Road to forging a fighting labor movement

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

The defense of the millions of workers without papers is a front-line battle for all workers, which must be taken up and led by the unions. Because of the bosses’ insatiable need for labor, immigration has grown, and native-born and…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

February 5, 2001 LUTON, England — Ten thousand working people marched here Jan. 20 to protest the decision by General Motors to cut 10,000 jobs at plants across North America and Europe. Workers reported plans for plant-gate demonstrations in Portugal,…


Washington is deepening its domination in the Middle East

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

After imposing a ceasefire in Gaza, blocking Israel from defeating Hamas decisively, the Donald Trump administration is making further shifts to advance U.S. imperialist interests in the Middle East. This includes pursuing profits from its expanding presence as well as…


Imperialism’s growing drive to war marks Davos debates

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

Heated tensions between Washington and rival ruling class spokespeople in Europe were on show at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21-22. The annual gathering exposed the reality of the cut-throat relations that increasingly mark the fraying imperialist…


Moscow targets working people in Ukraine, bombs out power and heat

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Rail and other maintenance workers came from across Ukraine to volunteer in Kyiv repairing heating and power facilities damaged by massive drone and missile assaults by Moscow.

Ukrainian and U.S. officials met with Russian military representatives in Abu Dhabi Jan. 23-24 on terms to bring Moscow’s nearly four-year-long war on Ukraine to an end. At the same time, the Kremlin launched over 370 attack drones and 21…



US rulers deepen control over oil in Venezuela, cut delivery to China

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

Following Washington’s assault on Venezuela, killing more than 100 Venezuelans and 32 Cubans there, and kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas Jan. 15 to meet with new Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez. The meeting focused on…


31,000 Kaiser nurses strike over staffing in California, Hawaii

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Striking nurses picket Kaiser Hospital in Baldwin Park, near Los Angeles, Jan. 26. Some 31,000 hospital workers in California and Hawaii are fighting for safe staffing levels and a wage raise.

LOS ANGELES — Nurses and other health care workers set up picket lines at over two dozen Kaiser Permanente hospitals and hundreds of its clinics across California and in Hawaii Jan. 26, launching a strike against the Kaiser chain. The…


Fidel Castro: Why Cuba has no need for nuclear weapons

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026
Cuban President Fidel Castro places wreath for victims of atom bomb at memorial in Hiroshima, Japan, March 3, 2003.

Aug. 13, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro. Under his leadership the Rebel Army and July 26 Movement led Cuba’s working people to overthrow the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and opened the…


Tacoma nurses fight for safe staffing levels, a new contract

Vol. 90/No. 5 - February 9, 2026

TACOMA, Wash. — Hundreds of nurses, members of the Washington State Nurses Association, and their supporters picketed Tacoma General Hospital and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital here Jan. 23, protesting management’s refusal to include safe staffing ratios for neonatal intensive care…