Free Ed Poindexter, former Black Panther framed up 53 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

LINCOLN, Neb. — This coming Aug. 31 marks 53 years 78-year-old Edward Poindexter will have been in prison. A number of organizations that support prisoners’ rights are reporting Poindexter’s left leg was amputated below the knee recently. Neither his family…


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,…


Rail unions: ‘Bosses drive for profits cause of derailments’

East Palestine protests demand health care, control
Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Town hall meeting in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2023, 12 days after toxic train disaster. Residents won support of rail unionists in their fight to gain control over cleanup, health care.

Working people in and around East Palestine, Ohio, refuse to be helpless victims. They’re organizing and protesting, demanding control over the ongoing cleanup and long-term health care following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern railroad derailment and release of toxic chemicals.…


Warrior Met miners protest at Vanguard Group headquarters

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
United Mine Workers and supporters demonstrate at Vanguard Group investment company in Malvern, Pennsylvania, June 6, demanding Warrior Met Coal rehire miners with union intact.

MALVERN, Pa. — Several hundred United Mine Workers of America members and retirees and other unionists demonstrated at the Vanguard Group investment company headquarters here June 6 in solidarity with Warrior Met Coal union members. They are demanding to be…