Boeing Machinists back to work after 101-day strike in Missouri

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

After a 101-day strike, some 3,200 members of International Association of Machinists District 837 are back on the job at Boeing’s military aircraft and munitions plants in the St. Louis area. Machinists there voted in favor of accepting the company’s…


40,000 University of California workers organize two-day strike

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025
Members of AFSCME Local 3299 picket UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland Nov. 18, part of statewide two-day strike at UC hospitals for higher pay and better working conditions.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Some 40,000 custodians, cafeteria workers, patient care assistants, hospital technicians, gardeners and others at University of California hospitals and campuses, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, went on a two-day…


Cuba leads fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

WASHINGTON — “Today, I want to speak with you about an urgent crisis, a remarkable story and an opportunity we can no longer afford to ignore,” said Alejandro Pila, deputy ambassador at Cuba’s embassy here, welcoming some 50 participants to…


Israelis in West Bank: ‘Stop attacks on Palestinians’

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

The liberal bourgeois media paints Israelis who live in West Bank settlements as overwhelmingly racists who illegally live on “occupied” land and seek to ethnically cleanse the territory of Palestinians. They don’t say a word about Hamas and Islamic Jihad…


Cuba fights moves by US to block its athletes from Olympics

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025
Cuban volleyball team, right, plays Nicaragua at U23 Pan American Cup in Mexico July 28. Washington’s denial of visas to Cuban athletes could prevent participation in 2028 Olympics.

LOS ANGELES — Most people in the U.S. would assume that as the host of the upcoming 2028 Olympic games in Los Angeles, the U.S. government would be obligated to allow athletes from all countries to compete. But it has…


Drug trade is just another business under capitalism

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

Washington claims the formidable military armada it’s assembled off Venezuela is aimed at taking action against drug dealers. But the U.S. rulers have no intention of stopping the drug trade, which attracts the traffickers, because it’s an exceptionally profitable business…


Jew-hating mob threatens attack on NY synagogue

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

NEW YORK — A Jew-hating mob ready for blood gathered at the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan Nov. 19 and threatened violence against Jews going into a meeting there. This provocative action merits the condemnation of all working people, but…


Moscow stages assault on Polish diplomat over Ukraine aid

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

A brazen physical attack on the top Polish diplomat in Russia on a city street in St. Petersburg Nov. 16, followed by media coverage backing the attack, show how Moscow’s murderous war on Ukraine is increasingly roiling ties across Europe.…