50,000 Cubans rally, say: ‘US out of Guantánamo!’

Vol. 89/No. 10 - March 17, 2025

One day after Washington announced measures imposing new visa restrictions on Cubans Feb. 25, more than 50,000 Cubans demonstrated in the city of Guantánamo, the capital of Guantánamo province, in an action called by the Central Organization of Cuban Workers…



IDF report shows its political bias allowed Hamas pogrom

Vol. 89/No. 10 - March 17, 2025

On Feb. 27 the Israel Defense Forces made public a summary of its self-investigation of its failings leading to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas pogrom. It gives a glimpse of the scope of the massacre that day and exposes the…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 10 - March 17, 2025

March 13, 2000 HAVANA — The following appeared in the Cuban newspaper Granma Internacional. It reports on a press conference by six farmers from the U.S. who conducted a fact-finding trip to Cuba. “I have discovered a big difference between…


Landlords say ‘era of falling rents’ is now over, watch out!

Vol. 89/No. 9 - March 10, 2025
Renters lined up outside Harris County Courthouse in Houston, Jan. 7, where 759 eviction cases were scheduled to be heard that day by one judge. Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Fort Worth, calls for a moratorium on evictions, cut the rents!

“The era of falling apartment rents looks to be nearly over,” a Wall Street Journal article announced Feb. 14, saying that “a landlord-friendly era” is about to open. But there has been no “era of falling rents” for working people,…


Celebrate Omari Musa’s 55 years building Socialist Workers Party

Vol. 89/No. 9 - March 10, 2025

WASHINGTON — Omari Musa, a longtime member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, died here Feb. 22 after a fight to overcome complications from medical conditions he faced in recent years. Musa, a member of the SWP…


Over 700 rallies worldwide back Ukraine’s sovereignty

Vol. 89/No. 9 - March 10, 2025
Banner by CGT, CFDT, Solidaires union confederations in Paris Feb. 23: “Union support to Ukrainian resistance — For peace, withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine — Solidarity with all refugees.”

MONTREAL — Demonstrations in support of Ukrainian sovereignty took place here and in over 700 cities in 78 countries around the world. Across Canada, rallies took place in dozens of cities. This country has 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent,…