Legacy of colonial rule, crisis of capitalism fuel fighting in Sudan

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Legacy of colonial rule, crisis of capitalism fuel fighting in Sudan.

Bloody clashes between the Sudan government’s armed forces and now insurgent paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded April 15 in Khartoum, so far killing more than 1,000 civilians and wounding over 4,000. At root is the legacy of imperialist exploitation and…


Canada wildfires cover North America with huge toxic smog

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023

MONTREAL — In one of the worst wildfire seasons in Canada, over 2,600 forest fires have spread across the country, forcing more than 100,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. Hundreds of homes were destroyed as over 23,000 square…


‘Monroe Doctrine’ aided fight against colonial rule in the Americas

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Mural in Chihuahua, Mexico, depicts from left, Abraham Lincoln, leader of Union forces in 1861-65 U.S. Civil War; Benito Juárez, Mexican national hero who fought foreign occupation, 1861-67; and Simón Bolivar, who led 1811-25 Latin American independence struggles against Spanish colonial rule.

The Monroe Doctrine, whose 200th anniversary is marked this year, has been the subject of countless articles in the press. Many argue that the foreign policy position announced by President James Monroe in 1823 was a declaration of “imperialist” designs…


Protest demands justice in Iowa apartment building collapse

Vol. 87/No. 24 - July 3, 2023
Protest June 7 at Davenport, Iowa, City Hall, with partially collapsed apartment building in back, demands owner, city officials be held responsible for deaths, injuries, loss of homes.

The Davenport, a 116-year-old apartment building in downtown Davenport, Iowa, partially collapsed May 28, killing Branden Colvin Sr., 42; Ryan Hitchcock, 51; and Daniel Prien, 60; and injuring many others. Fifty tenants lost their homes and possessions in the 78-unit…


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…


Over 300 Montreal Steelworkers strike Owens Illinois over wages

Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023

MONTREAL — “There’s nothing moving in the plant,” striker Serge Latendresse told the Militant on the picket line in front of Owens Illinois, Quebec’s only glass factory, May 27. Over 300 United Steelworkers Local 206G members walked out May 10…