‘A genuine revolution means leading the millions’

Class struggle in the US today, the Cuban Revolution and building a proletarian party
Vol. 87/No. 23 - June 12, 2023
April 25 book presentation in Havana at headquarters of Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples. Inset, from left, Mary-Alice Waters; ICAP leader Noemí Rabaza, who chaired and spoke. In Cuba, Rabaza said, the government represents workers’ class interests not those of the capitalists. “What Noemí says is important,” Waters noted in discussion period. Cuba’s socialist revolution is a beacon worldwide and sets the example for working people in the U.S., too. “Alone we’ll be defeated. Fighting together, we can win,” Waters ended.

  The following are the remarks by Mary-Alice Waters at an April 25 presentation in Havana of the book The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward by Jack Barnes, Steve Clark and…


‘Alone we will be defeated, together we can win’

Meeting in Havana discusses working-class course of the Socialist Workers Party
Vol. 87/No. 20 - May 22, 2023
April 25 presentation in Havana discussed Pathfinder Press book The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. Bottom, from left, Mary-Alice Waters, Socialist Workers Party; and Noemí Rabaza, Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples.

HAVANA — Amid preparations by working people across Cuba to celebrate May 1, International Workers Day, a special event was held here to discuss a new book by Pathfinder Press, The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The…




‘Capitalism won’t disappear by itself, it must be disappeared’

Havana book fair panel discusses importance of scientific, Marxist understanding of history
Vol. 86/No. 22 - June 6, 2022
April 24 panel at Havana International Book Fair. From left, Róger Calero, Pathfinder editor; Mary-Alice Waters, a leader of Socialist Workers Party and president of Pathfinder Press; Fernando González, president of Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples; Zuleica Romay, director of Afro-American Studies at Casa de las Américas; Pedro Pablo Rodríguez, lead editor of complete works of José Martí; and Victor Dreke, longtime revolutionary combatant.

HAVANA — “We all know, or at least sense, that the first large land war on the European continent in more than 75 years signals a new stage in the unraveling of the imperialist world order established by the victors…


Thousands turn out as Havana Int’l Book Fair opens April 20

Vol. 86/No. 18 - May 9, 2022
Participants check out book displays at the 30th annual Havana International Book Fair.

HAVANA — Thousands of people have visited the grounds of the colonial Spanish fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña over the last five days, since the Havana International Book Fair opened at this historic site April 20. The 10-day…


Anticipation greets opening day of 30th Havana book fair

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022
Volunteers setting up Pathfinder Press booth on eve of Havana International Book Fair.

HAVANA — After a two-year hiatus, the 30th Havana International Book Fair opened here April 20. Organizers have overcome big challenges to ensure it can take place: the impact of COVID, the world capitalist crisis and Washington’s intensified economic sanctions.…


Havana International Book Fair opens April 20

Vol. 86/No. 16 - April 25, 2022

Tens of thousands of Cuban workers and youth will attend the 30th Havana International Book Fair April 20-30, looking for literature and discussion on culture and politics, science, literature of the world, children’s books and more. Since Cuba’s workers and…



‘A US working-class party that is serious about socialist revolution’

At book fair, union events, Cuban workers discuss Socialist Workers Party political course, US class struggle
Vol. 84/No. 10 - March 16, 2020
Meeting at Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC), Feb. 20. From left: Pathfinder editor Martín Koppel; Socialist Workers Party leader Mary-Alice Waters; Pathfinder editor Róger Calero; Silvio Jova, CTC magazine editorial board; and Caridad Cabrera, CTC’s Americas Department. Inset, Ismael Drullet, CTC international relations secretary. “In the most powerful capitalist country in the world, there are people explaining the need for a socialist revolution,” said Jova.

HAVANA — “These books are important for understanding that in the most powerful capitalist country in the world, there are people explaining the need for a socialist revolution, a radical change in the system,” said Silvio Jova, representing the Central…