Venezuela claims on Guyana region threaten new conflict

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Map shows Guyana territory Venezuelan government claims. Region is rich in minerals, large offshore oil reserves. Territorial dispute has long been used by Venezuelan politicians to rally nationalist support. Broader moves in region seek to blunt chance of wider conflict, war.

A territorial dispute between the governments of Venezuela and Guyana dating back to 1811 has come back to the fore, putting a spotlight on the danger of military conflict amid the growing instability of the capitalist world order. At issue…


Celebrate life of Helen Ayres

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Helen Ayres, a long-time member and supporter of the Communist League in New Zealand, died in Auckland Dec. 25 at 86. Ayres was drawn into political activity as a trade unionist and campaigner for women’s rights in the mid-1970s after…


Opponents of Jew-hatred rally, outnumber pro-Hamas protest

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Supporters of Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews here organized a counterprotest against the Issaquah Students League, a chapter of a group called the Revolutionary Student Union. It led a march and rally at…


‘Jewish Question’ by Abram Leon is ‘truly important’

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in Israel, Pathfinder Press volunteers in the United States and Canada launched a special three-week campaign to get orders from bookstores and libraries for The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon.…



Constitutional rights fight key in class struggle

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
FBI raids Socialist Workers Party headquarters in Minneapolis June 1941, as Roosevelt administration led assault on constitutional freedoms to silence opposition in labor movement to U.S. rulers’ preparations for World War II.

Defending constitutional freedoms from attack by the capitalist rulers is at the center of the class struggle. That fact is borne out by the latest attack on Donald Trump, barring him from the Colorado and Maine ballots. The unqualified defense…


Defend sovereignty of Israel and Ukraine

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Moscow’s murderous war on Ukraine, its culture and its people, and the Tehran-sponsored Hamas pogrom seeking to smash Israel and kill as many Jews as possible are two watershed events whose ramifications effect politics worldwide. Both are deadly threats to…


‘Thank you for standing up for workers everywhere’

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Solidarity card for IFF strikers in Memphis, Tennessee, from 25 workers in BCTGM Local 22 in Minneapolis. Right, Local 22 bulletin board asks for donations for strikers’ holiday toy drive.

MINNEAPOLIS — Members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 22 at Jerry’s Broadway Bakery here responded to the call for solidarity from strikers fighting a union-busting drive by International Flavors and Fragrances in Memphis, Tennessee. They organized…


Defend Israel’s right to exist! Fighting Jew-hatred is union question

Israel battles to stop new Hamas pogroms
Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Soldados israelíes en túnel en norte de Gaza, 15 de dic., parte de la extensa red subterránea que Hamás usa para realizar ataques contra judíos en Israel como el pogromo del 7 de octubre.

The U.S. government is ratcheting up pressure on Israel to wind down its war against Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza, a war aimed at defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews and preventing the reactionary Islamist outfit from…


Workshop highlights role of Chinese in Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Cuba’s ambassador to Thailand, Pedro Pablo San Jorge Rodríguez, left, speaking with Steve Penner, organizer of Pathfinder Press circulation in Canada, at Dec. 10 ISSCO workshop. Panel discussed important role of Chinese Cubans in Cuba’s revolutionary development.

BANGKOK — Since Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution was first published in 2005, the book has had a political impact in many parts of the world. The account…