June 2026 – Page 6 – Struggle

June 22, 2026

Baseball bosses push salary cap — players fight back

June 3, 2026 Lev Koufax

For the first time since 1994, the Major League Baseball (MLB) billionaire capitalist owners have proposed a salary cap for all 30 professional baseball teams. The baseball world and the MLB players union have expected […]

Hegseth orders Pacific allies to arm for China war

June 3, 2026 Gary Wilson

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went to Singapore on May 30 with an order for Washington’s allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific: spend more on war or face consequences. Hegseth used China as the […]

‘A clear-minded, if taciturn, Marxist’

June 3, 2026 John Green

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Marilyn Monroe, and is being celebrated by the British Film Institute and the National Portrait Gallery. The BFI is showing a two-month season of her films, […]

Iran to U.S.: End the wars on Gaza and Lebanon first

June 2, 2026 Gary Wilson

Israel has kept bombing Gaza and Lebanon. Washington has kept supplying the bombs. On June 1, Iran said: no more indirect talks until the killing stops. Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi put it plainly: the […]

Europe’s NATO powers march east toward Russia

June 1, 2026 Gary Wilson

British troops are dug in along Russia’s border in Estonia. A new German armored brigade has opened in Lithuania, next to Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave. French warplanes are set to rehearse nuclear strikes alongside Poland’s. Britain, […]