Mamdani takes office, overturns orders against Jew-hatred

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, took office Jan. 1, pledging his administration would fight “hate across this city, and that includes the scourge of antisemitism.” But he made a lie out of…


SWP in 1938: self-determination for colonial peoples

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026

Below is an excerpt, “Colonial peoples,” from the Declaration of Principles adopted by the Socialist Workers Party’s founding convention in 1938. It shows the party’s political continuity in the fight against U.S. imperialism’s assault on the national sovereignty of the…


Hamas looks to destroy Israel, oppresses Palestinians in Gaza

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026

Determined to resume its drive to destroy Israel and eliminate all the Jews there, Hamas is using the U.S.-imposed ceasefire in Gaza to reestablish its dictatorship, attacking any Gazan who challenges its rule. On Jan. 4 Hamas thugs kidnapped Majed…


Ohio SWP: ‘Solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba!’

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026

CINCINNATI — Campaigning door to door at the Montana Valley Apartments here Jan. 6, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, John Hawkins, met 20-year-old Amazon worker Tayvon Satcher. “My campaign stands in solidarity with Venezuela,” Hawkins said. “We say…


Condemn Washington’s attack on Venezuela’s sovereignty! US out now!

Statement issued Jan. 3 by National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party
Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026
Protest in Miami Jan. 3 against Washington’s violation of Venezuela’s national sovereignty with its bombing and special operations forces raid in Caracas that kidnapped country’s president.

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 condemn President Donald Trump’s stated goal for the US government and…


US gov’t says ‘oil is ours,’ threatens Cuba, Colombia

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026
Thousands rallied in Havana Jan. 3 to condemn the ongoing U.S. military aggression violating Venezuela’s national sovereignty. Washington is also targeting Cuba’s socialist revolution.

In the early morning Jan. 3 Venezuelans in Caracas and surrounding areas were awakened by explosions and aircraft flying overhead as U.S. forces carried out a murderous military assault aimed at forcing Venezuela’s government to submit to Washington’s imperialist dictates.…


Protests in Iran grow, spread as the toilers say No! to the gov’t

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026
Thousands take to the streets in Borujerd in Lorestan province in Iran Jan. 7, as protests continue to spread. By the 10th day, protests had taken place in more than 250 locations nationwide. Oil workers from two refineries joined an action at Kangan port in Bushehr province.

The Iranian regime’s Tasnim News claimed Jan. 6 that protests that began among shopkeepers in the bazaar in Tehran Dec. 28 and then spread across the country — including to small towns and universities — were now “moving toward complete…


Panama outcry hits destruction of memorial to Chinese labor

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026
Chinese park, monument near Bridge of the Americas were demolished despite protests by Chinese community Dec. 27. Monument built in 2004 paid tribute to thousands of Chinese laborers who died building first railroad crossing the Isthmus of Panama and Panama Canal.

At night on Dec. 27, the mayor of Arraiján, an upscale suburb of Panama City, sent bulldozers to demolish a monument built in 2004 to pay tribute to the thousands of Chinese laborers who died building the first railroad crossing…


Minneapolis march: ‘Defend rights of immigrant workers, protest ICE!’

Vol. 90/No. 2 - January 19, 2026
Protest in Minneapolis Dec. 20 against ICE raids and deportations of immigrant workers. A contingent of Native American dancers, some with Mexican heritage, led the march.

MINNEAPOLIS. — Chanting “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido” (The people united will never be defeated), thousands marched here Dec. 20 protesting recent arrests of immigrant workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including in Latino and Somali communities along the …