‘We’re not in the same boat,’ workers’ protests tell Tehran

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Thousands of oil and gas workers march in Asaluyeh in southern Iran Dec. 9 for higher wages, job safety and better conditions for contract workers, one of largest labor actions in decades.

In one of the largest actions by oil and gas workers in Iran in decades, 5,000 contract workers from 12 South Pars refineries and many family members marched in Asaluyeh Dec. 9, demanding higher wages, more humane work schedules, job…


Join battle against Jew-hatred, bloody massacre in Australia

Working class must lead fight on antisemitism, pogroms
Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Large crowd at Bondi Beach Pavilion in Sydney Dec. 15 pays tribute to victims of pogrom the day 
before. Killings lend urgency to the need to fight Jew-hatred, defend Israel as a refuge for Jews.

SYDNEY — “This was a massacre, a pogrom,” Jewish Board of Deputies President David Ossip told a press conference at Bondi Beach Dec. 15. The previous evening 15 people were shot and killed and dozens more wounded at the beach…


Let Cuba Play! Fight US refusal to give visas to Cuba’s athletes

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Havana Little League team celebrates win Dec. 14. Since the revolution, Cuba has won more gold medals at Pan American, summer Olympics than anyone in the hemisphere, except U.S.

The U.S. government is refusing to grant travel visas to more than 100 Cuban athletes to take part in qualifying events necessary to compete in the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. A campaign, Let Cuba Play!…


Statement by the Communist League in Australia

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

December 16, 2025 The horrific shooting of Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach December 14, was a violent act of Jew-hatred which should be condemned by all working people, our unions, and supporters of democratic rights. Since the murderous pogrom…


Mass protests topple Bulgarian gov’t on eve of joining eurozone

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Rally against government budget proposals in Sofia, Bulgaria, Dec. 1. Signs read from left, “How many more lies?” “The future is not a business deal” and “Democracy is not a dictatorship.” Economic, social and political crisis led to weeks of large, angry protests.

The challenges confronting Bulgaria’s capitalist rulers increased following a wave of protests against budget proposals. Next month Bulgaria joins the bloc of countries using the euro currency, as its rulers try to attract foreign investment, with competition for markets and…


Kilmar Abrego García is out of prison: ‘My fight will continue’

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Kilmar Abrego García, speaking to the press the day after winning release from prison Dec. 11. Backed by his union, SMART, and many others, he is continuing to fight to win his freedom.

WASHINGTON — After 275 days in prison, Kilmar Abrego García, a 30-year-old construction apprentice and member of SMART Local 100, was released from immigration detention Dec. 11. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered Kristi Noem, the Department of…


A class-struggle program for workers today

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

As the capitalist economic and social crisis deepens, the working class is being hammered by high prices for necessities, including groceries, energy, rent, health care and more, and by increasing difficulties in getting and keeping a decent job. This year…


SWP builds actions against attacks on Jews, promotes workers power

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025
Deborah Liatos brings solidarity from SWP to Hanukkah celebration of over 200 in Culver City, California, Dec. 14. SWP mobilized across the country to build actions against Jew-hatred.

Members of the Socialist Workers Party and of the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. are responding to the horrific Jew-hating massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14. Two Islamist thugs shot dead 15 people and…


Why Israel became inevitable as a refuge for the Jews

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

Below are excerpts from the first chapter by Dave Prince in The Fight Against Jew-Hatred and Pogroms in the Imperialist Epoch: Stakes for the International Working Class. Copyright © 2024 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permission.  In the years leading…


Spreading capitalist crises, rivalries driving threat of a new world war

Vol. 89/No. 47 - December 29, 2025

Working people around the world face more wars than at any time in recent decades, while the world’s capitalist rulers engage in an escalating arms race and seek new alliances. Washington’s efforts to reinforce its waning global domination are at…