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Against fascism: New book challenges Trump’s ‘populist’ label

April 3, 2025 Gary Wilson

You might clench your teeth just like I do when someone calls Donald Trump a populist. As the new book — “Against fascism: Reclaiming populism’s legacy for today’s class struggle” — points out, that’s using […]

‘Free Trade’ and Trump’s tariffs: A response to Shawn Fain

April 2, 2025 Chris Fry

Elon Musk and his puppet “King Donald Trump” have laid a political trap against the United Auto Workers (UAW) leadership and the U.S. working class as a whole with their escalating tariff war. Now is […]

Liberation day

April 2, 2025 Michael Roberts

It’s not April Fool’s Day (1 April). But it might as well be, as later today U.S. President Donald Trump announces another barrage of tariffs on imports into the U.S. in what Trump calls ‘Liberation […]

Put People First campaign launched in Louisiana with ‘stop the cuts’ rally

March 31, 2025 Louisiana Workers Council

Join the Put the People First campaign, fight back against Trump, Musk, and Governor Landry’s war on the people New Orleans, March 29 – Despite predicted storms, federal and postal workers, retirees, veterans, Medicaid and […]

Baltimore’s Urban Reads Bookstore, activist owner face white supremacist attacks over prison justice work

March 30, 2025 Colby Byrd

Urban Reads Bookstore is a Black-owned shop in the heart of Baltimore. Recently, the store and its owner, Tia Hamilton, have been facing harassment and attacks by white supremacists and fascists. These attacks are due […]

Trump’s tax breaks vs. public health: HHS layoffs could deepen opioid crisis

March 30, 2025 Gregory E. Williams

These cuts kill On March 27, Trump’s billionaire-controlled administration announced the firing of another 10,000 full-time workers at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). That brings the total to 20,000 people forced […]

Unity in resistance: LA activists rally for Palestine, trans rights, against ICE and fascism

March 29, 2025 Women in Struggle – SoCal

“Our Solidarity is Our Strength” was the theme of the March 16 meeting in Los Angeles, organized by Women in Struggle and the Struggle for Socialism Party. The program brought together leaders from communities besieged […]

Melinda Butterfield links trans justice to global struggles

March 29, 2025 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau

The Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles hosted national trans activist and leader Melinda Butterfield to mark International Women’s Day. The whirlwind weekend began with the screening of “I Saw the TV […]

What actually reduced opioid deaths? Methadone, Naloxone, and Medicaid — not militarized borders

March 26, 2025 Gregory E. Williams

Public health measures drive down opioid deaths U.S. opioid deaths are finally going down. In January, a CDC report showed an almost 24% decrease in drug overdose deaths from September 2023 to September 2024. This […]

From Hawai’i: To the U.S., we’re a giant military station

March 24, 2025 Teuila Fuatai

Increasing militarization of the Pacific continues to cause tension inside and outside the region. In Hawai‘i, where the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet is stationed, Indigenous rights advocates have fought for decades against expansive military occupation […]