Independence for Puerto Rico debated at June 22 UN hearing

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023
Nov. 27, 2022, protest in San Juan against U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico. Speakers at U.N. hearing described how U.S. exploitation has worsened economic, social crisis on the island.

UNITED NATIONS — “The political, economic and social model of colonialism in Puerto Rico has not only failed dismally, but every day it is rejected by more Puerto Ricans,” Adrián González, organization secretary of the Puerto Rican Independence Party, told…


UK abortion jailing poses fight to meet social needs of families

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023

LONDON — The jailing of Carla Foster for having an abortion during the eighth month of pregnancy has stirred discussion here about the broader impact of the deepening capitalist crisis on working people and the fight for women’s rights. Foster,…


Writers Guild strike over pay, jobs enters ninth week

Vol. 87/No. 25 - July 10, 2023
Writers Guild strike over pay, jobs enters ninth week

NEW YORK — More than 100 members and supporters of the Writers Guild of America rallied outside City Hall here June 22. Some 11,500 WGA members nationwide have been on strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers…


The Socialist Workers Party and defense of constitutional rights

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
FBI raid on SWP Minneapolis headquarters, June 27, 1941, hailed by bosses’ press, was aimed at party, Minneapolis Teamsters leaders as rulers prepared to enter World War II.

As the Democrats ravage constitutional freedoms in their drive to criminalize Donald Trump to stop him from running for president again, we feature FBI on Trial as one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for June. It contains the results…


Beijing bars Hong Kong protest to mark Tiananmen anniversary

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

In an effort to block a June 4 commemoration of those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, Hong Kong’s Victoria Park was filled with over 200 booths that weekend, part of a “Hometown Market Carnival.” That event was organized…


Weekly protest in Baluchistan hits Iran regime repression

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Weekly protest in Baluchistan hits Iran regime repression

For the 37th week in a row thousands took to the streets of Zahedan in the Baluchistan region of Iran June 16, above, to protest repression at the hands of the bourgeois clerical government, despite military helicopters flying overhead prior…


Memphis Bakery Workers strike over health care, overtime

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Bakery Worker unionists struck International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, June 4.

More than a year after their last contract ran out, nearly 200 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G went out on strike at International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee, June 4. The workers produce…



New indictment of Trump is assault on political rights all workers need

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

Dealing serious blows to constitutional freedoms, President Joseph Biden is using his Justice Department to escalate the Democrats’ drive to destroy former President Donald Trump. For the first time ever, a sitting president — who is also a candidate for…


Build solidarity for today’s union battles

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

Statement by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York City Council, June 21. Strike battles today, like those by members of the Writers Guild nationwide and Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G in Memphis, Tennessee,…