Court upholds gov’t move to bar bonds to immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled March 25 to uphold a move by President Donald Trump’s administration that allows the government to detain workers without papers indefinitely. The ruling deals a blow to the constitutional due…


Indiana oil refinery workers locked out by BP stand strong

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Members of Steelworkers Local 7-1 in Whiting, Indiana, picket March 19 after 800 workers were locked out by BP. The union is united, determined to ovecome BP’s union-busting moves.

WHITING, Ind. — One week after being locked out at the British Petroleum’s refinery here, United Steelworkers Local 7-1 stands strong, committed to fighting against BP’s union-busting takeaway contract offer. Over 800 union members were locked out March 19 after…




In midst of US blockade, Cuba advances drug for Alzheimer’s

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Gerardo Díaz, 92-year-old retired truck driver, right, uses his electric scooter to transport bread, supplies to the José Martí Pediatric Hospital in Sancti Spíritus province in Cuba.

In the midst of Washington’s economic and political war against Cuba, working people and medical and scientific institutions on the island are not only fighting to preserve the gains made through their socialist revolution, they’re finding ways to develop vital…


Cane cutters in Dominican Republic mark Int’l Women’s Day

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

Women organized by the Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC) in the Dominican Republic held an International Women’s Day celebration March 8 on the outskirts of Batey Palo Blanco, in La Romana province. The meeting was marked by their growing involvement in…


1877 rail workers’ walkout sparked first general strike in US

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Blockade of engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Firemen walked off job July 16, 1877, shutting the trains down, winning support from other workers.

The Great Labor Uprising of 1877 by Philip S. Foner is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. After five years of economic depression, railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, went on strike against yet another wage cut.…


Moscow’s 4-year war on Ukraine drains Russian farmers, soldiers

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

After four years of trying to conquer Ukraine, Moscow’s forces have recently lost a total of 150 square miles of territory to Kyiv. They have launched a spring offensive but were stopped cold with mounting losses as working people in…


Join fight to end US rulers’ punishing assault on Cuba

Expose bipartisan smear campaign against Cuba
Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

Havana: Cuba’s sovereignty is not up for negotiation In the last three months President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been either talking about a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, or that they’re “ready to bomb and destroy”…


Victory! Ban on ‘Militant’ in Texas prison retracted

Vol. 90/No. 13 - April 6, 2026

The Militant and its readers scored a victory March 23 when the open-ended ban on the paper at the Federal Correctional Institution Three Rivers in southern Texas was reversed! Only a few days after Militant attorney David Goldstein filed an…