The excerpt below is from Women in Cuba:The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution by three leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women, Vilma Espín, Asela de los Santos and Yolander Ferrer. It is one of Pathfinder’s Books of…
LONDON — Jim Spaul, a leader of the Communist League, died here suddenly March 6, after battling a debilitating illness from working in the mines. A three-decades-long veteran of the communist movement, Spaul shouldered a range of leadership responsibilities, including…
Since the Militant closed out a special financial appeal last month — which raised $11,914 to help the paper meet its operating costs until the start of our annual spring Militant Fighting Fund drive — contributors have sent in another…
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — “People came out of nowhere to help us. It was amazing, people kept stopping by to lend a hand,” John Askew told Socialist Workers Party members lending solidarity here March 8. He was clearing the debris left…
There are growing cries from Democrats, the liberal media and the middle-class left that “hate crimes” are soaring in the U.S. This charge — which isn’t true — is grounded in their conviction that the working class is becoming more…
INDIANAPOLIS — Over 1,000 teachers from across the state rallied at the Indiana Statehouse here March 9 for more school funding and higher pay. Sponsored by the Indiana State Teachers Association, the event was originally scheduled to be held outdoors,…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Teachers here voted by 58 percent to accept a new contract March 3 ending a seven-day strike that had emptied the schools. They came out stronger from the effort, but the vote reflected deep divisions over the…
ERIE, Pa. — A nine-day strike at the former GE Transportation plant here ended March 6 after a 90-day deal was reached to hold contract negotiations. Bosses at Wabtec — Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. — which took over GE…
Thousands participated in rival demonstrations in Venezuela March 9 in response to counterposed calls by President Nicolás Maduro and U.S.-groomed opposition leader Juan Guaidó amid a growing political and social crisis. Guaidó, head of the National Assembly controlled by bourgeois…
Is there an alternative to the “look out for number one,” profit-driven capitalist system? Do we have to accept that the bosses are constantly trying to speed our work up, cut corners on safety, push down our wages? Do we…
