Radical Reconstruction extended revolutionary gains of Civil War

Vol. 90/No. 15 - April 20, 2026
Freed slaves, enfranchised in 1870, ford a creek in Georgia, rifles in hand, on way to the polls. To exercise the right to vote during Radical Reconstruction, African Americans needed disciplined organization and self-defense.

The French edition of Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for April. The chapter, “Radical Reconstruction: Its conquests…


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…


Serious interest in Pathfinder books at Paris book fair

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Interest in Pathfinder books was high at the Paris African Bookfair March 21-22, reflected in sale of 174 books, including 31 copies of Cuba and the Independence War in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Pathfinder volunteer Arnold Lesort-Pajot, above left, introduces books, Militant.

PARIS — Over the weekend of March 21-22, 174 books by and about African revolutionary leaders like Thomas Sankara and Amílcar Cabral, as well as Cuban leaders like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, were eagerly picked up at the Pathfinder…


Asian Studies conference goers buy Pathfinder titles

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Pathfinder was one of some 70 publishers and other exhibitors at the Association for Asian Studies conference here March 12-15. More than 3,900 professors, graduate students, librarians and others attended — the organization’s biggest conference in…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

April 9, 2001 MIAMI — The trial here of five men accused by the FBI of spying for the Cuban government in southern Florida during the 1990s is nearing its fifth month. Recent testimony by witnesses called by the defense…


US hands off Cuba! Protest Washington’s war moves!

Defend Cuba’s socialist revolution, example for all
Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026
Engineer Ireraldo Pérez Cardoso told Cuban TV in Matanzas that Cuba will use fuel being unloaded March 31 for “critical facilities like hospitals, educational centers to temporarily alleviate the strain we are confronting.” Behind him, Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin delivers oil.

Since making the first socialist revolution in the Americas more than 67 years ago, Cuban workers and farmers have held U.S. imperialism at bay. They continue to do so, despite Washington’s blockade since January that has severely increased the damage…


Refuse strikers remain defiant despite fine on union

Vol. 90/No. 14 - April 13, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England — “We will not be pushed aside,” strike leader Danny Taylor told an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds of striking refuse workers at the Atlas depot here March 19. The workers, members of the Unite union, have been on…