Ukraine gains against Moscow’s war amid political protests

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026

Protests broke out all across Ukraine over President Volodymyr Zelensky’s July 15 dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defense minister. He is associated with the successful use of drones to take the fight to oil refineries and other military targets in…


Opposition to the death penalty spreads among toilers in Iran

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026
Trade union activists and others protest against death penalty outside prison in Rasht in Iran’s Gilan province, just hours after two protesters arrested in January were executed in Isfahan. Regime has stepped up executions, deepening opposition to its dictatorial rule.

Hoping to intimidate working people and head off further challenges to its dictatorial rule, the reactionary Islamist regime in Iran has stepped up the pace of executions of political opponents, especially in the wake of the war with Washington. But,…


‘The British rulers defended their own interests, not the Jews’

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026
Jonathan Silberman speaks at panel on “Antisemitism and Polarization,” along with, from right, Nina Heinke, University of Leipzig; Carl Dewald, University of Flensburg; Mark Rusling, U.K. Antisemitism Policy Trust; Stephanie Share, chair of Comper Center. Inset, 1920 article by British political leader Winston Churchill.

This is a shortened version of the talk given by Jonathan Silberman at the “Contemporary Antisemitism” conference in Haifa, Israel, July 7-9. Silberman is director of Pathfinder Books in London and a leader of the Communist League in the U.K.…



Postal workers, supporters protest attacks on jobs, service

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026
Some 50 American Postal Workers Union members and supporters rally at James A. Farley Post Office in New York July 28, part of nationwide protests against cuts in services, jobs.

NEW YORK — Some 50 members of the American Postal Workers Union and their supporters rallied at the James A. Farley Post Office here July 28. Joseph Martir, president of the New York Metro Area APWU, told the crowd that…



US hands off Cuba! End oil blockade, war threats

Stop gov’t attacks on right to defend Cuba
Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026
Protest in defense of Cuba outside Cuban Consulate in Montreal, one of several across world July 26, demands end of U.S. economic blockade. Sign top left says, “Honk to show support.”

July 26 meetings celebrate the victory of the Cuban Revolution NEW YORK — On July 25 some 80 people attended a celebration here of the 73rd anniversary of the opening battle that led to the victory of the Cuban Revolution.…


Protest gov’t attacks on supporters of Cuba!

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026

Steps by the imperialist rulers in Washington toward new wars have always been accompanied by attacks on the unions and on essential constitutional rights of free speech, political activity free from government interference and other protections in the Bill of…


Gov’t launches attack on Cuba supporters in US, political rights

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026
Fair Play for Cuba picket of over 500 in New York in November 1960 protests moves by U.S. Navy fleet in Caribbean. State Department falsely claims it was “funded by Castro regime,” but it raised donations from people in the U.S. to get out the truth about Cuban Revolution.

The government in Washington has launched a new attack against supporters of the Cuban Revolution in the U.S., alongside its oil blockade and escalating financial sanctions aimed at strangling the Cuban economy and suffocating the Cuban people. Their targeting of…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 28 - August 10, 2026

August 13, 2001 “Twenty years ago I didn’t think this could happen. This is truly a historic day,” said Carlos Zenón, a leader of fishermen and resident of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Zenón was celebrating a victory in the struggle to…