In the U.S. – Page 2 – Struggle

The Department of War shut down El Paso’s sky — and threatened deadly force

February 11, 2026 Gary Wilson

Feb. 11 — On Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration shut down the sky over El Paso, Texas. The FAA issued a 10-day flight restriction, grounding all commercial, cargo, and general aviation at El Paso […]

Nurses, teachers, strikers: Labor takes on ICE

February 8, 2026 Gary Wilson

In California, 31,000 Kaiser health care workers have been on strike since Jan. 26, with 4,000 more pharmacy and lab workers joining as of Feb. 9. In New York, 15,000 nurses have held the line […]

How Michael Parenti helped clarify the class war

February 8, 2026 Lev Koufax

With the death of Marxist thinker and anti-imperialist advocate Michael Parenti, many on the left have been reflecting on his life. For anyone committed to the working class struggle, Michael Parenti represented a strong voice […]

Thousands gather at Baltimore ICE field office to demand abolition

February 6, 2026 Madisyn Parisi

Jan. 31 — Yesterday afternoon, thousands gathered at the George H. Fallon building in Baltimore to join nationwide protests calling for an end to ICE’s reign of terror. The building, which houses ICE’s field office […]

Media Autopsy: What the Baltimore Banner missed about Nick Shirley’s Baltimore visit

February 6, 2026 Madisyn Parisi

Media Autopsy is a series where I put a news article from another source under the microscope and discuss what it’s missing.It’s a way for me to talk about news coverage that got my goat, […]

Minneapolis went on strike. The ruling class flinched…

February 2, 2026 Gary Wilson

The first week of January, Trump sent 2,000 ICE paramilitary agents into Minneapolis, targeting Somali neighborhoods, along with Hmong and Latine communities, and turning the city into a domestic war zone. Minneapolis’ working-class communities responded […]

‘Minnesota makes us proud’: 25,000 march against ICE in NYC

February 1, 2026 Melinda Butterfield

New York, Jan. 30 – It’s bitterly cold – the coldest night of the weeklong polar vortex gripping New York City. Despite this, an estimated 25,000 people joined a rally and march to demand that […]

‘Shutdown’ protests disrupt commerce and schools in resistance to ICE operations

January 31, 2026 Gary Wilson

Tens of thousands of workers, students, and community members walked off jobs and out of classrooms Jan. 30 in a coordinated National Shutdown demanding the removal of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from local communities. […]

ICE adopts ‘Amazon Prime’ model, turning detention into industrial-scale cruelty

January 30, 2026 Gary Wilson

The Department of Homeland Security is transforming immigration detention into an industrial logistics operation — warehouses, transport routes, and processing centers linked like a delivery network — that treats human beings as freight. ICE Director […]

Trump moves to cut pay for home care workers

January 30, 2026 Gregory E. Williams

The Trump regime wants to roll back Obama-era wage protections for about 3 million U.S. home care workers. Home care is an industry that continues to grow as the U.S. population ages. These workers are […]