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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.

Winning against ICE is going to take more than what NGOs have to offer. We need a democratic mass movement that can go beyond the Democratic Party formula

The Trump administration has decided that the limited humanitarian protections offered by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for millions of refugees is “contrary to the national interest.” This includes the protections previously offered to refugees from a list of countries victimized by U.S. imperialism, including Haiti, Honduras, and Afghanistan—along with the latest country in the sights of the imperialist war machine, Venezuela.

Zohran Mamdani, a DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) member and New York State assemblyman representing parts of Queens, has won the mayoral race in New York City. Mamdani received over one million votes, including big majorities in a number of working-class districts as well as in many liberal or “progressive” middle-class neighborhoods. His election demonstrates […]

By ERWIN FREED National Security Policy Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7) makes explicit the anti-speech, anti-democratic, anti-worker mood of the big billionaires and their political puppets. The assassination of Charlie Kirk was shamelessly used by his political allies and so-called friends to give “rationale” to a document that criminalizes the vast majority of U.S. residents’ political, cultural, and […]

Joint statement by revolutionary socialist workers from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States We, revolutionary socialist workers’ organizations from Venezuela, Colombia, and the United States, completely condemn the unjustifiable murders of sailors and fishermen from Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad by the U.S. Navy. Likewise, we condemn the disgusting, deadly threats and provocations by the Trump […]

The historic October 18 protests brought millions across the U.S. into the streets to oppose Trump’s slide toward authoritarian rule. Now, the emerging No Kings Alliance seeks to channel that momentum into a lasting grassroots movement.

By BRIAN CRAWFORD Texas, on the command of Donald Trump, fashioned a new congressional map with the intent of gaining five additional seats to secure the Republican Party’s majority in the House of Representatives. Republican legislatures already envision permanent majorities in their states—why not in Congress? In response, governors in Democratic states, most notably California, […]

By RICHARD WESLEY One year ago, ”Farmers for Trump” signs peppered the landscape in rural America. Over half a year into the second Trump administration, the enthusiasm for the election of 2024 has considerably abated in farm country. Policy decisions coming from Washington have dealt a series of blows to rural populations. Tariffs and instability […]

By JOHN LESLIE At midnight on Sept. 30, the U.S. government shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach agreement on a short-term spending plan. As a consequence, there is a looming danger that the shutdown will lead to a series of service cuts and permanent layoffs of federal workers that go far beyond what […]

By ERNIE GOTTA Read here the news and views from the class struggle in the U.S. and internationally! This edition features news from Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Auto workers in Conn. threaten strike at Cummins UAW Local 379 is demanding wage and health benefit increases, profit sharing, and job security at Cummins/Jacob […]

By ERWIN FREED ICE agents kidnapped Victor Sánchez at a routine immigration check-in in Hartford, Conn., on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor is a community leader, father, and worker. He is involved not only with immigrant justice organizing but also helping people achieve sobriety. Victor has been in the United States since 2004. According to a […]