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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, Fighting Fund. March 14 – May 12 (week two)

In midst of US blockade, Cuba advances drug for Alzheimer’s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…