Che fought to extend socialist revolution in Latin America

Vol. 88/No. 7 - February 19, 2024
Fighters in 1952 Bolivian national revolution. Prerevolutionary crises in Latin America led Che Guevara, Bolivian fighters to try to open socialist revolution across the continent in 1966.

The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. Guevara, an Argentinian who helped lead the Cuban Revolution, set out in Bolivia to forge a continent-wide revolutionary movement of workers and peasants.…


Newton teachers win support in strike for wages, schedules

Vol. 88/No. 6 - February 12, 2024

Teachers and aides on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, remain solid on the picket lines in the longest teachers strike in recent state history. The Newton Teachers Association members voted by 98% to strike Jan. 18, after more than a year…


Teachers union goes on strike, speaks out against Jew-hatred

Vol. 88/No. 5 - February 5, 2024

Some 1,100 teachers and 800 teaching aides went on strike in Newton, Massachusetts, Jan. 19 following an overwhelming vote for action by members of the Newton Teachers Association. “The most important issue is better pay and schedules for the teaching…


Fidel Castro: ‘Never had such a profound change taken place’

Vol. 88/No. 4 - January 29, 2024
Fidel Castro’s Freedom Caravan enters Havana, Cuba, Jan. 8, 1959. “A sea of people,” he said, met rebel fighters after popular insurrection, general strike sealed victory in revolutionary war.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January is In Defense of Socialism: Four Speeches on the 30th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution  by Fidel Castro, its central leader. The triumph of the Cuban people on Jan. 1, 1959,…


Sankara spoke for the exploited and oppressed of the world

Vol. 88/No. 3 - January 22, 2024
“Without a fight no new order will be built,” Thomas Sankara told a mass rally on March 8, 1987. “We are not looking to organize what exists but to definitely destroy and replace it.”

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for January is the French edition of We Are Heirs of the World’s Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87 by Thomas Sankara. In August 1983 a popular revolutionary government arose from…


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…


Bangkok conference addresses threats against Chinese overseas

Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Xia Jiang, right, professor from China’s Huaqiao University, addresses Dec. 10 ISSCO workshop. Washington has repeatedly suspected Chinese scientists of “being disloyal to the U.S.,” he said, “some even accused of being spies.” Inset, Audience at opening conference session Dec. 9.

BANGKOK — A conference here Dec. 9-10 focused on the history and experiences of Chinese communities from Southeast Asia to virtually every corner of the globe. Organized by the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, the gathering was…


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…


Greetings to fellow workers behind bars!

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023

Greetings to fellow workers behind bars! No matter what side of prison walls workers find themselves on, the Militant provides unmatched news on labor and other struggles, presents a program for the emancipation of the working class and tells the…


UAW members debate, vote up contract, more fights to come

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Chanting, “No deal? No wheels!” members of United Auto Workers Local 551 rallied at their union hall Oct. 7 in Chicago. The 4,600 workers at Ford there went on strike Sept. 29, bringing the total to 25,000 workers on strike against the Big Three auto companies in 21 states.

The United Auto Workers announced Nov. 20 that its members at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis had voted up new contracts after strikes at the Big Three’s assembly plants, parts production sites and distribution centers. They cover over 146,000 autoworkers.…