Supreme Court puts limits on cops seizing property, a gain for workers

Vol. 83/No. 12 - March 25, 2019

For the first time, a U.S. Supreme Court decision Feb. 20 placed limits on state and local authorities arbitrarily seizing and keeping or selling a person’s personal property, such as cars, houses and money, on grounds that they’re linked to…


Sign up for International May Day Cuba Brigade

Vol. 83/No. 12 - March 25, 2019

CHICAGO — More than 30 people turned out here for a March 10 film showing to build and raise funds for the 14th May Day International Volunteer Work Brigade in Solidarity with Cuba. The event was sponsored by the Chicago…


‘In a deepgoing revolution, women want to take part’

Vol. 83/No. 12 - March 25, 2019
Asela de los Santos, right, receiving award in 1974 from Vilma Espín, both of whom had been leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women. Also present are Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro.

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…


Celebrate the political life of veteran communist in UK

Vol. 83/No. 12 - March 25, 2019
Jim Spaul speaking at London meeting, 2012. Spaul, who died March 6, shouldered a range of leadership responsibilities over three decades to strengthen and build the Communist League.

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…