue no. 14 of New International, a magazine of Marxist…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

December 9, 1996 PITTSBURGH — Nearly 1,000 high school students marched and rallied here to protest the not guilty verdict acquitting John Vojtas, one of the policemen who had been on trial in the killing of Jonny Gammage in October…


SWP leads fight against FBI attacks on the working class

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021
FBI raid on SWP headquarters, June 27, 1941, saluted by Minneapolis dailies, was part of targeting party and Minneapolis Teamsters on eve of U.S. entry in second imperialist world war.

FBI on Trial: The Victory in the Socialist Workers Party Suit against Government Spying is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. It is about the SWP’s 1973-87 political and legal battle against decades of spying, harassment and…




Che joined fighters in Bolivia to advance the socialist revolution

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021
Militia during 1952 Bolivian national revolution. Decades of working-class struggles and a deepening prerevolutionary situation in southern countries of Latin America led Guevara to join Bolivian fighters in 1966 in an effort to begin socialist revolution across the continent.

Pombo: A Man of Che’s guerrilla: With Che Guevara in Bolivia 1966-68 by Harry Villegas is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. Villegas became a combatant in the Rebel Army of the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021

December 2, 1996 Days after his reelection, William Clinton began preparations to cut Medicare and Social Security under the banner of balancing the federal budget. In doing so, the Democratic president is pushing for a bipartisan agreement with the leaders…