Thousands turn out in Australia protests against massacre of Jews

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
Over 18,000 Jews and supporters attend memorial Dec. 21 at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, honoring the 15 killed and dozens wounded in Jew-hating pogrom there the week before.

SYDNEY — Over 18,000 Jews and substantial numbers of supporters outraged by the murderous assault at Bondi Beach a week earlier came out for a vigil Dec. 21 hosted by the Chabad of Bondi. Two Jew-hating Islamist gunmen had carried…


Rallies against gov’t, economic crisis spread across Iran

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
Merchants and supporters march in Tehran Dec. 29, second day of protests against impact of capitalist crisis, inflation, drop in value of currency. Some marchers chanted, “Death to the dictator,” and “Not for Gaza, nor Lebanon, I sacrifice my life for Iran,”a sign of growing opposition to regime’s military moves in the region, attacks on Israel.

Tens of thousands of small merchants — battered by the plummeting value of the national currency — closed up their shops and took to the streets in rolling protests that began in several bazaars in Tehran Dec. 28. They were…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

January 8, 2001 Working people and all defenders of democratic rights have a stake in joining the fight led by the NAACP to defend voting rights. The NAACP says it has 486 separate reports of problems faced by U.S.-born Blacks,…


US-imposed ceasefire in Gaza has resolved nothing

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

Nearly three months since the Donald Trump administration imposed a ceasefire on Israel and Hamas in Gaza, nothing there has been resolved. Hamas, though seriously weakened by over two years of Israel’s blows, is reimposing its dictatorship over the people…


Mangione and the left’s love of political violence

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

NEW YORK — Pretrial hearings for Luigi Mangione, accused of second-degree murder in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, were held here Dec. 1-18. The liberal media’s fascination with Mangione, alongside the worship of violence by the middle-class left,…


Join fight against Jew-hatred, defend Israel

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

The fight against Jew-hatred is a decisive question for workers worldwide. Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel opened a renewed drive to exterminate Jews by forces on both the left and right of bourgeois politics — as was graphically…


Condemn Washington’s Attack on Venezuela Sovereignty! US Out Now!

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

Statement Issued January 3, 2026 by the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. The Socialist Workers Party condemns in the strongest possible terms Washington’s invasion of Venezuela and its seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Adela Flores, his wife. We…


Protest Washington’s blockade on Venezuela!

Move deepens US rulers’ economic war on Cuba
Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
U.S. troops seize tanker carrying Venezuelan oil off country’s coast in Dec. 10 raid. Washington is ramping up its naval blockade of Venezuela, denying delivery of sorely needed oil to Cuba.

The U.S. government escalated its military attacks against Venezuela Dec. 16, announcing it had put in place “a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers” entering and leaving the country. Since then U.S. naval forces have seized two…