In the U.S.

Prisontorture
In the U.S.

From Attica to Rikers to Brooklyn: death behind bars in New York

January 7, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein
The detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and revolutionary leader Cilia Flores — prisoners of war and political captives of U.S. imperialism — inside a Brooklyn jail in New York State draws urgent attention to […]
NOLA Palestine3
In the U.S.

New Orleans marches for Palestine at start of Mardi Gras

January 7, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
New Orleans, Jan. 6 – Marchers under the banner of “New Orleans for a Free Palestine” filled the street ahead of the Joan of Arc parade, the first of the Mardi Gras season. With a […]
NOLA march
In the U.S.

New Orleans protest denounces ICE and National Guard occupation

January 5, 2026 Gregory E. Williams
New Orleans, Jan. 2 – In downtown, dozens marched against Trump’s National Guard and ICE occupation. The action started with a rally in front of Armstrong Park. The march went through busy parts of the […]
MDICE2
In the U.S.

ICE shooting of unarmed man in Glen Burnie, Maryland, sparks people’s movement condemnation

January 4, 2026 Andrew Matatag
On Christmas Eve day in Glen Burnie, Maryland, ICE officers shot an unarmed man who was driving a van, causing him to smash into a tree.  The story the Anne Arundel Police Department tells is […]
ICE Slidell
In the U.S.

Louisiana mothers organize daily ICE watch

January 2, 2026 Gregory E. Williams
On New Year’s Day, I spent the afternoon with activists watching for ICE in Slidell, a small Louisiana town about 40 miles northeast of New Orleans. We sat in parked vehicles outside a Latine grocery […]
LP2a
In the U.S.

Comrade Lee Paterson ¡Presente!

January 1, 2026 Colby Byrd
“We can no longer be in a situation where big business rules over the lives of poor, working and oppressed people.” – Comrade Lee Patterson  Comrade Lee will forever be a guiding light to me. […]
LP1
In the U.S.

Lee Patterson, five decades in Baltimore’s class struggle, dies at 70

January 1, 2026 Lev Koufax
Lee Patterson died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 21, during a short stay in hospice care for complications from renal and heart failure. He was surrounded in his final days by loving comrades and […]
Income Distribution2
In the U.S.

The K-shaped economy is monopoly capitalism working as designed

December 31, 2025 Gary Wilson
What is being called a “K-shaped economy” is not a temporary distortion or the result of recent shocks, but the normal outcome of monopoly capitalism. The image suggests two trajectories diverging from a common point—one […]
Austerity
In the U.S.

The dollar’s weakness is imperialism’s weakness

December 30, 2025 Gary Wilson
The economic reports arriving in late 2025 point to a system in breakdown. Prices keep rising while jobs disappear. Factories sit idle or close even as corporate profits are maintained and expanded through higher prices […]
Fidelbanner
In the U.S.

Reflections on Fidel Castro’s internationalism in Cuba on ICAP’s 65th anniversary

December 29, 2025 Iliana García Giraldino
Some 240 activists and representatives of solidarity organizations and movements with Cuba from 32 countries highlighted today the internationalist thought and action of the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro. Gathered at the Cuban […]