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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 […]

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.

The region comprising the Chotanagpur plateau and Eastern Ghats accounts for the most mineral rich region of India. For centuries, this region remained dominated by autonomous tribal communities. Today, private domestic capital has stepped in where the British once ruled to accelerate the exploitation of these peoples

The US government, led by the far-right Donald Trump, continues to increase its warmongering and interventionist offensive in Latin America in general and against Venezuela in particular. 
On December 16, the U.S. declared a total blockade on oil tankers entering or leaving the country. This comes after issuing warnings about the dangers of flying to […]

A service as essential as travel and transit cannot be left over to profit. At the core of capitalist thinking is the commodity. Everything is reduced to the logic of being a commodity, everything is seen through the lens of profitability, to see how much money it can make the capitalist. This logic ruins transit.