2026 – Page 8 – Struggle

Washington’s war on Iran hits your gas tank, your grocery bill and your job

May 7, 2026 Gary Wilson

Washington’s war on Iran is burning through more than missiles. It is draining fuel supplies, disrupting airline schedules, raising food prices, cutting jobs and state budgets. At home, the same ruling class is attacking the […]

Palestinian supporters attacked by cops at stolen land sale

May 7, 2026 Stephen Millies

May 5 — New York City police attacked people protesting illegal sales of stolen Palestinian land. Officers used pepper spray and kettled demonstrators. Some of these cops were trained by the Zionist state’s military, who’ve […]

Trump imposes new sanctions against Cuba and threatens war

May 6, 2026 Pablo Meriguet

The United States government appears to be shifting its military attention toward Cuba, as negotiations with Iran continue. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan on May 5, to […]

Louisiana is test run for coup by law against Black voting rights

May 5, 2026 Gary Wilson

The U.S. Supreme Court did not stop with gutting the Voting Rights Act. On May 4, it moved from ruling to enforcement. Five days after its April 29 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the court […]

Black people and their allies were murdered for the right to vote

May 5, 2026 Stephen Millies

People died for the right to vote. Immediately after the U.S. Civil War there was a series of massacres of Black people, which were conducted, in part, to stop Black people from voting. For decades […]

Brooklyn rally demands: Free Maduro and Flores

May 5, 2026 Stephen Millies

May 3 — People rallied outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, to demand freedom for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Combatant Cilia Flores. They were kidnapped in Caracas by Trump C […]

Kai Rasmussen of WI BOPM at May Day Rally in Madison: ‘We will bring our entire class with us!’

May 4, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha

Speech delivered at the May Day Rally at Library Mall, University of Wisconsin–Madison, May 1, 2026. Event sponsored by Voces de la Frontera and many other union, community and student organizations including the South Central […]

Supreme Court attacks Black voting rights, Native nations

May 3, 2026 Gary Wilson

On April 29, the U.S. Supreme Court gave state legislatures a green light to break up Black and Native voting districts — an attack on Black self-determination, Native sovereignty and basic democratic rights. Download flyer […]

Home care workers demand an end to 24-hour workdays

May 3, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

On May Day, home care workers and their supporters protested at the gates of City Hall, fighting for New York State funding to end their 24-hour workday. They demanded that Mayor Mamdani fulfill his election […]

China tells firms: don’t obey U.S. Iran sanctions

May 3, 2026 Gary Wilson

China has directly challenged the U.S. sanctions campaign against Iran, ordering all Chinese firms and individuals to ignore U.S. penalties targeting five oil refineries accused of buying Iranian crude. China’s Ministry of Commerce invoked its […]