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…


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…



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…


US-imposed ceasefire in Gaza has resolved nothing

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

Nearly three months since the Donald Trump administration imposed a ceasefire on Israel and Hamas in Gaza, nothing there has been resolved. Hamas, though seriously weakened by over two years of Israel’s blows, is reimposing its dictatorship over the people…


Mangione and the left’s love of political violence

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

NEW YORK — Pretrial hearings for Luigi Mangione, accused of second-degree murder in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, were held here Dec. 1-18. The liberal media’s fascination with Mangione, alongside the worship of violence by the middle-class left,…


Join fight against Jew-hatred, defend Israel

Vol. 90/No. 1 - January 12, 2026

The fight against Jew-hatred is a decisive question for workers worldwide. Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel opened a renewed drive to exterminate Jews by forces on both the left and right of bourgeois politics — as was graphically…