Brewery workers fight lockout over Molson concession demands

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

TORONTO — Molson Coors Beverage Co. Feb. 20 locked out the 300 workers at its brewery here after they rejected the company’s “best and final” offer by a vote of 208 to 69. The unionists, members of Canadian Union of…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

March 25, 1996 President Bill Clinton signed the Helms-Burton bill into law March 12, in Washington’s latest attempt to squeeze Cuba economically and undermine its socialist revolution. The legislation tightens the U.S. trade embargo by penalizing businessmen in other countries…


Celebrate International Women’s Day!

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021

Statement by Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for New Jersey governor, March 8. The fight for women’s emancipation is in the interest of all working people and is key to unifying the working class in the face of capitalist…


Report blames Aurora cops in killing of Elijah McClain

Vol. 85/No. 11 - March 22, 2021
Above, July 3, 2020, protest in Aurora, Colorado, against cop killing of Elijah McClain a year earlier. Inset, June 27, 2020, protest included musicians who came to Aurora to play violin to honor McClain, who himself played the violin, often making music to calm animals in local shelters. As police confronted protesters with pepper spray, violinists kept playing. “Elijah believed in humanity,” his mother, Sheneen McClain, said at release of new report holding cops responsible for the killing.

A 157-page independent investigative report on the 2019 cop killing of Elijah McClain commissioned by the Aurora, Colorado, City Council was released to the public Feb. 22. “This report confirms what we have been saying from the start. The Aurora…


SWP campaign says struggles can help build stronger unions

Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
Maggie Trowe, SWP candidate for Louisville mayor, and Dave Perry, right, discuss need for workers to organize themselves, with Gary Fabre at his home in Florence, Kentucky, Feb. 27.

Bernie Senter, Socialist Workers Party candidate for California State Senate, and his supporters campaigned at the Marathon Petroleum refinery shift change in Carson, California, Feb. 23, and urged workers to join in building support for locked-out Marathon refinery workers in…


Myanmar protests defy new military crackdown

Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
Protest in Mandalay, in Myanmar, March 1, day after police and soldiers killed at least 20 people during actions across country. Government violence hasn’t stopped protests, strikes.

Despite escalating daily assaults by police and soldiers on peaceful mass demonstrations that have left more than 30 dead, hundreds wounded, and over 1,500 jailed, opponents of the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar are continuing to protest across the…


Manchester bus drivers strike against attack on hours, pay

Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
Striking Go North West bus drivers picket in Manchester, England, March 1. Company is trying to bypass workers’ Unite union to implement longer work hours, layoffs and benefit cuts.

MANCHESTER, England — Bus drivers at Go North West here went on strike Feb. 28 after bosses tried to impose a new contract with longer working hours for the same pay. The company insisted workers individually sign the contract, bypassing…


Protests in seven cities demand: Stop US economic war on Cuba!

Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
Feb. 28 rally in Seattle, one of actions in seven cities in U.S. and Canada, protest U.S. embargo of Cuba. For more than 60 years Washington has tried to overthrow Cuban Revolution.

Opponents of Washington’s economic war against Cuba took to the streets in seven cities in the U.S. and Canada Feb. 28 — Miami, Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Montreal, and Ottawa, Ontario. Car caravans and rallies demanded an end…


Pathfinder’s new website — easier to search, browse, buy

Books help us see today’s fights as part of working-class line of march to end exploitation
Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
New website is optimized — for computer and phone — to help locate titles, authors, and subjects of interest in 11 different languages, and with Google and other search engines, also.

Pathfinder Press unveiled a new website this month at www.pathfinderpress.com. The attractive colorful design, enhanced search and greater security make for easy-to-use shopping and checkout. Built with improved technology, it helps readers searching the internet for various authors, titles and…


In first attack of Biden presidency, US airstrikes hit targets in Syria

Vol. 85/No. 10 - March 15, 2021
Protesters in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2020, carry photos of some of 600 people killed by security forces during anti-government actions.

U.S. airstrikes hit several locations in eastern Syria Feb. 25, the first military assaults of President Joseph Biden’s administration. The attacks targeted weapons storage sites used by militias organized by the Iranian government, killing at least 17. The Pentagon said…