LONDON — The Communist League is standing party leader Jonathan Silberman in the Holborn and St. Pancras by-election here, to present a working-class road forward in the face of the sharpening attacks by the ruling class in Britain against workers…
ABINGDON, Va. — “It’s critically important to tell your stories,” Brandon Crum, a radiologist from Pikeville, Kentucky, told the more than 100 coal miners and others gathered at the National Black Lung Association meeting here Sept. 11. “We have momentum…
The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward by Jack Barnes, Mary-Alice Waters and Steve Clark is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. The excerpt is from the opening section…
Beijing continues to tighten the noose around free political expression in Hong Kong. For years, this had been the only place in China where public rallies could be held to commemorate Beijing’s 1989 military slaughter of Tiananmen Square protesters and…
MINNEAPOLIS — Over 60 hospice care workers, members of SEIU Healthcare of Minnesota and Iowa, began a seven-day strike Sept. 11 against Allina Health. These nurses provide end-of-life care in patient homes, assisted living centers and other facilities. A spirited…
“Redefining Your Silhouette” is the innocuous-sounding way one hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, advertised taking a scalpel to women’s bodies. What they’re talking about is “rib remodeling,” an invasive medical procedure promising to give women of all ages an “hourglass figure,”…
MONTREAL — The federal Liberal Party government of Mark Carney is leading a new round of attacks against immigrant workers in Canada, with political leaders at all levels of government following its lead. These attacks are meeting significant opposition from…
Just hours after Dolly Parton’s death Aug. 25, a cowardly anonymous vandal imposed a swastika on her photo on Wikipedia, along with the words, “Jew lover.” A look at Parton’s long history shows she was an unapologetic opponent of Jew-hatred…
On Aug. 24 Ukrainians around the world celebrated the 35th anniversary of the winning of their independence, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, arms in hand, they’re defending the country’s sovereignty and defying Russian President Vladimir Putin, who…
CINCINNATI — Nearly 40 comrades and friends came to the American Postal Workers Union hall Aug. 23 to join in celebrating the life and political contributions of Ned Measel, a cadre of the Socialist Workers Party for 48 years. Measel…
