Cuba fights moves by US to block its athletes from Olympics

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025
Cuban volleyball team, right, plays Nicaragua at U23 Pan American Cup in Mexico July 28. Washington’s denial of visas to Cuban athletes could prevent participation in 2028 Olympics.

LOS ANGELES — Most people in the U.S. would assume that as the host of the upcoming 2028 Olympic games in Los Angeles, the U.S. government would be obligated to allow athletes from all countries to compete. But it has…


Drug trade is just another business under capitalism

Vol. 89/No. 44 - December 8, 2025

Washington claims the formidable military armada it’s assembled off Venezuela is aimed at taking action against drug dealers. But the U.S. rulers have no intention of stopping the drug trade, which attracts the traffickers, because it’s an exceptionally profitable business…


Israel looks for way to destroy Hamas, faces US resistance

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, at U.S.-run Civil-Military Coordination Center in Israel Oct. 24. Center’s main goal is to advance the U.S. imperialist rulers’ interests in the Middle East. Key to this for Washington is restraining Israel from continued efforts to destroy Hamas.

Hamas is purchasing and storing advanced weapons abroad for use in future pogroms against Jews. It has no intention of accepting the U.S.-imposed “peace” deal, ceding its armed control over Gaza. And it has not backed off its goal of…





Author Boualem Sansal released from prison in Algeria

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025
Worldwide protests freed author Boualem Sansal, a dual citizen of Algeria and France, from imprisonment in Algeria Nov. 12. Above, rally in Paris in March calls for his release.

In a victory for human rights, 81-year-old prize-winning Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal was released from imprisonment Nov. 12 and flown to a hospital in Germany where he is being treated for prostate cancer. Sansal’s release by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune…


Workers face blows as today’s crisis of capitalism deepens

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

Rising prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity and health care, and now growing layoffs, are making it increasingly difficult for working people to make ends meet. This crisis has grown whether the bosses’ Democratic or Republican parties are…


Supreme Court discusses SWP role in the fight for ballot access

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

 A victory won by the Socialist Workers Party in a political rights lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections in 1979 became a central focus of the discussion at an Oct. 8 U.S. Supreme Court hearing. At issue was…


Protest set against gov’t move to deport Abrego García

Vol. 89/No. 43 - December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García will rally in his defense Nov. 20 outside a U.S. District Court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, protesting the Donald Trump administration’s latest move to immediately deport him to Liberia. CASA, an area immigrant…