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The banks run the new company store
Credit card debt in the United States has reached almost $1.3 trillion, a new record. Workers are borrowing to pay for groceries, gas and car repairs, and the banks collect interest on every dollar of […]
Year: 2026
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Paraguay unions demand seizure of assets of those involved in Ueno Bank scandal
Following the bankruptcy of Ueno Bank in Paraguay, the interim president of Paraguay, Pedro Alliana, announced that the Deposit Guarantee Fund has disbursed $330 million to partly compensate 1.74 million small savers who had accounts […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo
Victoria de comunidades Punta Bandera
Hace unos días, las comunidades de Punta Bandera, en la costa nordeste de Puerto Rico, celebraron la victoria de una lucha que llevaban desde el año 2023. Ese año, un desarrollador de residencias lujosas, donante […]
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Nvidia spy scare: Ruling class turns on itself as chip blockade of China fails
The Nvidia spy scandal is a fight inside the United States ruling class over how to wage its economic war on China. One side wants to sell China second-rate chips and keep it dependent. The […]
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Cuba and the US: Don’t let human connections become a casualty of the blockade
What a joy to be back! And for those who may be reading my words for the first time, my name is Gabriela Castillo. I’m a Cuban diplomat and second secretary at the Cuban Embassy […]
In the U.S.
Why we should commemorate Nov. 11
Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 11% of workers employed by private businesses in 2018 got the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at […]
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Thank you, Iran
The people of Iran beat Donald Trump before the voters did. Eight months of resistance to the Pentagon’s bombs turned the war Trump launched on Feb. 28, 2026, into the worst strategic defeat the United […]
Around the world
Trump renews designation of Nicaragua as an ‘extraordinary threat’
On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national emergency.” The “emergency” is due to “the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States […]
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France’s students light the fuse, workers stop the country
When French workers walked out on Nov. 5, trains slowed, schools emptied, and refineries and power plants cut production until France had to import electricity. For a day, France’s workers held the country in their […]
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The vote showed workers’ anger. The class struggle will show their power
The Nov. 3 vote measured the anger of the working class in the United States. It did not stop a single blow the ruling class has already scheduled. A more intense attack will land in […]