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Editorial: Ukraine exposes U.S. decline, world war looms

The December 2 “peace” talks between the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine exposed the accelerating decline of U.S. imperialism on the world stage. Even though State-Terrorist-in-Chief Donald Trump’s 28-point proposal favored Russia’s demands, his envoys walked away empty-handed (CNN, 12/2)....

Unite to crush ICE terror

BROOKLYN, November 23—As federal immigration raids ramp up across the country, a group of teachers at our school has been meeting regularly to figure out how to protect our students. What began as a few worried conversations has grown into a strong collective. Teachers who had never been part of...

Inferno of capitalism murders our class

Friedrich Engels introduced the concept of “social murder” in The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1845. Engels argued that the ruling class knowingly forces workers into conditions where they cannot live full or healthy lives, conditions that steadily “hurry them to the grave before their...

LA fight exposes rotten education system, builds class consciousness

 Every day it becomes clearer that the education bosses who run a small Los Angeles school district only care about one thing - maximizing profit. While schools are seen as non-profit organizations,...

Starbucks strike: workers turn up the heat on bosses

The old Progressive Labor Party (PLP) song, “Power to the working class,”or at least its chorus, rang out once again on the Starbucks picket line this afternoon. Starbucks United Workers has been...

Bronx: solidarity needs no permit

On November 21, students and educators from Hostos and Bronx Community College returned to the streets to continue our mutual aid work in the South Bronx. From our first effort, we learned that 60...

44 Days that shook GM— and built workers’ power

The sit-down strike and occupation of the General Motors’(GM) Fisher Body plant No. 1 in Flint, Michigan, for 44 days and nights —  from December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 — demonstrated the...

Letters . . . December 24, 2025

Railfans meet the red line I’ve been organizing in the New York City transit section for a few years now. It hasn’t been the easiest fight to wage at times. And self critically, I’ve found myself...

Red eye on the News . . . December 24, 2025

Baristas continue strike against Starbucks bosses The Gazette, 12/6–About 30 community members, labor leaders and university students gathered outside the Starbucks on South Clinton Street on...