Hundreds of Chicago hotel workers strike as marathon nears

Vol. 90/No. 38 - October 26, 2026

CHICAGO — Hundreds of hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 1, walked out of some of the most famous hotels here Oct. 9, going on strike just hours before the start of the Chicago Marathon, a busy time of…


Botched execution tortures woman in Tennessee prison

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Gail Pike is in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a cruel and gruesome failed attempt by state officials to execute her Sept. 30 at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institute in Nashville. Pike…



Help get truth out about Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

The U.N. General Assembly will debate and vote on an annual resolution calling on Washington to end its blockade against Cuba Oct. 27-28. This year’s vote takes place after the U.S. rulers imposed a total oil blockade and sharply escalated…


CL campaigns against rise in threats, attacks on Jews in UK

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Jonathan Silberman, right, Communist League candidate in Holborn and St. Pancras by-election in London, campaigns at Oct. 4 march marking working-class protest in 1936 against Jew-hating action by British fascists, led by Oswald Mosley, former leader of Labour Party left.

LONDON — “Only the Communist League is placing the fight against Jew-hatred as a key issue in its campaigning,” Jonathan Silberman told over 100 people at an election candidates’ debate Sept. 24. He is the Communist League candidate in the…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

October 15, 2001 A number of organizations met in the Puerto Rican island of Vieques Sept. 26 in a popular assembly and decided to continue their protests demanding an end to the U.S. Navy’s bombardment and occupation of large sections…



Workers look at Democrats and Republicans, see ‘nothing for us’

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026

As Socialist Workers Party candidates introduce the only working-class campaign across the country, they’re meeting many workers who say they can see no reason to vote for either the Democrats or Republicans. Pundits in the big-business press have noticed the…


Cubans collaborate to ease conditions, show movies

Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
Cuban film institute is deploying mobile cinemas, using generators and solar power, to Havana, rural, working-class communities across Cuba. Initiative’s roots lie in early days of revolution.

Working people in Cuba are coming together to take initiatives to combat the effects of the U.S. rulers’ brutal oil blockade and crippling sanctions. An important part of this effort is the re-launching of mobile cinemas around the country by…


Cuban people defend their revolution! US hands off!

Washington tightens blockade against Cuba
Vol. 90/No. 37 - October 19, 2026
People hold images of Raúl Castro, leader of Cuban Revolution, as thousands rallied in Havana May 22 to protest Washington’s oil blockade of Cuba and to defend their socialist revolution.

Washington adds new bans on trade and travel to Cuba The Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed expanded sanctions against Cuba that took effect Sept. 30, tightening Washington’s squeeze on the Cuban people and its drive to overturn the country’s…