US hands off Venezuela! No to US economic war against Cuba

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Protest in Santo Domingo Dec. 10 says, “No to war against Venezuela!” and “Yankee hands off Venezuela!” National Popular Coordinating Committee condemned government of Dominican Republic for joining Washington in threatening military maneuvers against Venezuela.

In a sharp escalation of threats against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. military forces seized a large oil tanker carrying crude from Venezuela Dec. 10. It’s the latest violation of the country’s sovereignty as part of the…


Join battle against Jew-hatred, bloody massacre in Australia

Working class must lead fight on antisemitism, pogroms
Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Large crowd at Bondi Beach Pavilion in Sydney Dec. 15 pays tribute to victims of pogrom the day 
before. Killings lend urgency to the need to fight Jew-hatred, defend Israel as a refuge for Jews.

SYDNEY — “This was a massacre, a pogrom,” Jewish Board of Deputies President David Ossip told a press conference at Bondi Beach Dec. 15. The previous evening 15 people were shot and killed and dozens more wounded at the beach…


Statement by the Communist League in Australia

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

December 16, 2025 The horrific shooting of Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach December 14, was a violent act of Jew-hatred which should be condemned by all working people, our unions, and supporters of democratic rights. Since the murderous pogrom…


Kilmar Abrego García is out of prison: ‘My fight will continue’

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Kilmar Abrego García, speaking to the press the day after winning release from prison Dec. 11. Backed by his union, SMART, and many others, he is continuing to fight to win his freedom.

WASHINGTON — After 275 days in prison, Kilmar Abrego García, a 30-year-old construction apprentice and member of SMART Local 100, was released from immigration detention Dec. 11. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered Kristi Noem, the Department of…


SWP builds actions against attacks on Jews, promotes workers power

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Deborah Liatos brings solidarity from SWP to Hanukkah celebration of over 200 in Culver City, California, Dec. 14. SWP mobilized across the country to build actions against Jew-hatred.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. are responding to the horrific Jew-hating massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14. Two Islamist thugs shot dead 15 people and…


Spreading capitalist crises, rivalries driving threat of a new world war

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

Working people around the world face more wars than at any time in recent decades, while the world’s capitalist rulers engage in an escalating arms race and seek new alliances. Washington’s efforts to reinforce its waning global domination are at…


Ukrainians insist on defending their nat’l sovereignty

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

As the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s invasion aimed at conquering Ukraine nears, Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to break the resolve of working people there to defend their country’s sovereignty. His problem is his army is taking heavy losses with…


Rezayi family demands justice in cop shooting of their son

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

MONTREAL — Three months after 15-year-old high school student Nooran Rezayi was gunned down  by a Longueuil cop, no criminal charges have been laid and the name of the cop put on administrative leave has still not been revealed. Rezayi’s…


Chinese overseas in a changing world is theme of ISSCO Malaysia event

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas conference Nov. 4-6 at Malaya University. Some 500 people from 27 countries participated in Kuala Lumpur conference, ISSCO’s largest ever.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — “Chinese Overseas in a Changing World: Global Networks, Local Realities” was the theme of the 12th International Conference of ISSCO, the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, that took place Nov. 4-6 at the…


Panel discusses how Cuba uprooted discrimination against Chinese

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Prior to 1959 revolution, Playa de Marianao, above, had been a “whites only” preserve for Havana’s wealthy families. Fidel Castro led fight against all forms of discrimination, including for Chinese Cubans, as socialist revolution advanced interests of workers, farmers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — “The unique history of Chinese in Cuba” was the title of a presentation at the 12th International Conference of ISSCO given by Mary-Alice Waters, president of Pathfinder Press and editor of Our History Is Still Being…