Locked-out Marathon refinery workers fight for safety

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

MARTINEZ, Calif. — Locked-out members of United Steelworkers Local 5 here are picketing 24/7 at the North and South Gates of Marathon’s biofuels refinery. Over 100 workers went on strike April 27 and then were locked out by Marathon bosses…


85th anniversary of Babyn Yar pogrom is marked in Ukraine

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Ceremony at Menorah Memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 29, on 85th anniversary of “Holocaust by bullets” at Babyn Yar, where 33,000 Jews were shot, buried in a ravine by Nazi occupiers.

The 85th anniversary of the “Holocaust by bullets,” one of the worst single atrocities by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, was commemorated at Babyn Yar on the outskirts of Kyiv Sept. 29. Less than two weeks after the German imperialist army…


Ukraine unions call for solidarity in face of Moscow’s bombs

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

The Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NGPU) issued an urgent appeal Oct. 2 for “strengthened international solidarity with Ukrainian workers and trade unions amid the continuing escalation of Russian attacks.” This follows a similar appeal two days earlier…



Solidarity with BP oil workers, locked out for over 6 months!

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Locked-out BP oil refinery workers in Whiting, Indiana, gather for news conference Oct. 2 at USW Local 7-1 hall to protest move by bosses to end workers’ unemployment benefits.

WHITING, Ind. — The 800 oil refinery workers locked out by BP in March, after they overwhelmingly rejected the company’s “last, best, and final” offer, have been picketing the refinery for more than six months. Their slogan is “One day…


Montreal protest says: ‘End US blockade of Cuba!’

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

MONTREAL — Some 50 people picketed in front of the busy Berri-UQAM subway station here Oct. 1 in an action in defense of Cuba called by the Quebec-Cuba Solidarity Roundtable. They called for the Canadian government to oppose the U.S.…



Women’s oppression was born with the rise of class society

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Contingent in International Women’s Day march, Wollongong, Australia, March 1984. Successful fight forced Port Kembla BHP steelworks to end ban and hire hundreds of women.

Is Biology Woman’s Destiny? by Evelyn Reed is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Reed was a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, an author and spokeswoman for the party in the 1960s and early ’70s in…


Cuban people defend their revolution! US hands off!

Washington tightens blockade against Cuba
Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
People hold images of Raúl Castro, leader of Cuban Revolution, as thousands rallied in Havana May 22 to protest Washington’s oil blockade of Cuba and to defend their socialist revolution.

Washington adds new bans on trade and travel to Cuba The Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed expanded sanctions against Cuba that took effect Sept. 30, tightening Washington’s squeeze on the Cuban people and its drive to overturn the country’s…


Cubans collaborate to ease conditions, show movies

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Cuban film institute is deploying mobile cinemas, using generators and solar power, to Havana, rural, working-class communities across Cuba. Initiative’s roots lie in early days of revolution.

Working people in Cuba are coming together to take initiatives to combat the effects of the U.S. rulers’ brutal oil blockade and crippling sanctions. An important part of this effort is the re-launching of mobile cinemas around the country by…