‘Jewish Question’ by Abram Leon is ‘truly important’

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024

Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in Israel, Pathfinder Press volunteers in the United States and Canada launched a special three-week campaign to get orders from bookstores and libraries for The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation by Abram Leon.…




‘Jewish Question’ draws interest at Montreal book fair

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Pathfinder Press was among 650 publishing houses setting up booths at the Salon du Livre in Montreal, which was attended by some 88,000 visitors Nov. 22-26. “With all the action this week, it was a very rich experience,” said Josette…


Trotsky: ‘Our hope rests on unleashing the European revolution’

Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023
Leon Trotsky, commander of the Soviet army after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, addresses Red Guard combatants in 1918. The Bolsheviks, Trotsky said, pinned their hopes on the Russian Revolution inspiring toilers across Europe to emulate their example and take political power.

Leon Trotsky Speaks is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The excerpt is from “The Organization of Power,” Trotsky’s Oct. 26, 1917, defense of the Bolshevik Revolution, which he helped lead. The Second Congress of the Soviets,…


Sales of ‘The Jewish Question’ high at Oregon book festival

Vol. 87/No. 44 - November 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of participants at the 2023 Portland Book Festival, held at the Portland Art Museum, came to the table featuring the Militant and books from Pathfinder Press. Many were drawn to books by Socialist Workers Party leaders…


Bolsheviks set example in building a revolutionary workers party

Vol. 87/No. 43 - November 20, 2023
Petrograd Soviet meets in September 1917 as working-class support for Bolshevik Party expands, culminating in Russian Revolution. Socialist Workers Party is being built along the same course, forging a revolutionary working-class party in program and composition to take power.

The French edition of The Turn to Industry: Forging a Proletarian Party by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes is one of the November Books of the Month from Pathfinder Press. It explains that working people will only truly…


US rulers launch Palmer raids, seek to crush Communist parties

Vol. 87/No. 42 - November 13, 2023
Mass arrests of members of communist movement, union fighters during notorious raids carried out by Democrat Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. Special targets were newly formed Communist parties. Up to 10,000 worker militants were detained, many deported.

Revolutionary Continuity: Birth of the Communist Movement, 1918-1922 by Farrell Dobbs is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The excerpt from “New capitalist repressions” explains how the U.S. rulers trampled on constitutional freedoms to crush union militancy…


Fidel Castro on Grenada leader: ‘Bishop was a true revolutionary’

Vol. 87/No. 41 - November 6, 2023
Maurice Bishop and Fidel Castro at 1980 May Day rally in Cuba. Castro said Grenada Revolution was ”a true symbol of independence and progress in the Caribbean” worthy of support.

Maurice Bishop Speaks: The Grenada Revolution and Its Overthrow, 1979-83 is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Bishop mobilized working people to take political power in a popular revolution in 1979 on…


SWP in 1938: Open US doors to victims of Hitler’s Nazi terror!

Vol. 87/No. 40 - October 30, 2023
Members of Socialist Workers Party helped initiate picket at German Consulate in New York in November 1938 demanding Washington open its doors to Jewish and other victims of Nazi terror. Party resolution said road to end Jew-hatred was fight for workers power, socialism.

The deadly Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom against Jews in Israel highlighted the danger of Jew-hating violence worldwide as the crisis of capitalism grows. Below are excerpts from “Theses on the Jewish question” and “Open the doors to victims of Hitler’s…