25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

July 14, 1997 STOCKHOLM — The June European Union summit highlighted the competing interests and divisions among the imperialist governments in Europe. The heads of state gathered failed to reach an agreement on voting procedures that was supposed to pave…





Moscow’s troops out now! Defend Ukrainian sovereignty!

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022
Volunteers, emergency workers search for survivors amid wreckage in shopping mall in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, after June 27 Russian missile strike. Scores were killed or injured in attack. Kremlin claims Kyiv bombed itself to smear Russia.

In one of his most brazen acts of murder of innocent civilians in his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent cruise missiles that hit a busy shopping mall June 27 in Kremenchuk, far from the front lines of…


UMWA rallies build solidarity for 15-month strike in Alabama

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022
Alabama miners picket Warrior Met job fair to hire scabs in Pennington Gap, Virginia, June 24. Bosses refuse to honor promise to restore wages, benefits, conditions lost by UMWA members.

“This is an opportunity to send another message to Warrior Met,” United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said in a video posted for union members, urging workers to come to the weekly strike support meeting at the union…


Cuba’s women made ‘a revolution within the revolution’

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

Women and the Cuban Revolution, which includes speeches and documents by Fidel Castro, Vilma Espín and others, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July. The excerpt below is from “The Revolution Within the Revolution,” a December 1966…


Quebec gov’t language law is blow to working people

Vol. 86/No. 25 - July 11, 2022

MONTREAL — The National Assembly of Quebec adopted Law 96 on May 24, declaring French the province’s official common language and enforcing its use. Under the pretext of combating the “declining use of French,” the bill restricts the use of…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 24 - July 4, 2022

July 7, 1997 LONDON — Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and chief negotiator Martin McGuinness were elected May 1 to the U.K. Parliament. In response to the gains made by the Republicans in the recent elections, London briefly reopened bilateral…