Sudan protests continue fight to end military rule

Vol. 85/No. 47 - December 20, 2021

Defying tear gas attacks by Sudanese security forces, tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital, Khartoum, Nov. 30, above, as they continue to mobilize in opposition to military rule after an Oct. 25 coup. Neighborhood resistance committees called…


India farmers’ year of protests defeats gov’t attacks

Vol. 85/No. 46 - December 13, 2021

Farmers meeting at the Gazipur protest encampment outside India’s capital, New Delhi, Nov. 26 celebrate after their massive yearlong mobilizations were victorious, forcing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rescind new agricultural laws that threatened their livelihoods. These laws would have…



India farmers win! After year of protest, gov’t backs down

Vol. 85/No. 45 - December 6, 2021

A year of massive protests by working farmers in India has forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce Nov. 19 he had decided to withdraw laws that threaten their livelihoods. The measures would have removed state-guaranteed minimums for staple grain…


Middle East refugees caught up in EU, Belarus, Moscow conflict

Vol. 85/No. 44 - November 29, 2021
Thousands of emigrants from Mideast seeking to enter Europe are blocked by razor wire and Polish police at Belarus border. Inset, map of region. Refugee border crisis fueled by regime in Belarus and Moscow ally stirs bloody reaction by EU forces and destabilizes capitalist political order in heart of central Europe.

Thousands of asylum-seekers are trapped between the borders of Belarus and neighboring Poland and Lithuania, in freezing conditions. Fleeing countries in the Mideast, they are trying to enter western Europe via Belarus. The crisis has sharpened disputes between the imperialist…


Sudan protests continue, fight to overturn military coup

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

Sudanese security forces fired rubber bullets and arrested scores of protesters in attacks against rallies in several cities Nov. 7, part of an ongoing wave of actions against the Oct. 25 military coup led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Thousands…


Sectarian battles, meddling by Tehran deepen Lebanon crisis

Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
“Act for Justice” monument, where massive explosion in August 2020 at Beirut port killed over 200 people, wounded thousands, left 250,000 homeless, expresses outrage of working people.

Leaders of the reactionary Hezbollah in Lebanon claim the Oct. 14 sniper attack that killed seven and injured some 30 people at a protest it organized was carried out by rival Christian-based Lebanese Forces. Hezbollah, a Tehran-backed group organized in…


Vaccines must be the property of humanity, not for monopoly profit

Vol. 85/No. 41 - November 8, 2021
Child gets vaccinated against COVID in Cuba, Aug. 3. All Cubans down to 2-year-olds will be vaccinated by year’s end. Revolutionary Cuba exports its vaccines to Vietnam, Venezuela, and more.

“The U.S. capitalist rulers and their government should be compelled to rapidly expand the production and distribution of enough vaccines to immunize billions of working people around the world against COVID-19,” Malcolm Jarrett, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of…


Iraqi election boycott shows anger with gov’t, Tehran

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

The outcome of parliamentary elections in Iraq on Oct. 10 and the exceptionally low turnout reflect the mounting hatred toward the Iraqi rulers and toward Tehran, which has consolidated its military, economic and political intervention in the country. Working people…


Maoism: An anti-working-class record of defeats around the world

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021
Indonesian Communist Party youth under guard by military, Oct. 30, 1965, after coup. Over a million were killed as counterrevolutionary Maoist misleaders led working people into a slaughter.

As he moves to tighten state control over the Chinese economy, President Xi Jinping is portraying his regime and its policies as the continuation of the teachings of Mao Zedong. Mao commanded the Stalinized Chinese Communist Party, from the late…