Quebec lead workers united against company lockout

Vol. 88/No. 14 - April 8, 2024

SAINTE-CATHERINE, Quebec — “It’s clear the company is out to try to bust our union,” Steve Nault, president of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) local at Terrapure here, told the Militant on their picket line March 20. “They…


Amazon warehouse workers in UK strike, rally for union recognition

Vol. 88/No. 14 - April 8, 2024
Workers rally at Amazon warehouse in Coventry, England, March 19, part of two-day strike to win union recognition. “Our fight has worldwide importance,” said Darren Westwood.

COVENTRY, England — Hundreds of Amazon workers picketed outside the large Amazon BHX4 warehouse here March 19, the first of two days of strike action organized by the General Municipal and Boilermakers union in their fight for union recognition.  They…


Hamas plans more murderous pogroms against Jews, Israel

Vol. 88/No. 14 - April 8, 2024
Left, IDF; Above, screen shot from video posted by Hamas Above, bloodied Naama Levy being taken hostage by Hamas Oct. 7. Left, weapons captured by Israeli soldiers inside Shifa Hospital during recent combat with Hamas, Islamic Jihad fighters, who used patients and hospital workers there as human shields.

Hamas still holds some 100 hostages captive in Gaza, while it uses hospitals to base its fighters and weapons, disrupts the distribution of humanitarian aid and proclaims it will continue to carry out anti-Jewish pogroms like Oct. 7 “again and…


34 contracts won at LA-area hotels, 28 left to go

Vol. 88/No. 14 - April 8, 2024
Workers picket DoubleTree Hotel in San Pedro, California, March 16 during three-day strike.

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — “This is our third three-day strike at this hotel since July,” Maria Gurrola told the Militant on the picket line at the DoubleTree here March 16. “We’re fighting for higher pay and better conditions. “Even if…


Che: Cuba’s socialist revolution shows way forward for humanity

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024
Che Guevara, right, in voluntary labor at 1961 Cuban construction site. In 1987, Fidel Castro led revival of Che’s ideas on transforming working people while deepening socialist revolution

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March is  Che Guevara Speaks, first published within weeks of his death in combat at the hands of the CIA and U.S.-trained forces in Bolivia in 1967. Che joined the revolutionary movement…



Biden White House tells Israel: ‘Back off war against Hamas’

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024
Food market in Nuseirat, central Gaza, March 18. Joseph Biden White House, liberal media echo exaggerations by Hamas apologists of widespread starvation in Gaza. Responsibility for crisis begins with Hamas Oct. 7 deadly pogrom, breaking years-long cease-fire with Israel.

The Joseph Biden White House and Democratic Party, while claiming to “support” Israel, are stepping up pressure on the Israeli government to end its military operations to dismantle Hamas. Echoing open supporters of Hamas’ Oct. 7 pogrom, they falsely accuse…


For a labor party, based on the unions

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024

For decades the ruling capitalist families have governed through a two-party shell game, keeping workers tied to voting for the “lesser evil” between the bosses’ parties, the Democrats and Republicans. A working-class alternative needs to be built. It begins with…


Juan Almeida: Exemplary leader in Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 88/No. 13 - April 1, 2024
Leaders of July 26, 1953, attack on Cuban dictator’s Moncada military garrison, including, from left, Raúl Castro, Juan Almeida and Fidel Castro, leave Isle of Pines prison, May 15, 1955.

HAVANA — The life of Juan Almeida Bosque, a central leader of the Cuban Revolution for more than five decades, was highlighted at two events during the recent Havana International Book Fair here. They showed the revolutionary integrity, courage, discipline,…