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Forces in South Africa try scapegoating migrants for economic crisis
Thousands hit the streets in Durban, Johannesburg, and other cities in South Africa on June 30 to participate in over 120 separate marches demanding that all “illegal foreigners” leave the country. Over 900 participants were arrested, shops were looted in several places as the protests turned violent, and at least two people were killed. Further […]
- By : Emile Schepers
- July 14, 2026
ICE shootings show federal government poses existential threat
As the Trump regime continues its illegal assault on working-class families and communities around this country, dangerous encounters with heavily armed and zealous ICE agents are becoming commonplace in the news and on social media. The nation really took notice after the two public executions of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but it hasn’t stopped. […]
- By : R. L. Richards
- July 14, 2026
‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ offer critique of inequality and skewed morals
Two television series offer, though in somewhat disguised form, a critique of contemporary global inequality and the skewed morals that accompany that imbalance. The two series, Widow’s Bay and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, are both produced by Apple TV. Both illustrate what is possible to say in a highly controlled medium and, in their limitations, what […]
- By : Dennis Broe
- July 14, 2026
Immigration officer shoots and kills Maine man
For further reading: Federal agents’ killings nationwide condemned by Texas Teachers, NAACP 25 babies and toddlers are in ICE custody on an average day Farm worker dead after ICE raid in California
- By : Greg Kearney
- July 14, 2026
Federal agents’ killings nationwide condemned by Texas Teachers, NAACP
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s violent and vicious “agents” are killing people almost every day. The latest murder of an innocent person in Biddeford, Maine, yesterday was quickly condemned by the labor movement and its allies. National Nurses United declared that “the only way forward on this issue of fascist authoritarianism and violence targeting communities is the abolition […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
- July 14, 2026
The Cherokee War of 1776: A timely volume for the U.S.’ 250th anniversary
A timelier book could not have been published. The Cherokee War of 1776, hot off the presses in May, is especially fitting given the mainstream celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding. The book, by Kevin Kokomoor, a lecturer in the history department at Coastal Carolina University, is a history of the […]
- By : Albert Bender
- July 13, 2026
Philly’s Du Bois-Robeson People’s Center fights to keep its doors open
PHILADELPHIA—For years, Du Bois Books on Broad Street near Temple University in North Philly was a hub for working-class literature, education, and organizing—but it was housed in a rented storefront. In 1987, the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware District of the Communist Party, which operated the bookstore named for W.E.B Du Bois, made the ambitious move […]
- By : Brandon Lange
- July 13, 2026
D.C. Jewish Museum exhibit counters Trump in revisit to McCarthy era
WASHINGTON—Witchhunts. Innuendo. A blacklist with at least 400 names. A “graylist” with 300 more. Accusations with no proof. Mass firings. Eleven people dead. More than 25,000 lost federal jobs. Four million forced to take “patriotic” exams. Loyalty oaths. Weasels. And fear, lots of fear. That’s the portrayal of the McCarthy era, the dread that descended […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- July 13, 2026
The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over so-called drone fears
Wind turbines can confuse radar systems on ships and aircraft. Their massive rotating blades create a “blade flash” on radar screens, while their steel bases reflect electromagnetic waves, making it difficult to distinguish the turbines from aircraft or other objects. That’s a problem for the military, which relies on radar for threat detection and navigation. […]
- By : Austin Corona
- July 13, 2026
Michigan Republicans vote to strip child labor protections
LANSING, Mich.—In a blatant move that puts corporate profits far ahead of children’s safety, Michigan House Republicans passed legislation last week that would gut the state’s youth work permit system before it even takes full effect. House Bill 5727, sponsored by Rep. Mike Hoadley (R-Au Gres), would eliminate the requirement for minors to obtain work […]
- By : Luis Martinez
- July 13, 2026