US HANDS OFF CUBA!
END WASHINGTON’S ECONOMIC BLOCKADE!

A Call to Action by the Socialist Workers Party
Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

The following statement was released February 7, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee. There’s a pressing need today for a call to action by working people to oppose…



US workers face fewer jobs, high prices and tough times to come

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

The capitalist economic crisis continues to weigh heavily on the backs of working people despite upbeat reports from the White House and the business sections of the boss press.  It is true the capitalist rulers and their upper-middle-class hangers-on are…


Malcolm X aimed to wake people up to their own ‘self-worth’

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026
Malcolm X spoke to thousands at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Feb. 3, 1965. Then SNCC Black rights fighters took the revolutionary leader to speak in Selma, where a sharp battle was raging.

To mark Black History Month, Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February features Malcolm X on Afro-American History by the most outstanding leader of the Black liberation struggle in the U.S. The book contains speeches and other selections from Malcolm…


Deaths in US mines rise as bosses push to boost profits

Vol. 90/No. 6 - February 16, 2026

PITTSBURGH — The coal mining bosses reported 33 miners were killed in industrial accidents in 2025, up 27% from 2024, when the Mine Safety and Health Administration reported 26 miners died on the job. The majority of last year’s fatalities…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

February 5, 2001 LUTON, England — Ten thousand working people marched here Jan. 20 to protest the decision by General Motors to cut 10,000 jobs at plants across North America and Europe. Workers reported plans for plant-gate demonstrations in Portugal,…


Washington is deepening its domination in the Middle East

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

After imposing a ceasefire in Gaza, blocking Israel from defeating Hamas decisively, the Donald Trump administration is making further shifts to advance U.S. imperialist interests in the Middle East. This includes pursuing profits from its expanding presence as well as…


Imperialism’s growing drive to war marks Davos debates

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

Heated tensions between Washington and rival ruling class spokespeople in Europe were on show at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21-22. The annual gathering exposed the reality of the cut-throat relations that increasingly mark the fraying imperialist…


Moscow targets working people in Ukraine, bombs out power and heat

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Rail and other maintenance workers came from across Ukraine to volunteer in Kyiv repairing heating and power facilities damaged by massive drone and missile assaults by Moscow.

Ukrainian and U.S. officials met with Russian military representatives in Abu Dhabi Jan. 23-24 on terms to bring Moscow’s nearly four-year-long war on Ukraine to an end. At the same time, the Kremlin launched over 370 attack drones and 21…