Workers in Iran boo the regime, Hamas

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023

Opposition to Hamas is more widespread in Muslim countries than is presented in the liberal bourgeois press. While actions backing Hamas have been held in Egypt, Morocco and elsewhere, an explosion of protests against Israel in Arab countries hasn’t materialized.…


Dominican, Haitian sugarcane workers discuss road forward

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023
Sugarcane workers send solidarity message to strikers at International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, from Nov. 6-11 conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Members and supporters of the Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC) held a conference here Nov. 6-11 to discuss and win support for their fight for retirement pensions. Dozens of Haitian and Dominican sugarcane workers, women as…


Thousands rally in London against Hamas pogrom

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023

LONDON — “Never again is now” and “Bring them home now” were raised by thousands at a lively rally on Whitehall here Nov. 19 demanding the release of the hostages seized by Hamas Oct. 7. The vigil was called by…


Trotsky: ‘Our hope rests on unleashing the European revolution’

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023
Leon Trotsky, commander of the Soviet army after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, addresses Red Guard combatants in 1918. The Bolsheviks, Trotsky said, pinned their hopes on the Russian Revolution inspiring toilers across Europe to emulate their example and take political power.

Leon Trotsky Speaks is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The excerpt is from “The Organization of Power,” Trotsky’s Oct. 26, 1917, defense of the Bolshevik Revolution, which he helped lead. The Second Congress of the Soviets,…


Unions need to fight against Jew-hatred

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023

Statement by Laura Garza, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from California, Nov. 21. The systematic slaughter of 1,200 Jews by Hamas, backed by the counterrevolutionary regime in Tehran Oct. 7 marks a watershed in world politics, accelerating the…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023

December 7, 1998 During the sixth national congress of the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba, held in Havana November 5-7, Cuban President Fidel Castro talked with journalists from the Cuban press. “In Cuba we had to create a…


Portland teachers walk out, their first strike ever

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party participating in the Portland Book Festival Nov. 4 took advantage of the opportunity to bring solidarity to two strikes in the area. The first-ever strike by members of the…


Road to end Jew-hating violence is for workers to take power

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
In 1939 hundreds of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution on the ship St. Louis were forced back to Europe after Washington and Ottawa denied them entry. Many died in the Holocaust. Imperialist powers bar on Jews before, during, after the war helped lead to creation of Israel.

Below is an excerpt from the review of the new edition of   The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon published in the Feb. 1, 2021, issue of the Militant. It has been updated since Hamas’ Oct. 7…


200,000 rally against Jew-hatred
Back existence of Israel as refuge for Jews

Washington marchers say: No to cease-fire, prevent more pogroms
Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023
Massive nationwide rally in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14 defends Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews, demands release of hostages held by Hamas and protests growing antisemitic attacks.

WASHINGTON — Some 200,000 protesters from across the country came out on the National Mall here Nov. 14 to rally against the Tehran-organized-and-backed Hamas slaughter of over 1,200 people in Israel Oct. 7, overwhelmingly Jewish. The banner at the front…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

November 30, 1998 PITTSBURGH — The return of UN “inspectors” to Baghdad — under the guise of “hunting for weapons of mass destruction” — sets the stage for more provocations, which Washington will use as a pretext to launch a…