Nearly half of Israel’s Jews trace their roots to Arab countries

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023
Yemeni Jews arrive at Lod Airport in 1950 after fleeing Yemen due to anti-Jewish persecution.

A recently published book — Sephardi Voices: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands, by Henry Green and Richard Stursberg — addresses a seldom-discussed history. Green touched on this in a public meeting in Miami Dec. 3, titled “Voices…


Families of Putin’s troops: ‘Bring our boys home!’

Vol. 87/No. 48 - December 25, 2023
Protest in Moscow Nov. 7 demanding troops stationed in Ukraine for over a year be rotated home. It was called by The Way Home, a group of soldiers’ mothers and wives. Relatives held placards reading, “The mobilized are not robots. They need replacement,” and “Give the children back their fathers.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to disguise his attempt to conquer Ukraine and its people as a war to defend “Mother Russia” from threats by Washington and NATO. In fact his goal is to reestablish the Russian Empire, denying Ukraine…


Israeli workers look to unite, overcome divisions after Hamas attack

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

Hamas hoped its Oct. 7 pogrom that slaughtered 1,200 people and wounded more than 5,000 would terrorize and demoralize Jews and all those who work with Jews in Israel. Instead, the assault has strengthened the will of working people to…


Support Israel’s fight to exist as a refuge for Jews

Fight against Jew-hatred!
Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Israeli troops in Gaza found huge stockpile of rockets, weapons, inset, near school and hospital Dec. 6. Hamas terror group deliberately hides and fires missiles into Israel from working-class areas. Their goal is to maximize civilian casualties among Palestinians from Israeli return fire in order to win international sympathy.

Israel’s efforts to dismantle Hamas’ capacity to wage wars on Jews resumed in Gaza Dec. 1, after the reactionary group reneged on its agreement to release all the women and children it seized during the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel.…


What was the Holocaust?

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

The over 1,200 Jews slaughtered in the Oct. 7 Tehran-backed Hamas pogrom against Jews in Israel was the largest number of Jews killed in a single day since the Nazi Holocaust in the second imperialist world war. Some 3,000 more…


Democrats tout ‘Bidenomics’ as workers face job losses, inflation

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

The Joseph Biden administration, his 2024 campaign spin doctors and the liberal media insist inflation is dropping to “acceptable” levels. But the conditions working people face are anything but “acceptable.” It’s not just grocery prices that keep going up, but…



Rail workers rally, demand paid sick leave

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Rail workers rally outside Indiana Harbor Belt railroad office in Hammond, Indiana, Nov. 15 to demand bosses agree to provide paid sick leave.

Dozens of track workers, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes union, held two protests Nov. 15 — one outside the headquarters of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad in Hammond, Indiana, and the other at the U.S. offices…


Defend independence of Ukraine!
No to the US gov’t push for ‘peace’

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023
Maria Andreeva holds Moscow protest against Putin’s war on Ukraine.

The U.S. rulers’ response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, like their response to all events worldwide, has always been to advance their own strategic economic, political and military interests, not those of the Ukrainian people. Their aim is to restrict…


Refuse workers strike continues, bosses’ move for injunction fails

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

WARRINGTON, England — Labour Party-led local authorities failed in their attempt to use the courts to break the strike that began Oct. 3 by over 70 Unite-organized refuse collectors here. Workers recently voted to continue their strike into December. Union…