Let Cuba Play! Stop US rulers’ ban on visas for Cuban athletes

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
Cuban baseball exhibition game in Havana, 1999. President Fidel Castro managed the team.

The U.S. government’s denial of visas for Cuban athletes leading to the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles is being challenged by the Let Cuba Play! campaign. As part of its economic and political war against Cuba,…


Workers face growing economic crisis as bosses go all-in for AI

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
Speculators are putting massive amounts of capital into building huge AI data centers, consuming large amounts of power. So little housing for workers is built, and our electric bills soar.

“U.S. economy grows at fastest pace in two years,” the BBC headlined a year-end report Dec. 23. Forbes followed suit, with a Dec. 28 article, “Strong GDP And Rising Profits Set Up A Resilient US Economy for 2026.” President Donald…


Socialist Workers Party campaigns against Jew-hatred

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

Since the Jew-hating massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14, members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. have stepped up their campaigning, explaining the stakes for the labor movement…


NZ march protests Jew-hating massacre in Australia

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Four hundred people rallied and marched here Dec. 21 against the massacre one week earlier of Jews celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Speakers condemned the rise in Jew-hatred and…


Starbucks workers strike across country for higher pay, benefits

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — Members of Starbucks Workers United mounted a lively strike picket line in front of the Starbucks here Dec. 24. They’re part of 4,500 Starbucks workers on strike across the country since Nov. 13 in a fight for…


Ábrego García makes gains in fight for rights of immigrants

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026
Kilmar Ábrego García, center, outside U.S. District Court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, Dec. 22 along with, from left, his mother, Cecilia, and wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura. Inset, more than 100 supporters rallied there in his defense, some carrying signs from SMART, his union.

GREENBELT, Md. — On Dec. 22, the Department of Justice moved yet again to try and put Kilmar Ábrego García back behind bars. They were unsuccessful. However, the government’s vindictive prosecution of the 30-year-old construction apprentice continues, despite court rulings…


Workers in Russia face disaster from effects of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against the people of Ukraine is having disastrous consequences for workers in uniform, with Russian casualties growing at the highest rate since the invasion began nearly four years ago. Moscow continues its murderous bombardment of…



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…