Boris Johnson ouster reflects political crisis of rulers in UK

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Nurses march in London June 18 demanding government pay higher wages. Nervousness of U.K. rulers amid spreading shifts in capitalist “world order” and rising working-class anger over assaults on living standards led Conservative Party leaders to oust Boris Johnson.

LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned as Conservative Party leader July 7, forced out by mounting pressure from working people and former supporters, and a tsunami of ministerial resignations. Fifty members of Parliament quit the government in just…


Constitution, Bill of Rights conquest of First American Revolution

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Delegates in Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1787, submit Constitution for ratification by the states. American Revolution, revolts by farmers and other working people won Constitution, as well as Bill of Rights — 10 amendments that codified crucial protections for the working classes.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July is America’s Revolutionary Heritage: Marxist Essays by George Novack. A long-time leader of the Socialist Workers Party, he wrote a number of books on questions of Marxist politics and history. The…


Workers need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

The labor movement should join rail workers in fighting President Joseph Biden’s intervention in contract talks between rail bosses and unions aimed at preventing the workers from using their union power, after they voted by 99% to strike against industry-wide…


Support Ukraine in fight against Moscow invasion!

Ukraine, Russian workers need to join against Putin’s war!
Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022
Soldiers’ wives in Buryatia, east Siberia, appeal for husbands to be sent home from Ukraine war. “May the death of every soldier in this unjust war be on your conscience,” one told the gov’t.

Determined to conquer Ukraine and crush its existence as an independent nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to resume their offensive in the east July 16. This cut short a 10-day-old pause aimed at replenishing their depleted and…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

August 11, 1997 Working people in the United States and around the world should join our brothers and sisters in Cuba in denouncing the latest terrorist bombings of tourist hotels in Havana. Whether the U.S. government has a direct hand…


Workers need a program to fight high prices and unemployment

Vol. 86/No. 28 - August 1, 2022

Soaring inflation over the past year and a half is battering the lives of millions of working people worldwide. Combined with the impact of the capitalist crisis on jobs, price hikes are making it increasingly difficult for workers to keep…



Nebraska rail workers rally, say: ‘No contract, no peace’

Vol. 86/No. 27 - July 25, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — Chanting “Lincoln is a union town, and us rail workers will not go down!” and “No contract, no peace!” over 100 Burlington Northern Santa Fe union rail workers and their supporters marched and rallied here for nearly…


Protesters in China: ‘Give us back our life savings!’

Vol. 86/No. 27 - July 25, 2022

On July 10 Beijing authorities violently attacked a peaceful protest of more than 1,000 people outside the local branch of the People’s Bank of China in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province. They were demanding the government protect their rights…