Media hysteria over 2026 DSA votes discounts class relations

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

Both the middle-class left and liberal press have pointed to the narrow victory won by Abdul El-Sayed in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan as part of a surprising socialist swing in U.S. politics. For their…


Ukraine battles Moscow’s war, Putin targets an entire people

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

The contrast between Ukraine’s drive to defend its national sovereignty and the brutal methods used by Moscow in its invasion aimed at conquering Ukraine, could not be starker. Moscow is escalating its missile attacks targeting civilians in Ukrainian cities while…


Solidarity and contributions grow for locked-out Indiana oil workers

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
Motorcyclists, others gather for “Poker Run,” outside Steelworkers Local 6787 hall in Chesterton, Indiana, a benefit for locked-out BP refinery workers and the USW Local 7-1 strike fund Aug. 8.

CHESTERTON, Ind. — One hundred ninety-six motorcycles and their riders lined up outside United Steelworkers Local 6787’s hall here at the start of the Poker Run to benefit locked-out BP refinery workers and their USW Local 7-1 Strike and Defense…



As Washington steps up economic war on Iran, Tehran attacks its working people

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
Teachers and retired workers from at least five cities bring solidarity to family of teacher union leader Masoud Farhikhteh, imprisoned under solitary confinement in Karaj, Iran.

President Donald Trump’s administration has backed away from threats of new and larger airstrikes on Iran — for the moment — while intensifying its suffocating economic warfare, including a naval blockade of Iranian ports. It’s working people and oppressed nationalities…


Communist League campaigns, looks to file for ballot in Quebec

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
All but 28 of 930 Jewish refugees fleeing Germany aboard MS St. Louis were denied entry to Cuba in May 1939, then U.S. and Canada. Hundreds forced back to Europe died in Holocaust.

MONTREAL — The Communist League here is running an energetic working-class campaign for Joe Young, its candidate for the October elections to the Quebec National Assembly for the electoral district of St. Laurent. Party members joined Young in campaigning at…



Hamas seeks to maintain grip over Gaza, weapons

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

The New York Times and other liberal capitalist news media are claiming that Hamas has agreed to “disarm” in exchange for Israeli troops withdrawing from Gaza, part of a 15-point “peace” plan released July 31 by the so-called Board of…


Cape Verdean film on independence struggle features Cuba’s role

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Cape Verdean filmmaker Elson Santos organized a showing of the new documentary he directed, along with Lara Sousa from Mozambique, to 80 people at the BlackStar Film Festival here July 6-9. The film, “We, People of the Islands,”…


Jew-hatred, violent attacks on Jews increase across Canada

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
Noam, kosher restaurant in Montreal, burned to the ground Aug. 1. Owner Howard Szalavetz told the press he was thankful his late father, a Holocaust survivor, didn’t have to see the attack.

MONTREAL — Noam, a kosher restaurant here, was burned to the ground Aug. 1, one of a growing number of attacks on Jews in Canada. Luckily, no one was in the building at the time. Police are treating the act…