The U.S. Labor Department’s December 2020 jobs report, released on Jan. 8, was staggering in terms of lost jobs for women. Bosses cut 140,000 jobs in December. Overall, women accounted for all of those job […]
Leonard Peltier is an Indigenous political prisoner who has spent over 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Peltier, a member of the American Indian Movement, was framed for killing two […]
John Parker, Socialist Unity Party / Partido de Socialismo Unido delivers message to the World Social Forum 2021. Global March on January 23, 2021.
Make no mistake about it: Trump and the Pentagon played key roles in the Jan. 6 coup attempt at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Pentagon was deeply involved. Members of the U.S. military, both […]
In the autumn of 2014, I flew from New York to Simferopol, Crimea, to meet with activists who had been driven from their homes in Ukraine by far-right, racist, anti-communist mobs and politicians, much like […]
Statement from Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 12, 2021 The Ministry of Foreign Relations of Cuba condemns in the strongest and most absolute terms the fraudulent qualification of Cuba as a state sponsor of […]
The United States is waging the medical warfare on the entire world, a system of medical apartheid, an American political analyst has said. Bill Dores, a writer for Struggle-La Lucha and longtime antiwar activist, made […]
El asalto al Capitolio por supremacistas blancos incitados por Trump, que detuvo temporalmente el voto de certificación, tuvo que contar con la colusión de las agencias policiales federales y locales. Es imposible que no hubiera […]
Jan. 10 — Early on this chilly morning, hundreds of people gathered at the statue of Cuban national hero José Martí in Central Park to say, “Proud Boys/Far Right Out of New York!” They had […]
A year before his abortive coup attempt in Washington, Donald Trump ordered the murder of Iran’s Gen. Qassem Soleimani in cold blood. Eight others died with the general in the Jan. 3 drone strike at […]
After a fascist mob was allowed to take over the U.S. Capitol, Trump’s attempts to overturn the election can’t be dismissed as a clown show. It should have been obvious weeks before. Wisconsin showed how […]
Jail Trump, his fascist mob, and killer cops The storming of the U.S. Capitol by white supremacists incited by President Trump, which temporarily halted the certification vote, had to have the collusion of multiple federal […]
Below is an excerpt from an article by Sam Marcy, a leading Marxist thinker and fighter of the second half of the 20th century. It was written shortly after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in 1981 — […]
“Wall Street sets new highs to end 2020,” the Associated Press reported on Jan. 1, 2021. “Wall Street closed out a tumultuous year for stocks with more record highs on Thursday, a fitting coda to […]
Jan. 1 — Millions of renters and homeowners received a last-minute reprieve when President Donald Trump finally signed the (pitiful, inadequate) congressional stimulus bill on Dec. 27 after several days’ delay. The measure extended the […]
Jeff Bezos has a fortune of $194 billion. Just in the United States, over a third of a million people have died from the coronavirus. The tragedy has been a gold mine for the […]
On Sunday, Dec. 27, Covid-stricken Californians filled Los Angeles hospitals. In response, an 18-car caravan showed support for Cuban families caravaning in Miami and other cities. Decked out with signs calling for an end to […]
Many organizations participated in the Dec. 12 International Human Rights Day: Uniting Beyond 2020 webinar, with speakers addressing the need for continued political struggle against policies of war and poverty promoted by both the Democratic […]
In 2004 in the Baltimore neighborhood of O’Donnell Heights, two teenagers playing basketball were shot. To this day, it is unclear what exactly happened. What is clear is that this was a frame-up and the […]
“Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect,” was the Dec. 13 New York Times headline on a report by David Sanger. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said the hack is “virtually a declaration of […]
After months of doing nothing, the super Scrooge Congress finally provided a little help for poor and working people. We desperately need it. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 320,000 people in the United States. […]
Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison journalist long known as the “voice of the voiceless” for his compelling writings and short audio tapes about life behind bars, moved a step closer to getting a chance for a […]
Winter weather didn’t stop people from protesting the coronavirus plague that’s being allowed to sweep through U.S. prisons. Dozens gathered in front of New York City’s main post office on 8th Avenue on Dec. 15. […]
Of course, by the time this small story is read, the conditions and procedures giving rise to these experiences will likely have changed. We hope that one thing will change and be no more: COVID-19, […]
Donald Trump was the biggest loser in the November election. In a record turnout of the voting-eligible population, 51.4% of the vote went to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Donald Trump and Mike Pence got […]
If the treatment for a symptom exacerbates the underlying illness, unleashing far more dangerous symptoms, then that “cure” would be considered a failure — especially if it accelerates the death of the patient. The disease […]
Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting […]
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