Working class taking power is road to meaningful learning

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022
After Cuba’s workers and peasants came to power, Che Guevara, center, led in introducing voluntary labor as the socialist revolution deepened. That way, he said, a worker can see himself not as a commodity, but can “understand his full stature as a human being.”

The French edition of Are They Rich Because They’re Smart? Class, Privilege, and Learning Under Capitalism by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. It explains how class…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022

November 10, 1997 HOUSTON — Over 200 people gathered Oct. 5 at the University of Houston for the Che Guevara Commemoration Conference. The keynote speaker was Angela Davis, currently a professor in feminist and African American studies at the University…


Letters

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022

‘Send me your newspaper’ I ran across one of your newspapers that was left in a cell after I moved in. It wasn’t the full edition, but I loved the articles on Ukraine and the way you support the overworked…


Protests demand Australia grant visas to 1,000s of asylum-seekers

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022
Some 1,500 people rally in Canberra, Australia, Sept. 6 demanding the ruling Labor Party government carry out its promise to grant permanent visas to thousands of asylum-seekers.

SYDNEY — A protest set for Nov. 6 here will challenge the Australian Labor Party government’s failure to carry out a promise to grant permanent visas to thousands of asylum-seekers. For years they have been barred by successive governments from…


Meeting discusses political legacy of Thomas Sankara

Vol. 86/No. 41 - November 7, 2022

WASHINGTON — Some 30 people, many originally from Africa, came together here Oct. 17 to discuss the political legacy of Thomas Sankara, the central leader of the 1983-87 revolution in Burkina Faso and the country’s president. This is the 35th…


Rail workers continue fight against boss, gov’t attacks

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — Some 115,000 rail workers across the country are debating their future as they vote on proposed new contracts, which will determine if there will be a strike. The members of the two largest unions, with 60,000 members…


Vote Socialist Workers Party! Back rail workers, Iran protests

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
Joel Britton, left, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of California, discusses politics with protester while campaigning at Iran solidarity rally of 2,000 in San Francisco Oct. 9.

In the final couple of weeks leading up to elections, candidates of the Socialist Workers Party are campaigning to get out news of key strikes and working-class battles worldwide and presenting the party’s program. And they are introducing working people…


U.S. Steel workers rally in fight for new national contract

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — More than 200 United Steelworkers members from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works braved rain and stiff winds to send a message to the corporation’s CEO, David Burritt, who was speaking here Oct. 11 to the local chapter of…



San Francisco airport strikers win victory, gain wage raise

Vol. 86/No. 40 - October 31, 2022
UNITE HERE Local 2 members picket San Francisco airport Sept. 26, during three-day strike. Workers won wage raise, prevented bosses from increasing family health care costs.

SAN FRANCISCO — After three days on strike, over 1,000 cooks, servers, dishwashers, baristas, lounge attendants and cashiers at San Francisco’s International Airport won a new contract Sept. 28. They got a $5 an hour wage increase over two years,…