Protest Washington’s latest threats of war against Maduro and Venezuela

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
U.S. Marines practice landings in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 16. Trump administration threatens invasion to pressure Venezuelan government, assert its domination of Latin America.

Washington continues its escalating threats against the government of Nicolás Maduro, saying U.S. forces may begin targeted airstrikes inside Venezuela, similar to the ones the U.S. Department of War has been carrying out against boats it alleges are carrying drugs…


Putin steps up assault on Ukraine as US gov’t presses Kyiv to give in

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
Ukrainian students enter an underground school on first day of fall term in Kharkiv Sept. 1. Despite constant bombing by Moscow, Ukrainian working people find ways to carry life on.

Since 2022 determined Ukrainian working people have resisted Moscow’s invasion and drive to seize all of their country. Today the conflict has become a bloody war of attrition. With complete disregard for the lives and limbs of Russian soldiers, President…


Tunisia union calls strike against gov’t crackdown

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
Unionists march past UGTT headquarters in Tunis Dec. 4 protesting repression by Tunisian President Kais Saied.

The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has called a nationwide general strike Jan. 21 against the government of Tunisian President Kais Saied to protest his crackdown and arrests of political opponents, restrictions on basic rights, and to demand wage raises…


Unions must take on Washington’s war on workers without papers

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025

Since taking office, President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a far-reaching effort to deport hundreds of thousands of workers without papers, posing a serious challenge to the labor movement. Trump slanders immigrant workers, saying millions are criminals or worse, and…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025

December 18, 2000 The assault on working people by the U.S. government over the past two decades has hit working-class women particularly hard. From the federal legislation that ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, working women and…


Protests oppose gov’t threats against Somalis in Minnesota

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
March at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport Dec. 3 protests government threats to Somali immigrants.

MINNEAPOLIS — Some 200 people protested in front of Signature Aviation at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Dec. 3. The federal government is utilizing Signature to transport immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents here to detention centers in…


Bay Area teachers strike for adequate staffing, better pay

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
Teachers on strike against the West Contra Costa Unified School District and supporters march in Richmond, California, Dec. 6. Fight is over higher wages and for hiring more teachers.

RICHMOND, Calif. — Some 3,000 teachers and other school workers went on strike against the West Contra Costa Unified School District Dec. 4, demanding better wages and adequate staffing. This is their first strike since the district was founded in…


Defend Israel’s existence as refuge against Jew-hatred

Hamas reimposes rule in Gaza, refuses to disarm
Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025
Armed thugs patrol Gaza as Hamas reimposes tyrannical rule on Palestinians. Only force capable, willing to disarm its death squads to prevent more pogroms is Israel Defense Forces.

Hamas leaders make it clear they have no intention of disarming, nor of giving up their brutal stranglehold on Gaza or abandoning their goal of destroying Israel and eliminating the Jews. As the weeks go by with no moves to…


UK gallery workers win support during strike for higher pay

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025

LONDON — More than 150 workers, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, went on strike at the Tate galleries in Liverpool, London and St. Ives Nov. 26-Dec. 2, demanding higher pay. Strikers at the Tate Modern here carried…


Labour gov’t in UK weakens crucial right to trial by jury

Vol. 89/No. 46 - December 22, 2025

LONDON — The Labour government in the U.K. is looking to restrict the fundamental right of an accused person to be tried by a jury of their peers. This right is deeply in the interests of all working people. The…