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The mobilization in Iran is unprecedented in its sweep and scale, far larger than the protests we have seen in the recent past. As such, this uprising represents perhaps the greatest threat to the power of the rule of the Mullahs, a power that has been ruling Iran almost unchecked for most of the last fifty years.

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 […]

Since January 8, the Iranian regime has blocked internet and telephone communications and carried out massacres against protesters across the country. Human rights organizations estimate that there have been between 3,400 and 20,000 deaths, thousands of injuries, and more than 20,000 detentions of protesters. The violence has turned areas surrounding hospitals into open-air morgues. These […]

The student movement, with a transformative imagination, seeks a future free from tyranny and will not submit to any form of authoritarianism. Today, our progress requires a new plan in hand. The crises of society and the incompetence of all opposing sides to the Islamic Republic have brought us to a point where we claim the student movement needs affirmative activism. That is, it must respond to the demands of the time, stand alongside the people and various social groups in their calls for justice, and formulate the processes through which these demands can be achieved.

(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.

On December 28, Tehran merchants, known as “Bazaari,” closed their doors in protest against the economic crisis (skyrocketing inflation and sharp devaluation of the national currency, the rial) and neoliberal policies that benefit only certain capitalist sectors linked to the regime and widen social inequality. The following day, university students joined the protests. From there, […]

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.

As worldwide protests, including many across the UK, demand ‘hands-off Venezuela’, that the Venezuelan people govern themselves, the ISL fully support the demands of the protests and further demands the British government condemn the invasion as well as the capture of president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

The only way to beat U.S. imperialism in Venezuela today is to throw the Chavista dictatorship out with it

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 assassination of Osman Hadi and other youth leaders of the July movement are accompanied by the strengthening of Islamist and reactionary forces in Bangladesh.

The U.S. kidnapping of Maduro is an attack on all of Latin America, and a threat to the working class everywhere. We must mobilize and stand up against imperialism

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.

The Goal Is Movement Statement from the National Executive of the PDAC We express our complete and unconditional solidarity with Hannoun, president of the Association of Palestinians in Italy, and with the other Palestinian comrades who have been detained. While ships full of weapons that Israel uses to continue the genocide in Gaza and the […]

Petrobras Violently Represses Strike at Refinery and Boaventura Energy Complex in Rio de Janeiro State Oil workers across the country began a national strike on the morning of December 15 in response to Petrobras’s third proposal for the 2025–2026 collective bargaining agreement. The decision to strike was made at mass assemblies held at all bases […]