New attacks on synagogues show real face of Jew-hatred

Vol. 89/No. 30 - August 25, 2025
Jew-hating death threat on door of Congregation Emanu-El, Victoria, British Columbia, Aug. 2.

Attacks on synagogues in Australia, Canada and elsewhere over recent weeks highlight the stakes in the fight to defend Israel as a refuge for Jews, to advance the working-class fight against Jew-hatred and pogroms. In British Columbia, Canada, someone scrawled…


‘Fight for a workers gov’t to prevent another world war’

Vol. 89/No. 30 - August 25, 2025
Philippe Tessier, Communist League candidate for mayor of Saint Leonard, speaks in Montreal Aug. 9, with, from left, Kevin Dwire, SWP Minneapolis mayoral candidate; Katy LeRougetel, CL candidate for mayor of Montreal; Joanne Kuniansky, SWP candidate for New Jersey governor.

MONTREAL — Campaigning together here Aug. 8-9 were Katy LeRougetel, Communist League candidate for mayor of Montreal; Philippe Tessier, CL candidate for mayor of Saint Leonard; Joanne Kuniansky, Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of New Jersey; and Kevin Dwire,…


Israeli gov’t approves offensive for defeat of Hamas

Vol. 89/No. 30 - August 25, 2025

After a heated 10-hour debate Aug. 8, the Israeli government approved a new offensive aimed at decisively defeating Hamas and extending Israeli military control over all of Gaza. The Security Cabinet voted to instruct the Israeli army to take over…


Ukraine resists Moscow’s war, Putin seeks help from Trump

Vol. 89/No. 30 - August 25, 2025
Kateryna Troian, a legendary drone operator with over 1,000 successful strikes, was known by her call sign, “Meow.” She was killed by artillery fire near Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, June 8.

In an effort to impose a settlement leading to the end of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump announced that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Alaska Aug. 15. While they talk, working people in Ukraine…


Teamsters Airgas strike enters week seven

Vol. 89/No. 30 - August 25, 2025

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio — Seven weeks into their strike against Airgas, Teamsters members here who fill and haul gas tanks are determined to win contracts with wage increases and improved health care. The Teamsters are on strike in Ohio, New…


Nigeria’s nurses strike, demand higher pay, improved conditions

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

Nurses in all of Nigeria’s public hospitals launched a seven-day strike July 30, demanding higher pay, safer working conditions and the hiring of more nurses. The 25,000-member National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives called the action after the government…


To defend Israel as a refuge for Jews, Hamas must be defeated

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

Two videos released by Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad are the latest gruesome proof of why Israel must defeat and destroy the Tehran-backed group. In the videos the Jew-hating thugs proudly show the barbaric affects of their nearly two…


Cincinnati protest says release Imam Soliman from detention

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

CINCINNATI — Imam Ayman Soliman was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement here July 9, a month after his official asylum status, approved in 2018, was revoked. He is being held in the Butler County Jail, along with hundreds of…


Program boosts campaign to send pacemakers to Cubans

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 100 people from across North America took part in an online webinar July 31 answering Washington’s lies about Cuba’s international health missions and to raise funds for the “From Our Hearts to Cuban Hearts” campaign…


NY forum celebrates July 26, Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

  NEW YORK — “The assault on the Moncada Barracks by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro electrified the Cuban people,” Martín Koppel told an Aug. 2 Militant Labor Forum marking the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, attack. The bold…