‘Decisive battles for future of humanity will be fought in the US’

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025
Some 20,000 GIs meeting in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 15, 1946, demand they be demobilized and sent home. Protests prevented U.S. rulers, who emerged as victors out of the imperialist slaughter, from plan to send troops against revolutions unfolding in China, elsewhere in Asia.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March is The Struggle for Socialism in the “American Century”: Writings and Speeches, 1945-47 by James P. Cannon, then national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. The U.S. rulers, after a bloody…


Postal workers rally for new contracts and defense of jobs

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

“My son doesn’t understand why I came to the rally today,” Marsha Outly, a letter carrier in Chicago who retired after 32 years, told the Militant March 23. “I explained that I’m here for the farmers, for the elderly. They…


The road to unify the working class

Vol. 89/No. 13 - April 7, 2025

As the capitalist crisis deepens today, workers increasingly confront how can we come together to use the full strength of the working class and our unions to stand up to the employers’ assaults on our wages and working conditions and…


Hotel workers locked out in Montreal

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

MONTREAL — Some 600 workers at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN), have been locked out here since Nov. 20. This is the largest hotel in Quebec, with 950 rooms. Since the…


UK refuse workers strike wins support

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, England — Some 400 refuse workers, members of Unite the Union, are on strike here at three City Council-run depots. Pickets walk slowly in front of refuse trucks as they leave the depots, slowing down the bosses’ strikebreaking efforts.…


United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
United flight attendants rally across US for new contract

NEWARK, N.J. — Some 75 United Airlines flight attendants, members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and their supporters joined a spirited action at Newark Liberty International Airport here March 19. It was part of nearly 20 actions at airports…


NY US-Cuba conference says, ‘End Washington’s embargo!’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
“The U.S. does a lot of damage, but it will never achieve its main objective of bringing Cuba to its knees,” Cuban diplomat Yuri Gala López told New York conference March 15.

NEW YORK — More than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada participated in a two-day conference here March 15-16 to discuss what faces the Cuban people today and plan activities to press Washington to end its more than 65-year…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025

March 27, 2000 At the Barakova Mine in Ukraine, 81 miners were killed March 11 in one of the republic’s deadliest mining disasters. In addition to those killed, four escaped and several more were injured. Some 200 others escaped other…


End Moscow’s war! Support the sovereignty of Ukraine!

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Damage from March 19 Russian drone strike on civilian targets in Hostomel, near Kyiv, hours after phone call on ceasefire between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian working people are determined to keep fighting to defend their country’s sovereignty, and have largely stood their ground under assault from Moscow’s invading military over the past three years. The struggle continues as conflicts between ruling classes worldwide for…


‘Fight for workers power key to humanity moving forward’

Vol. 89/No. 12 - March 31, 2025
Paul Mailhot, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York, campaigns at March 15 union rally against government job cuts. Mailhot is seeking coverage in New York media.

Below is a March 13 letter to the editors of the New York Post by Paul Mailhot, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York. Pointing to the paper’s March 9 feature interview with Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists…