25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

December 6, 1999 In the coal fields today miners are fighting against bosses attempts to gut the lifetime health benefits they won in struggle. Truck drivers are walking the picket lines to win a union at the largest nonunion trucking…


Torture videos show Hamas’ systematic brutality in Gaza

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Clip from 2019 video shot by Hamas in Jabaliya of prisoner being tortured by Hamas thugs. Along with goal of killing Jews, Hamas has brutalized Palestinians in Gaza since seizing power.

A video of Hamas thugs torturing Palestinians in Gaza is graphic proof that far from being a liberation movement, Hamas is one of the biggest obstacles Palestinian workers and farmers face to be able to defend their class and national…


Workers in Australia protest gov’t takeover of construction union

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

SYDNEY — Over 2,000 construction, electrical and other union workers and their supporters marched and rallied Nov. 12 at the state Parliament here to protest the federal government takeover of the construction division of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees…


The working class put its stamp on the 2024 elections

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Hotel workers rally in San Francisco Sept. 2. Hotel workers, port workers, unionists around the country are fighting for higher wages, defense against inflation, more hiring, livable schedules. Before and since elections, more workers are using unions to fight attacks by bosses, gov’t.

LOS ANGELES — “Given the events over the last couple days, it is necessary to begin this forum by describing the virulent attack on Jews in Amsterdam Nov. 7, and what it portends,” Norton Sandler, a member of the Socialist…


Cuban Revolution forged in ‘extraordinary school of experience’

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024
Che Guevara at First Latin American Youth Congress, July 28, 1960, in Havana. Led by Fidel Castro, millions of workers and peasants took political power and made a socialist revolution.

Che Guevara Talks to Young People is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. Ernesto Che Guevara was a young Argentine-born fighter who joined Fidel Castro and his Rebel Army to become an outstanding leader of the Cuban…


Israeli blows to Hezbollah key in fight vs. Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

Israeli blows to Hezbollah in Lebanon have been so devastating that the Jew-hating group — and its backers in Tehran — made it clear Nov. 18 that they are willing to withdraw to some 20 miles north of Israel’s border…


Welcome to our new readers!

Vol. 88/No. 45 - December 2, 2024

The Militant extends a warm welcome to the 1,316 readers who subscribed to the paper over the past eight weeks, part of a successful campaign to extend the reach of the paper, get out books by revolutionary working-class leaders and…