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The U.S. strikes on Nigeria in December were not about religious freedom. They were about control of the Sahel as France withdraws from the region and the other imperialists jostle for power.

Over 15,000 nurses from 10 hospitals have gone on strike, demanding improvements in worker and patient safety and better health benefits.

Trump's threats against Greenland have been a startling break with historical allies of US imperialism, but their arrogance and disdain for indigenous peoples are a longstanding tradition for the imperialists.

In December, the Trump administration proposed sweeping restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the largest and most chilling federal assault on trans rights to date

The United Left Platform knows that the battle against U.S. imperialism and the battle against ICE must become one battle.

For the moment we still celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King as a federal holiday. This year commemorates the holiday’s 40th anniversary. Born Jan. 15, 1929, King is one of the seminal figures of the Black liberation struggle. His importance cannot be overestimated. He provided a major impetus for the giant leap in the struggle at […]

(También en español) The movement's experience in LA demonstrates the that there are masses of people willing to take action to stop ICE. It also demonstrates that we need a lot more organization to be able to stop ICE consistently.

Recent strategic reports put out by Trump's government paint a picture of U.S. imperialism’s international standing falling from uncontested dominance to being compelled to game out its place in a new world order. While the United States retains economic and military superiority, the large strides made by Chinese technological advancements and control of strategic sectors are quickly closing the gap.

The immigrant rights movement today must have labor’s full participation in opposition to the Trump regime’s terror. The fact that a Teamster local like 705 is standing up for immigrant workers is important given that Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has consistently made disparaging comments about immigrants on his podcast.

The fates of workers, students, and oppressed people in Venezuela and in the United States are intimately connected. Just as the U.S. invaded Venezuela for the benefit of Big Oil and the banks, those same ruling-class forces are decimating the gains of the civil rights, labor, and other social movements in this country.

The administration is using every pretext to amplify the propaganda against the immigrant population. Listening to the administration and its spokespersons, all immigrants detained and deported are criminals. African immigrants are facing greater legal obstacles in both the U.S. and Europe despite their presence for decades. For Africans seeking refuge in the U.S. and Europe, gaining asylum is nearly impossible.

Trump's attacks on Venezuela and Colombia already include acts of war. Anti-imperialists must unite to stop this offensive with mass mobilizations across the Americas. Joint statement by the IWL, IWU, and RCIT.

The US War on Drugs has been the framework for imperialist intervention in Latin America since the Reagan era. Now, Trump doubles down on empty claims of combating the drug trade to retrench US interests and far right forces across the continent.

Hernández has been convicted, with evidence, of the crimes that the Trump administration has baselessly accused Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro of committing. But Hernández walked free from jail on Dec. 2, and the U.S. invasion of Venezuela seems poised to begin at any moment. This hypocrisy is obscene, but it's also a consistent pattern of the US-instigated "war on drugs"

Immigrants must stand in solidarity with the struggle for Indigenous liberation as we fight the legacies of imperialism and settler-colonial rule.

While the US is still the most powerful imperialist nation, China's growth into an imperialist rival is of major global relevance. The imperialist dynamics of its economy are critical to understanding the international geopolitical balance of power, but even beyond that represent a faction of the capitalist class that exploits workers where it has influence and which must be organized against.