Marathon workers fight union-busting lockout

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

MARTINEZ, Calif. — For over two months, 120 oil refinery workers at Marathon Renewables here, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, have been fighting serious attacks on their union and working conditions. In the latest blow, the company locked out…


Protests call for end to oil blockade, threats on Cuba

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Over 60 people picketed Federal Post Office in New York June 27 demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba!” in action called by Cuba Sí NY/NJ coalition. Similar protests are taking place elsewhere.

NEW YORK — Some 60 people protested outside the main federal post office in midtown Manhattan here June 27 to demand the U.S. government end its brutal economic blockade of Cuba. This was the third picket this year organized by…


US, Tehran seek Mideast deal as Israel defends its very existence

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Underground Hezbollah drone factory found by Israeli soldiers June 18 in southern Lebanon.

After another round of drone and airstrikes and counterstrikes, the U.S. and Iranian governments sent representatives to Qatar to seek negotiations June 30. Having dealt big blows to Tehran’s military in repeated missile and drone attacks beginning in February, the…


Protests hit new Supreme Court blow to TPS for Haitians in US

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
Union-sponsored rally north of Miami Jan. 28. Protests also took place in Springfield, Ohio, elsewhere against Supreme Court ruling allowing government to end TPS for Haitians, Syrians.

Hundreds demonstrated in defense of continuing Temporary Protected Status for refugees from Haiti in Springfield, Ohio, and other cities following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 25. The decision says President Donald Trump’s administration has the right, as the executive…


‘We won!’ Philadelphia Sheraton hotel workers strike makes gains

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026
UNITE HERE Local 274 members celebrate June 29 contract victory after nine-day strike at Sheraton Philadelphia won higher “pattern” pay, health, pension coverage, lower workload.

PHILADELPHIA — “We won! We won!” chanted UNITE HERE Local 274 members who work at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown hotel, after Local President Rosslyn Wuchinich announced a tentative deal for some 200 workers at their strike headquarters June 29. They…



UN hearing backs independence fight in Puerto Rico

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

UNITED NATIONS — Tens of thousands across Puerto Rico have been without running water for weeks on end, on top of years of frequent electrical blackouts, Damara González told the United Nations decolonization hearing on the status of Puerto Rico…


US imperialism and the catastrophe in Venezuela

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

The overall number of deaths from two devastating earthquakes 100 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela, are not known, with close to 2,000 found dead and thousands more still missing. What is certain is the scale of the deaths and destruction…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

July 16, 2001 Eight young people are among the first students from the United States to receive scholarships to attend the Latin American School of Medical Sciences in Havana. The more than 3,400 international students at the school come from…


US, Tehran deal means no peace in the Mideast

Vol. 90/No. 23 - July 6, 2026

Washington and Tehran signed a 14-point “Memorandum of Understanding” June 17. But this is not a “peace” agreement, it’s a move by Washington to work with Iran’s capitalist rulers to achieve the stability the U.S. rulers want to advance their…