James P. Cannon built the SWP as an internationalist party

Vol. 87/No. 37 - October 9, 2023
Farrell Dobbs, left, and James P. Cannon, center, in Minneapolis, 1941. They were among 18 leaders of Socialist Workers Party and Minneapolis Teamsters facing government frame-up charges as U.S. rulers prepared to drag working people into the second imperialist world war.

One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September is James P. Cannon As We Knew Him by Farrell Dobbs, Joseph Hansen, George Novack, Jean Tussey, Harry Braverman and 28 other contributors who knew and worked with him. The introduction…



Socialist Workers Party gets a response at L.A. book fair

Vol. 87/No. 18 - May 8, 2023
Visitors to Pathfinder booth at Festival of Books in Los Angeles April 22-23 bought 235 books, 86 Militant subscriptions. Laura Garza, left, talks with Sam Frank, right, and Evelyn Holman.

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds poured up to the Pathfinder booth at the April 22-23 Festival of Books held on the University of Southern California campus here. Participants had a hunger to discuss, debate and find a road forward in the…


Socialist Workers Party: End all US war ‘games’ aimed at NKorea!

Vol. 87/No. 17 - May 1, 2023
South Korean marine takes position as U.S. Marines disembark during provocative “Double Dragon” joint military exercise in Pohang, South Korea, March 29, targeting North Korea.

Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo have been carrying out a series of overlapping and provocative war games in South Korea aimed at intimidating the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the North. They are the largest military maneuvers there since 2018…


‘Decisive battles for future of humanity will be fought in the US’

Vol. 87/No. 11 - March 20, 2023
Minneapolis Teamsters meet after winning May 1934 strike battle. Cannon said “sweeping movement” that built industrial unions showed revolutionary potential of U.S. working class.

Speeches to the Party: The Revolutionary Perspective and the Revolutionary Party by James P. Cannon is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for March. Cannon, then national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, explained the prospects for working-class revolutionary…



Build worker-farmer alliance to fight for our class interests

Vol. 87/No. 9 - March 6, 2023
Socialist Workers Party members Ellie García and Joel Britton with farmer Will Scott in Fresno, California. Britton participated in National Farmers Union convention, talked to working farmers about need for a labor party, based on the unions and worker-farmer alliance.

Socialist Workers National Campaign Statement issued by Ellie García Feb. 21. Exploited farmers and ranchers face skyrocketing prices for fuel, seed, fertilizer, equipment and other inputs today. At the same time, capitalists reap vast profits from land speculation, driving up…


The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us

The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward
Vol. 87/No. 4 - January 30, 2023
Rail workers rally July 2022 in Galesburg, Illinois, against carrier bosses’ refusal to address inhumane work schedules, working conditions, and crew sizes. President Joseph Biden and bipartisan Congress barred right to strike.

The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward is the product of trade union and broader political work over the last year by SWP members responding to deepening cracks in the world order…