March 11, 1996 At a February 26 press conference, President William Clinton announced a new round of hostile measures against the socialist revolution in Cuba. These moves followed by two days the action of Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces in shooting…
Statement by Rebecca Williamson, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Seattle City Council, Feb. 17. I’m asking workers and our unions to spread the word and build solidarity with workers fighting against boss attacks today — from oil refinery workers battling…
March 4, 1996 The grim consequences of the rail bosses’ drive to increase productivity and profits through “cost cutting” measures have been driven home with deadly force this month. Eighteen people have been killed in rail accidents in 21 days.…
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February is Our Power Is That of the Working People: Building Socialism in Cuba, a collection of historic speeches by Fidel Castro, the central leader of Cuba’s revolution. The excerpt is from…
February 26, 1996 LOS ANGELES — José Luis Ponce, one of Cuba’s principal diplomatic spokespeople in the United States, conducted a speaking tour of southern California in early February. Ponce sketched the social gains of the Cuban revolution — in…
The Spanish edition of Lenin’s Final Fight: Speeches and Writings 1922-23 is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. In the final months of his active life, Vladimir Lenin, the central leader of the world’s first socialist revolution,…
Statement by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City mayor, Feb. 10. In the face of deepening boss attacks, government coronavirus lockdowns and with millions of us unemployed, workers are finding ways to stand up and fight…
The article “California Protesters: ‘Free Carlos Harris!’” printed in issue no. 5, says Harris’ “14-year sentence was doubled by the judge under the notorious ‘three strikes’ law.” More accurately, the sentence was illegally doubled. The 1994 law provided for doubling…
Statement by Joe Swanson, Socialist Workers Party City Council At-Large candidate in Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 3. Facing rising joblessness and boss assaults on our wages, hours and working conditions, working people need to defend the political rights we have wrested…
Socialism on Trial: Testimony at Minneapolis Sedition Trial by James P. Cannon is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. Cannon was the lead defendant among 18 leaders of the Socialist Workers Party and Minneapolis Teamsters union framed…
