Israel looks for way to destroy Hamas, faces US resistance

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, at U.S.-run Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel Oct. 24. Center’s main goal is to advance the U.S. imperialist rulers’ interests in the Middle East. Key to this for Washington is restraining Israel from continued efforts to destroy Hamas.

Hamas is purchasing and storing advanced weapons abroad for use in future pogroms against Jews. It has no intention of accepting the U.S.-imposed “peace” deal, ceding its armed control over Gaza. And it has not backed off its goal of…





Workers face blows as today’s crisis of capitalism deepens

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

Rising prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity and health care, and now growing layoffs, are making it increasingly difficult for working people to make ends meet. This crisis has grown whether the bosses’ Democratic or Republican parties are…


Protest set against gov’t move to deport Abrego García

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García will rally in his defense Nov. 20 outside a U.S. District Court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, protesting the Donald Trump administration’s latest move to immediately deport him to Liberia. CASA, an area immigrant…


Starbucks workers strike over contract, wages, schedules

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

ANTHONY, Minn. — At the Starbucks workers’ picket line here Nov. 14, picket captain Abby Haland told the Militant, “Starbucks jobs aren’t livable without winning a contract. Low wages and lack of benefits mean many of us work two jobs…


Workers at Safeway’s N. Calif. bread plant win new contract

Vol. 89/No. 42 - November 24, 2025
Workers at the Safeway bread plant in Richmond, California, members of BCTGM Local 125, rally Oct. 5, part of fight for a new contract with a wage raise. Unionists were victorious.

RICHMOND, Calif. — Public protests paid off for Safeway bread plant workers here, who won a new contract 14 months after their old one expired. The workers won wage gains of $4.95 an hour over four years, and the fight…


Houston convention center unionists win 25% wage hike

Vol. 89/No. 42 - November 24, 2025

FORT WORTH, Texas — On the heels of the victory of the 40-day strike by members of UNITE HERE Local 23 at the Hilton hotel in Houston, some 100 food service workers at the nearby George R. Brown Convention Center…


Doctors strike Allina over clinic closures, workloads, unpaid work

Vol. 89/No. 42 - November 24, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS — “Health care is a human right!” and “Doctors on the outside? Trouble on the inside,” were chanted by hundreds of members of the Doctors Council, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, during a one-day strike against…