Hamas seeks to maintain grip over Gaza, weapons

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

The New York Times and other liberal capitalist news media are claiming that Hamas has agreed to “disarm” in exchange for Israeli troops withdrawing from Gaza, part of a 15-point “peace” plan released July 31 by the so-called Board of…



Communist League campaigns, looks to file for ballot in Quebec

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
All but 28 of 930 Jewish refugees fleeing Germany aboard MS St. Louis were denied entry to Cuba in May 1939, then U.S. and Canada. Hundreds forced back to Europe died in Holocaust.

MONTREAL — The Communist League here is running an energetic working-class campaign for Joe Young, its candidate for the October elections to the Quebec National Assembly for the electoral district of St. Laurent. Party members joined Young in campaigning at…



Colloquium honors Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
René González Barrios, director of Fidel Castro Ruz Center, opens First International Fidel Colloquium: Legacy and Future, in Havana Aug. 10. On far right of panel is Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

HAVANA — The First International Fidel Colloquium: Legacy and Future opened here Aug. 10. René González Barrios, director of the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, which is organizing the four-day event, told participants that the 1,500 people attending include over 1,000…


For second week, hundreds of protesters back Haitians in Ohio

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
Over 700 people turned out in Blue Ash, Ohio, Aug. 9, lining the street outside regional immigration office to support Haitian neighbors, co-workers, demand TPS protection be restored.

BLUE ASH, Ohio — “Let them stay!” chanted hundreds of supporters of the right of Haitians who had been living and working in the U.S. for years under the government’s Temporary Protected Status program to remain in the U.S. They…


Imperialist plunder drives emigration from Morocco

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

In the last two days of July, some 72,000 mostly young people living in Morocco crossed the land border into the adjacent Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with 75 immigrants dying. Many attempted a 3-mile swim around the border breakwater to…


Quash government subpoenas, Defend constitutional liberties!

US rulers target backers of Cuban Revolution
Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026
Cuba contingent in St. Paul July 4 parade, part of national protests. U.S. rulers are targeting Cuba, its defenders in the U.S. and crucial rights guaranteed in Constitution that workers need.

The following statement was released Aug. 9 by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, on behalf of the party’s National Committee. The Socialist Workers Party calls on working people, the labor movement, and all supporters of constitutional…


Join the Socialist Workers Party campaign!

Vol. 90/No. 30 - August 24, 2026

Socialist Workers Party candidates around the country are the only voice in the 2026 elections presenting a working-class road to end the capitalist rulers’ devastating wars abroad and their relentless profit drive that targets workers’ wages and conditions of life…