Mali protests demand end to military rule, junta bans politics

Vol. 89/No. 20 - May 26, 2025

Defying threats by Mali’s dictatorial military government, hundreds of people took to the streets of Bamako, capital of this west African nation, May 3 to protest the announcement by the regime that junta ruler Assimi Goita would be named as…


Working class can stop imperialism’s relentless march to fascism and war

Vol. 89/No. 20 - May 26, 2025

Below is from the opening section of “Imperialism’s March Toward Fascism and War,” a talk by Socialist Workers Party National Secretary Jack Barnes, addressing the objective situation and challenges facing working people today. It’s the lead article in New International…


Support Israel’s drive to prevent new pogroms by Hamas, Tehran

Vol. 89/No. 20 - May 26, 2025

Israel is taking the next steps to defeat Hamas, amid differences with Washington over the course of the war — fought to defend Israel’s existence — as well with the U.S. government’s moves across the Middle East. In the year…



Hamas’ origins in Jew-hating pogroms, ties to Nazis

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

Hamas isn’t now and never was a movement for Palestinian national rights. Its roots are in the reactionary Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood and the Jew-hating course led by Amin al-Husseini, appointed grand mufti of Jerusalem by the British colonial rulers of…


Trade conflicts point to coming crises, wars

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

The capitalist rulers tell U.S. workers that their tariffs against rivals abroad are the only way to protect “our economy,” that “we’re all in this together.” But this is a lie aimed at conning us into forgoing our own class…



25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025

May 15, 2000 When Elián González was found adrift off Florida last November, “the proper procedure would have been to immediately return the child to his country of origin,” Cuban president Fidel Castro told a rally in Havana on May…


Gaza protests show world that Hamas is enemy of Palestinians

Vol. 89/No. 19 - May 19, 2025
Three of those recently murdered by Hamas in wake of spreading protests. Top, clockwise: Munther Yaseen and Tamer Kafarneh, reported to have been executed for trying to stop thugs from looting aid warehouse; Ziad Shalouf, a well-known figure in Khan Younis.

The growing, courageous opposition to Hamas in Gaza is puncturing the myth pushed by its apologists around the world that Hamas and its allies are fighting for Palestinian rights. For 18 years, Hamas beat, tortured and killed its opponents in…