Anti-labor outfit attacks John Deere workers, UAW

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

EAST MOLINE, Ill. — The 10,000 striking members of the United Auto Workers at John Deere are setting an example for working people. They’re using their union to push back against decades of attacks by bosses, fighting to end divisive…


Trial boosts interest in Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe Revolution

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

The military trial that began Oct. 11 of Blaise Compaore and 13 others for the Oct. 15, 1987, assassination of Thomas Sankara, then president of Burkina Faso, and the overthrow of the popular revolution he led, is increasing interest in…


Join, build working-class struggles today

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

Statement by Róger Calero, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New York mayor, Oct. 19. The boss press is taking note of the growing number of strikes today — not to spread the word about these fights, but to alert the…


Stationary engineers strike 24 Kaiser hospitals in California

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021
Striking members of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39 march on Kaiser headquarters in Oakland, Sept. 30, in fight for higher wages, new contract at 24 hospitals.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Some 700 members of Local 39 of the International Union of Operating Engineers continue to maintain picket lines around the clock at 24 Kaiser hospitals in Northern California. The strikers are demanding respect and a contract that…


Minnesota nurses strike 3 days over holiday pay, benefits

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Some 50 emergency room and urgent care nurses, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association, struck Allina WestHealth here Oct. 17-19 over holiday pay and benefits. The workers by a two-thirds majority had voted down the company’s most…


Child care worker walkouts spread across Quebec

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

MONTREAL — Some 600 child care workers, members of the Confederation of Quebec Unions (CSQ), rallied in front of the Ministry of the Family here Oct. 12 demanding higher wages, better working conditions and an end to forced overtime. The…


Scaffolders strike giant steel works in United Kingdom

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

SCUNTHORPE, England —– Scaffolders at the giant British Steel site here, members of the Unite union, have been on strike since Oct. 4. They are demanding their basic wage be raised in line with the National Agreement for the Engineering…


‘Social solidarity: Moral foundation of Cuba’s revolution’

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021
Cuban teacher in Luanda, Angola, with students, largely youth orphaned by apartheid South Africa’s invasions from 1975 to 1988. Cuba’s 425,000 volunteers, military and civilian, helped defeat South African forces. “The principles of our revolution are the moral foundation of our struggle,” Puebla said.

The Spanish edition of Marianas in Combat: Teté Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women’s Platoon in Cuba’s Revolutionary War, 1956-58 by Teté Puebla is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Puebla was an officer in the victorious…



25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

November 4, 1996 PARIS — Nearly two million public workers struck and some 200,000 demonstrated throughout France against government austerity measures on October 17. France is in the midst of a worsening economic crisis. Economic activity has declined in three…