U.S. forces board, seize tanker M/T Tifani in Indian Ocean April 21. Washington says ship was carrying sanctioned Iranian oil, extending its blockade on shipping by the regime in Tehran.

US troops, ships, warplanes out of the Middle East now!

Washington seeks plunder, markets and labor to exploit

President Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S. ceasefire with Tehran April 21, but said the U.S. blockade of ships to and from Iranian ports will continue. Washington’s war violates Iran’s sovereignty and is aimed at strengthening U.S.…


Back NIPSCO, BP workers in fights against boss lockouts

Faced with BP bosses’ union-busting lockout, United Steelworkers Local 7-1 members at Whiting refinery in Indiana picket, win support in fight for job safety, more union staffing.

WHITING, Ind. — Bitter boss lockouts of workers at both the British Petroleum oil refinery here and the Northern Indiana Public Services Company across the northern part of the state continue. United Steelworkers Local 7-1 leaders say the main concerns…


Editorial

The fight against Jew-hatred crucial for workers’ struggles

Assaults against Jews have spread worldwide since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, pogrom in Israel, underscoring the fact that Jew-hatred is an integral feature of the imperialist epoch we live in. These attacks show the necessity of the working class and…


Cuba celebrates anniversary of US defeat at the Bay of Pigs

Havana rally April 16 celebrates 65th anniversary of defeat of U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood April 16 to mark the 65th anniversary of both their victory over the U.S.-backed mercenary invasion at the Bay of Pigs — known in Cuba as Playa Girón — and the deepening…




Features

US rulers to rebuild industry to make weapons for war

“We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing,” War Secretary Peter Hegseth announced last November. The capitalist rulers in the U.S. know that they are far from ready for the wars that are inevitable as…




US out of the Middle East!

Several people were killed by Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1. Israel’s defensive war aims to prevent Tehran launching a nuclear Holocaust to wipe out Jews, Israel.
The following statement was released March 1, 2026, by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist…










Cuba and Chernobyl

This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.