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Editorial: Iran war marks U.S. decline & global volatility

As Iran and the U.S. traded strikes over the Strait of Hormuz, just days after their fragile "memorandum of understanding,” it confirmed a development decades in the making: the decline of U.S. imperialism. The ongoing war has emboldened Iran, undermined U.S. credibility with allies, and left a...

SMASH ICE & BORDERS: Hyattsville

HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND—Today Maryland residents celebrated the sixth month of weekly protests against ICE, chanting “Ch—a la migra” and “Not another nickel, not another dime, No more money for ICE’s crimes” Forty residents of Hyattsville and Greenbelt picketed the METRO 1 building where ICE is...

SMASH ICE & BORDERS: Delaney Hall

NEW JERSEY, JUNE 21—The hundreds of people gathered outside of the Delaney Hall migrant prison on Father’s Day prove that the working class will never accept fascism without a fight. The ruling class uses racism, sexism, and nationalism to divide us but class consciousness and internationalism...

Bastille Day: Lessons from the san-culottes

This July marks the 237th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution, a day the French capitalist class has whitewashed into a celebration of the dawn of their racist, imperialist, and...

DC Transit: Reject unsafe speedups and worker-rider divisions

Washington D.C.—“Hey Hey, Ho Ho, “Quote the Fare’ Has Got to Go” started off a rally by over 100 transit workers in ATU 689 in front of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA)...

Spring Break 2026: Building struggle, deepening roots

APRIL 2-7, NEW YORK — This year’s Spring Break Project brought together students, educators, and workers committed to building a stronger, more organized fight against capitalism. Over the course of...

China, an imperiali$t foe

Is China a capitalist and imperialist country or is it "socialist [not even communist] with Chinese characteristics" as some leftists say? Is it to be considered an ally of those who oppose U.S...

Miéville’s "October" book is anticommunist slander

What makes the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 a milestone in world history is the achievements of the Soviet Union and the Communist International during the 25 years after Leon Trotsky’s exile in...

Letters . . . July 15, 2026

The PLP-led ‘78 wildcat strike  At the D.C. transit rally, I discussed the 1978 Progressive Labor Party (PLP)-led wildcat strike with several operators. They wanted to know what the strike had been...