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APRIL 11. 2025

What Does the Liberation of Buchenwald Mean Today?

80 years ago today, the prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp liberated themselves. Their legacy is internationalist and antifascist. Yet the far-right Israeli embassy determined who could speak at the official commemoration.

Is Israel Planning Concentration Camps in Gaza?

According to the Israeli-Palestinian media outlet 972+, the Israel Defense Forces are preparing to establish "concentration camps" in Gaza in preparation for the annexation of the enclave.

APRIL 10. 2025

Trump’s Presidency Has Moved Detroit’s Politics to the Right

The national political situation is impacting local politics in Detroit, shifting the upcoming Mayoral elections to the right. We need class independent politics to fight this right-wing drift in Detroit and across the nation.

Twenty Visas Revoked at CUNY — Students and the Labor Movement Must Fight Back

Seventeen international students at the City University of New York have had their visas revoked. Students and the labor movement, both in New York and beyond, must fight these attacks.

Seventeen Visas Revoked at CUNY — Students and the Labor Movement Must Fight Back

Seventeen international students at the City University of New York have had their visas revoked. Students and the labor movement, both in New York and beyond, must fight these attacks.

France Looks to Imprison Pro-Palestine Activists

France is using broad “anti-terrorism” laws to target prominent figures on the Left who have shown solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. We must unite to defend them.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Causing Chaos on Wall Street but It’s the Working Class Who Will Pay the Price

Big Capital is concerned about profits, but President Trump's tariff plans are an assault on the working class in the United States and across the world.

APRIL 9. 2025

Hegseth Visits Panama, Threatens to Take Back the Canal, and Announces U. S. Military Operations in Panamanian Territory

On Tuesday, at the Central American Security Conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal to contest “China’s influence. ”

Hegseth Makes Military Threats in Visit to Panama

On Tuesday, at the Central American Security Conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal to contest “China’s influence. ”

APRIL 8. 2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s Immigration Status Will Be Determined Friday — We Need Mass Opposition to His Detention

Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration hearing represents an important gauge of the fight against repression of the Palestine movement, the war on immigration, and attempts by the Far Right to control universities — three attacks deeply intersecting in the developing purge of international students. It will take a mass movement to stop these attacks.

Trump, Engineer of Chaos

With the imposition of tariffs, Donald Trump is keeping his promise to take extreme measures to reverse the United States’ decline on the world stage. In doing so, he is using the very measures that allowed U. S. capitalists to extend the tentacles of surplus value extraction across the planet as never before.

APRIL 7. 2025

“History Will Redeem Us”: Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out

Below we reproduce in full a statement issued by Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention on April 3. We stand with Khalil and all political prisoners who have been punished for their struggles against occupation, exploitation, and repression of all kinds.

USPS Workers Rally Against Privatization in Over 200 Cities

On Sunday, March 23, thousands of USPS workers, represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), turned out to rallies in over 200 cities across the United States. Their efforts must be part of a fight for a rank-and-file movement in public services.

Boycotts, Buycotts, and Real Worker Power

Frustration is pushing the American people to look for alternative ways to address their material problems. Some of these are novel, while others are parodies. Both shed light on the kinds of tactics they ultimately fail to replicate.