Refuse workers vote to continue their hard-fought strike in the UK

Vol. 89/No. 23 - July 7, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — The nearly 400 refuse workers employed by the Birmingham City Council, members of Unite the Union, voted overwhelmingly to maintain their strike action, the union reported June 5. Workers voted by 97% in favor on a 75%…


Back Ukraine fight for national sovereignty, defend the unions

Vol. 89/No. 23 - July 7, 2025
Drones, missiles hit Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, May 24. Moscow’s attacks consist of murderous bombing of civilians across the country. Despite assaults, Ukraine people resist courageously.

After seizing Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in Ukraine 11 years ago, and over three years since his full-scale invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to inflict as much pain as possible targeting Ukraine’s cities all…



Frame-ups, brutality: The norm for US cops under capitalism

Vol. 89/No. 23 - July 7, 2025
Cops fire on truck drivers’ picket during Teamsters Local 574 strike in Minneapolis in July 1934. Henry Ness and John Belor were killed in the ambush, 48 other pickets were wounded.

Notebook of an Agitator: From the Wobblies to the Fight Against the Korean War and McCarthyism by James P. Cannon is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. Cannon, then Socialist Workers Party national secretary, was one of…





Moscow sharply escalates the bombing of civilians in Ukraine

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
Nataliia Hrabarchuk, a former kindergarten teacher, used portable air defense missile system to down Russian cruise missile with her first shot in combat. Over 70,000 women currently serve in the Ukrainian military, a 20% increase since 2022. Over 5,500 are at the front.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime is escalating its murderous bombing campaign, deliberately targeting civilians in cities and towns across Ukraine. Moscow’s attempt to conquer the country is largely stalled, with its forces continuing to try to push forward at a…


SWP to file New Jersey petitions for ballot

Vol. 89/No. 22 - June 9, 2025
SWP to file New Jersey petitions for ballot

UNION CITY, N.J. — “We campaigned around the state collecting almost 3,200 signatures, showing the widespread support among workers for the Socialist Workers Party to be on the ballot,” Joanne Kuniansky, above, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor, told the…