Electrical workers in Louisville reject bosses’ contract offer

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Members of the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communication Workers of America Local 83761 at GE Appliances here rejected the bosses’ new contract offer by 73% Dec. 11. The current contract expires at the end of the year.…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

December 27, 1999 Forces defending the Chechen capital of Grozny dealt a blow to Russian troops who entered the city Dec. 15, attacking a tank column and leaving an estimated 100 Russian soldiers dead. The pitched battle was the first…


Martial law overturned in South Korea, president is impeached

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

South Korea’s political crisis — triggered by a short-lived move by then President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law — entered a new stage Dec. 14 as he was impeached by the National Assembly. Over 200,000 people protesting outside…



Dominican gov’t deports thousands of Haitian workers

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

More than 71,000 Haitian immigrants and others have been deported to Haiti by the government of the Dominican Republic since October. Trucks fitted with metal cages normally used for livestock line up every morning at the Elías Piña border between…


Canada Post strikers fight gov’t order to return to work

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

MONTREAL — After Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon Dec. 13 called on the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to order back to work the 55,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers members on strike, the union denounced “this assault on our constitutionally protected…


Malcolm X: ‘Learn to see, listen and think for yourself’

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Malcolm X with Black youth at Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama, Feb. 3, 1965. He addressed several thousand students amid ongoing mass protests to overthrow Jim Crow segregation.

Malcolm X Talks to Young People is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. As his evolution accelerated in the last year of his life, Malcolm emerged as the authentic voice of the forces of the coming American…


The defense of constitutional freedoms key in class struggle

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024

Defending freedom of speech, assembly, religion, the right to bear arms and other constitutional rights from attack by the rulers and the FBI remains at the center of working-class politics today. These freedoms provide working people with protection from government…


Australia rally protests attack on synagogues, Jewish homes

Vol. 88/No. 49 - December 30, 2024
Rally in Sydney Dec. 15 condemns arson attack gutting Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne and harassment of congregation at city’s Great Synagogue by Hamas supporters.

SYDNEY — Members of the Jewish community here made it clear they will not be intimidated as more than 2,000 turned out for a rally Dec. 15 to condemn recent attacks on Jews and synagogues. Four days earlier, homes in…