2013 Maidan uprising marked turning point in Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 47 - December 18, 2023

Ten years ago, on Dec. 6 and 8, 2013, tens of thousands of workers and other Ukrainians from all over the country rallied in Kyiv, the country’s capital, joining the battle to oust the pro-Moscow government of Viktor Yanukovych. The…


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

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…



UK meeting draws lessons from Grenada Revolution

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
London meeting of 40 Nov. 18 discusses importance of Maurice Bishop and Grenada Revolution for working-class politics today. At podium, Matthew Lord, who joined the revolution there at age 14. From left, Jonathan Silberman, Communist League in U.K.; Michel Rodríguez, first secretary of the Cuban Embassy in London; and chair Ólof Andra Proppé.

LONDON — “The revolution was moving the country forward for the working class. That’s why I got involved,” Matthew Lord told 40 people at a “Maurice Bishop and the Grenadian Revolution” meeting here Nov. 18. Also on the platform at…


‘Democratic’ imperialism won’t protect Jews, Israel

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Home destroyed by Tehran-backed Hamas Oct. 7 at Kfar Aza Kibbutz near Gaza border. Hamas death squads had orders to kill as many Jews — and anyone who works with Jews — as possible. Israeli war in Gaza aims to destroy Hamas’ military capability, prevent more pogroms.

Washington and other democratic imperialist governments are stepping up the pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a long-term cease-fire with Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza. That would mean Israel abandoning its efforts to destroy Hamas, allowing the terrorists to…