Thousands protest in Haiti as gasoline price doubles

Vol. 86/No. 36 - October 3, 2022
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Thousands have taken to the streets in Haiti over the last three weeks since the government announced the price of gasoline would more than double. Protesters blocked roads throughout the capital, Port-au-Prince. Schools and businesses closed as streets were blocked.…


1962 ‘missile’ crisis book tells story from Cuba’s side

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

Pathfinder Press has released a 60th anniversary printing of October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from Cuba. The full story of that moment is told for the first time from the perspective of the Cuban people, whose determination to…



Albert Woodfox, political fighter in solitary for 44 years

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

Albert Woodfox, a former Black Panther who emerged from nearly 44 years in solitary confinement as still a determined political fighter, died Aug. 4. He was 75. Released from jail in 2016, Woodfox published a book, Solitary: My Story of…


How the SWP forced out the truth about Washington’s political police

Vol. 86/No. 33 - September 12, 2022

There are stepped-up attacks today by the capitalist rulers, their political parties — the Democrats and Republicans — and the FBI against constitutional rights, rights that are crucial for the struggles of working people. These attacks can be defeated, and…




U.S. rulers step up economic war on revolutionary Cuba

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

On July 9 Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced another round of visa restrictions, barring 28 Cuban officials, including high-ranking members of the Cuban Communist Party, from being able to travel to the U.S. to participate in trade and political…


Protesters in China: ‘Give us back our life savings!’

Vol. 86/No. 27 - July 25, 2022

On July 10 Beijing authorities violently attacked a peaceful protest of more than 1,000 people outside the local branch of the People’s Bank of China in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province. They were demanding the government protect their rights…


Constitutional right to freedom of worship is upheld by court

Vol. 86/No. 27 - July 25, 2022
Blaine amendments, laws targeting state government aid to Catholic schools, were adopted during rise of anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry in the 19th century. They are still on books in 37 states. Drawing from 1871 depicts Catholic bishops as crocodiles looking to gobble up American schoolchildren.

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions protecting the constitutional right to freedom of worship are good for working people. At the same time, these rulings are attacked by liberals as reactionary and as a further reason why Democrats must win…