Hamas, not Israel, is responsible for food shortages in Gaza

Vol. 89/No. 28 - August 11, 2025

A barrage of articles in the bourgeois press, along with statements by Democratic Party politicians, President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and reports from United Nations bodies, all claim that large numbers of children are starving to…


Ottawa pushes harsh sentences for Canada truckers’ leaders

Vol. 89/No. 28 - August 11, 2025

MONTREAL — Federal prosecutors are pushing for “extraordinary” harsh prison sentences for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. The two were prominent spokespeople in the 2022 Freedom Convoy organized by truckers demanding the repeal of government-imposed COVID mandates that threatened their…


Banana workers, unions protest Panama gov’t attack on pensions

Vol. 89/No. 28 - August 11, 2025

In March, the government of José Raúl Mulino, president of Panama, announced plans to reform the country’s social security system, sparking widespread protests by unions organizing teachers, nurses, construction workers and banana farmworkers. He approved the “reform” law March 18.…