Mass march in San Francisco protests rise of anti-Semitism

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024
March 3 demonstration in San Francisco protesting rise in acts of Jew-hatred in the Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO — Braving intermittent downpours, thousands turned out March 3 for the “Unity Against Antisemitism” march and rally in San Francisco. It was a strong, confident answer to the surge of Jew-hating actions in California in recent weeks. The…


Forum in New Jersey takes up Ukraine fight for sovereignty

Vol. 88/No. 11 - March 18, 2024
Tens of thousands at Alexei Navalny’s March 1 funeral in Moscow march to cemetery, chant “No to war!” and “Russia will be free!” It was the largest protest against the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin since he launched his invasion of Ukraine two years ago

UNION CITY, N.J. — “Look at the pictures of tens of thousands of people chanting slogans at the funeral for Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny,” John Studer, editor of the Militant, told a Militant Labor Forum here March 2. That’s…




Pathfinder books win widespread interest at Havana Int’l Book Fair

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024
Visitors crowd into central bookstore for Cuban publishers at Havana International Book Fair Feb. 24. Foreign and other Cuban publishers had stalls elsewhere around the book fair grounds.

HAVANA — The Pathfinder stand at the Havana International Book Fair was a center for nonstop discussion, as it has been for a quarter century. Hundreds of people came looking for books about the crisis-wracked capitalist world today, the history…



Fidel Castro: ‘Che’s ideas are absolutely relevant today’

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024
Havana, November 1961. Che Guevara, minister of industry, gives “Territory Free of Illiteracy” banner to workers at paint factory. “We’re not trying to set a world record,” he said. “We’re teaching people to read and write so you can learn other things, and combine study and work.”

The following excerpts are from the speech by Fidel Castro on Oct. 8, 1987, at the main ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Ernesto Che Guevara, held at the newly completed electronic components factory in Pinar del…


Teamsters on first strike ever at Molson Coors in Fort Worth

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas — Over 100 spirited Teamsters Local 997 strikers lined the pavement in front of the Molson Coors plant here, which the bosses recently fenced off. The workers went on strike Feb. 17 after failing to reach a…


Hospital workers in London strike for withheld pay

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

LONDON — Hospital workers, members of the Unite union, held a lively strike picket line here Feb. 20 on the busy main road by the entrance to the Royal London Hospital, part of the Barts NHS Trust chain, the largest…


Bus drivers strike in Virginia for higher wages, safety on the job

Vol. 88/No. 10 - March 11, 2024

FAIRFAX, Va. — Over 600 bus drivers and mechanics, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, went on strike here Feb. 22 against Transdev, a contractor for Fairfax Connector bus company. The strikers have been fighting for a new contract…