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Editorial: System crash - AI, fascism, and war

On June 12, as the AI and rocketship company SpaceX joined the public stock exchange, founder Elon Musk became a trillionaire–just three weeks after 8,000 layoffs at the AI company Meta, on top of job cuts for more than 100,000 other tech workers this year (Layoffs.fyi, 6/13). Here is the essence of...

Delaney concentration camp: SMASH THE FASCIST STATE

Newark, NJ May 30– “Inside labor strikes, outside labor strikes, WORLDWIDE labor strikes; strike, strike, strike!” rang from Progressive Labor Party (PLP) bullhorns as over a hundred workers chanted and protested to support the 300 striking workers inside of the racist Delaney Hall ICE...

Red & Black: Truth of the Harlem Rebellion

Ruling-class historians have segregated the fight against racism and the fight for an egalitarian system, communism. In reality, the two are connected like flesh and bone. Many antiracist struggles were led by, initiated by, or were fought with communists and communist-influenced organizations in...

Mexico: Strike vs pension theft & budget cuts

STATE OF MEXICO, JUNE 1— On June 1st the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) launched a National Strike demanding the repeal of the education reform and the Law of the Social Security...

Chicago: Code red—nurses on strike!

CHICAGO, June 11–Class struggle between hospital workers and the racist capitalist bosses here in Chicago is on the rise! Members of the international communist Progressive Labor Party (PLP) joined...

Bay Area Smash: Racist TPS attacks and borders

In the Bay Area, Progressive Labor Party (PLP) comrades attended rallies, and some lobbied politicians to support the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS holders and other immigrant...

62nd CHALLENGEversary: Long live the communist paper

The two stories below are excerpts from the late Walter Linder’s memoir, A Life of Labor and Love. Wally was a founding member of Progressive Labor Party and passed away on January 3, 2022 at the...

Letters . . . July 1, 2026

Burned by bosses’ gas scam Cooking is a daily anxiety,” Karo told me. She was referring to M-Gas, a pre-paid cooking gas service operated by Safaricom — Kenya’s dominant telecommunications and...

Red Eye on the News . . . July 1, 2026

Why are you and your fellow workers miserable? Profits! Wall Street Journal, 5/28–To understand why people are so miserable about the economy, look no further than Thursday’s report on gross...