Cuba
Year: 2026
Cuba
May 1: The Homeland is Defended
Cubans took to the streets on May 1, 2026, under the slogan La Patria se defiende — the Homeland is Defended. The Central de Trabajadores de Cuba framed this year’s mobilization as an act of […]
China
China’s labor law says a job is a right — even in the age of AI
In the early 1980s, as the Reagan administration’s assault on labor accelerated and plant closures gutted the industrial Midwest, a grassroots campaign put forward a demand that U.S. ruling-class politicians dismissed as utopian: a job […]
Around the world
Oil supported the dollar — it did not replace gold
The petrodollar system took shape in the 1970s, sealed by Henry Kissinger. Saudi oil would be sold in dollars, Washington would protect the brutal Saudi monarchy, and Gulf oil profits would flow back into U.S. […]
Around the world
Yemen forces a U.S. Navy detour
The USS George H.W. Bush did not take the direct route to the war zone near Iran. The nuclear-powered supercarrier left Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, then sailed more than 11,000 miles around the Cape […]
Political Prisoners
On his 72nd birthday, Philadelphia marches to free Mumia
April 25 — Cold rain didn’t stop people today from marching in Philadelphia to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. The day before was the revolutionary writer’s 72nd birthday, which, like his previous 44 birthdays, was spent in […]
China
U.S. targets China through Iran oil blockade
The Treasury Department announced April 24 secondary sanctions against Hengli Petrochemical, a private Chinese oil refinery at the port of Dalian with daily processing capacity of about 400,000 barrels. Treasury also sanctioned approximately 40 shipping […]
Around the world
The dollar makes the world pay for U.S. wars — but the system is cracking
For 55 years, Washington had a power no other government had. It could buy from the world, borrow from the world and wage war around the world with dollars it controlled. Other countries needed dollars […]
PDF
Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – April 27, 2026
Get PDF here Under U.S. siege, CUBA marches for MAY DAY Socialist candidate John Parker: Abolish ICE & police, fund people’s needs Starbucks strike forces talks – company answers with union-busting expansion Greeley meatpackers win […]
In the U.S.
AI is a tool. The question is who holds it
U Vasuki, a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), put the question plainly in Havana in October 2025: Who holds the tool? Who controls it? Whose class does it serve? More than […]