UK Communist League campaign winds up, gains workers’ support

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026
Hugo Wils, right, Communist League candidate for Parliament, discussed mounting war threats in the world with Mirza Arfan in Manchester Feb. 21. Arfan subscribed to the Militant.

MANCHESTER, England — “The Communist League presents a way forward for working people, to use our class power to replace capitalist rule,”  Hugo Wils, the CL’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election here, told a campaign meeting at…


Protests back Ukraine, mark 4 years of Russian invasion

Vol. 90/No. 9 - March 9, 2026

The Ukrainian people are resolutely defending their county’s sovereignty as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion entered its fifth year Feb. 24. Moscow’s airstrikes on the power grid, which controls heat, light and water in the harsh winter, are only stiffening…


Cultural events show dignity of Cuban people in face of US threats

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Valentine’s Day peña (cultural celebration) was organized by the University for Older Adults in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Feb. 14. Above, part of the audience with singer who also presided over the event; inset, another singer who also performed at the peña.

HAVANA — Militant reporters joined 75 people for a poetry reading at a popular cultural center here Feb. 13. The next day we were invited to a Valentine’s Day peña (cultural performance) hosted by members of the University for Older…


‘Hands off Cuba’ protests spread across the United States

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

ATLANTA — Twenty-two people joined a busy downtown street protest here Feb. 17 with signs demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba” and “No economic blockade.” The Socialist Workers Party and the Democratic Socialists of America Cuba Solidarity Working Group co-sponsored the…


US hands off Cuba! Build protests against US blockade

Help get out truth about Cuba’s socialist revolution
Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Protest in Atlanta Feb. 17 sponsored by Socialist Workers Party, Democratic Socialists of America demands “U.S. hands off Cuba!” Similar actions are being organized worldwide.

Cuban people, gov’t organize to defend their revolution Since late January, when Washington imposed a blockade on Cuba’s access to imported oil, the U.S. rulers have stepped up their drive to deal further economic and political blows to the Cuban…


Lenin, Castro led political movements that changed history

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026
Fidel Castro prepares workers and peasants to defend their socialist revolution against 1961 U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs. Under his leadership, they prevailed.

Understanding History: Marxist Essays by George Novack is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. The excerpt is from the article “From Lenin to Castro: The role of the individual in history making.” In it Novack deals with…


Join Socialist Workers Party campaigning to support Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 8 - March 2, 2026

As Washington’s blockade of the Cuban people intensifies, members of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are campaigning to get out the truth about, and defend, Cuba’s socialist revolution. They’re organizing public…