You can fight for ‘democracy’ in Vietnam, but not in Alabama?

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025
Soldiers at Con Thien, Vietnam, in December 1968. Facing racist treatment in the army and at home, Black GIs opposed U.S. rulers’ claim invasion of Vietnam was to “defend democracy.”

Blacks in America’s Wars by Robert W. Mullen is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. It recounts the hidden history about Blacks participation in U.S. wars, from the First American Revolution to the Civil War to the…


The UN is a den of thieves, plunderers

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025

The speeches at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly began Sept. 23. The central issue on the table is Israel’s fight to destroy Hamas and prevent another Holocaust. This is deeply in the interests of working people…


Teamsters at Perrigo win wage increases

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025

NEW YORK — Two hundred Teamsters ended a 16-day strike against Perrigo Co., an over-the-counter-drug manufacturer in the Bronx. The workers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a three-year contract Sept. 18. The workers, members of Teamsters Local 210, won higher wages,…


Israelis fight a defensive war against Hamas, attacks in UN

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025

At the center of the debates swirling around the annual United Nations General Assembly are competing attempts by all the imperialist powers and other ruling classes to end or obstruct Israel’s defensive war against Hamas. Each power hopes to get…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025

October 2, 2000 Tens of thousands of farmers, truck drivers, and fishermen have been organizing massive protests across Europe in recent weeks against skyrocketing fuel prices that are driving many of them to ruin. Blockades of fuel depots, ports, airports,…


Drive to expand reach of SWP, ‘Militant’ is off and running

‘Workers need to take political power’
Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025
Kevin Dwire, center, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Minneapolis mayor, after speaking at League of Women Voters debate Sept. 9. The working class needs its own party, he said.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party kicked off the party’s fall propaganda campaign and fund drive Sept. 20. They’re presenting the SWP’s response to events in world politics to fellow workers and inviting them to join with the party in…


Letters

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025

Remembering Pat Scott Former co-workers of Pat Scott held a memorial picnic and celebration of her life Sept. 6 in Federal Way, Washington. She had been a member of “Our Walmart,” which fought to organize a union there from 2011…


‘Woke’ left hails violent attacks to shut political opponents down

Vol. 89/No. 35 - October 6, 2025
Following 2020 killing of George Floyd, thugs destroy Office Depot in St. Paul, Minnesota, during a wave of riots and looting. Explosion of violent attacks is dangerous for the working class.

The Sept. 10 assassination of conservative politician Charlie Kirk at a rally at Utah Valley University reflects the growing normalization of the use of violence to cancel political opponents by “woke” radical petty-bourgeois forces. It’s a serious and increasing danger…