Che: ‘Moncada attack was beginning of Cuba’s revolution’

Vol. 84/No. 29 - July 27, 2020

Che Guevara Speaks by Ernesto Che Guevara is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. Che, born in Argentina, became a central leader of the Cuban Revolution and one of the outstanding communists of the 20th century. The…


Columbus voyage to Americas opened door to social progress

‘Discovery of roads of the world was clouded by the enormous crime of conquest’
Vol. 84/No. 29 - July 27, 2020
Folding-screen mural painted in 1976 by Mexican painter Roberto Cueva del Río depicts meeting between Aztec ruler Moctezuma II and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés some 500 years ago.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, a statue of Italian-born seafarer Christopher Columbus, the first European to discover the Americas in 1492, was pulled down and thrown into the Baltimore harbor. Another, presented by Italian-Americans to the city of Waterbury,…


Correction

Vol. 84/No. 29 - July 27, 2020

In issue no. 27, the article “SWP 2020 Campaign Presents Fighting Working-Class Program,” should have said Aug. 5 is the filing deadline to submit signatures to place Omari Musa on the ballot for District of Columbia Delegate to Congress. In…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 84/No. 29 - July 27, 2020

August 7, 1995 The decision by President Jacques Chirac in France to resume nuclear weapons testing on Moruroa, one of its colonial possessions in the Pacific, should be roundly condemned by working people throughout the world.  Some 50,000 people in…


Support strikes, protests against police brutality! Fight for jobs!

Vol. 84/No. 28 - July 20, 2020

Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, issued the following statement July 8. Malcolm Jarrett is the party’s candidate for vice president. Striking shipyard workers in Bath, Maine; nurses walking the picket line for jobs and sick pay in…


Workers will develop a movement of their own, a labor party

Vol. 84/No. 28 - July 20, 2020
Workers in Baltimore battle state troopers as 1877 rail workers battle became first nationwide strike in U.S. history. Karl Marx called it “first eruption since the Civil War against the associated oligarchy of capital.” Out of 1884-86 struggles, unions took steps to form a labor party.

Revolutionary Continuity: The Early Years 1848-1917 by Farrell Dobbs is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. This is the first of two volumes that document the birth and growth of the communist movement in the U.S. Dobbs…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 84/No. 28 - July 20, 2020

July 24, 1995 The unveiling of a black granite monument in Okinawa, June 23, marked the 50th anniversary of the battle that ended with Washington’s seizure of the island from Tokyo toward the end of World War II. The markers,…



25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 84/No. 27 - July 13, 2020

July 24, 1995 DECATUR, Illinois — Members of the United Auto Workers on strike against Caterpillar took advantage of the one-year anniversary of their walkout to show their determination to continue the fight. Several days of expanded picket-line activity were…


Demand jobs program to put millions back to work!

Vol. 84/No. 27 - July 13, 2020

 Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, issued the following statement July 1. Malcolm Jarrett is the party’s candidate for vice president. Workers today confront rising competition among our class for jobs amid massive unemployment, a result of the…