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[l] at 2/11/25 6:10pm
Making the ludicrous assertion that the United States Agency for International Development is run by a “bunch of radical lunatics,” President Donald Trump has attempted to end all funding for USAID. A judge has put a hold on the cuts temporarily.  The attacks on USAID are under the banner of . . . Continue reading ‘America First’ agenda targets world’s poor at Workers.org

[Category: Editorials, Global, Top, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 2/11/25 6:00pm
What’s hard to keep in mind these days is that just because Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to destroy some entity doesn’t automatically make that entity beneficial to humanity. That’s independent of the Musk/Trump reasons, which are never to benefit anyone but a handful of multibillionaires and mainly . . . Continue reading USAID: Beware of Yanks bearing gifts at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 2/11/25 5:53pm
The following Feb. 7, 2025, statement was issued by the Gaza’s Government Media Office on “israeli” violations of the humanitarian protocol and delays in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. Hamas has postponed the release of Israeli hostages scheduled for Feb. 15 due to ceasefire violations mentioned in the statement below:   . . . Continue reading Israel’s violations of the ceasefire at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa]

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[l] at 2/10/25 6:37pm
Ever since Donald Trump issued an executive order to overturn DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) directives for governmental agencies, there has been an ongoing debate on the validity of such programs within the progressive movement — understandably so, considering DEI’s origins. This order will block programs recognizing the Martin Luther . . . Continue reading Racist attacks on DEI will help escalate class struggle at Workers.org

[Category: Disability rights, Health Care, LGBTQIA2S+ liberation, Racism and Self-Determination, Revolutionary Theory and Practice, U.S. and Canada, Women and oppressed genders, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 2/10/25 6:24pm
The Chinese company DeepSeek released its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to the U.S. market on Jan. 20. By the following week, it was the most downloaded app on the iOS App Store, surpassing Open AI’s ChatGPT.  Comparison of research leadership growth by country over twenty-year period. ASPI Critical Technology Tracker . . . Continue reading China’s DeepSeek AI reveals advantages of socialism at Workers.org

[Category: Asia & the Pacific, Global, Human needs before profits, Revolutionary Theory and Practice, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/10/25 6:10pm
Recording by prisonradio.org It was by any measure a stunning moment. An American president essentially offering to gentrify the Gaza Strip, suggesting that they, should they resist, be forced to leave their historical homeland by the armed forces of the United States. “They’re living in hell,” Trump said, as he . . . Continue reading The betrayal of Gaza again at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, Racism and Self-Determination, Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa]

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[l] at 2/10/25 6:03pm
Nadie debería sorprenderse cada vez que Trump se expone como el vil y repugnante intolerante ultraderechista que es.  Aun así, es casi imposible no indignarse. Un ejemplo es el accidente aéreo del 29 de enero cerca del Aeropuerto Nacional Reagan. Con absolutamente cero pruebas, Trump culpó inmediatamente a los programas . . . Continue reading ¿Qué causó el accidente aéreo? <br>El acoso sindical, ¡no la DEI! at Workers.org

[Category: Editorials, Health Care, Human needs before profits, Mundo Obrero, U.S. and Canada, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 2/7/25 7:45pm
The Trump thugs continue to crash through norms of humane behavior with the abrupt suspension for 90 days of all foreign aid programs in countries around the world. Such programs have long had a dual purpose: doing good while serving to hide the essence of a cruel and aggressive capitalist . . . Continue reading Trump’s big Lunar New Year gift to Vietnam: No more help with de-mining operations at Workers.org

[Category: Asia & the Pacific, Global, Stop imperialist war and occupation]

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[l] at 2/7/25 7:45pm
The Trump thugs continue to crash through norms of humane behavior with the abrupt suspension for 90 days of all foreign aid programs in countries around the world. Such programs have long had a dual purpose: doing good while serving to hide the essence of a cruel and aggressive capitalist . . . Continue reading Trump’s big Lunar New Year gift to Vietnam / No more help with de-mining operations at Workers.org

[Category: Asia & the Pacific, Global, Stop imperialist war and occupation]

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[l] at 2/7/25 7:34pm
Denver Unionized workers walked out at 5:00 a.m. on Feb. 6 in a two-week strike against 77 King Soopers stores in Colorado. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 struck stores in six counties that include the major cities of Denver, Boulder and Louisville. Three King Soopers strikers, Denver, Feb. . . . Continue reading 10,000 King Soopers workers strike 77 stores at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 2/7/25 6:23pm
The U.S. independence revolution of 1776 would have been a good timet o bring enslavement to an end. Tragically it was not done. Enslavement was discussed a few years later during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. But in the end enslaved people were sold out as matters were left to . . . Continue reading The case for reparations: The rise and fall of U.S. enslavement at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, Racism and Self-Determination, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 2/7/25 6:23pm
The U.S. independence revolution of 1776 would have been a good timet o bring enslavement to an end. Tragically it was not done. Enslavement was discussed a few years later during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. But in the end enslaved people were sold out as matters were left to . . . Continue reading The case for reparations/The rise and fall of U.S. enslavement at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, Racism and Self-Determination, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 2/7/25 6:13pm
Veterans for Peace Statement Workers World received this statement from Veterans For Peace on Feb. 7. It pledges that VFP “will support military personnel who question the legality of [President Donald] Trumps orders” and is an important contribution to mobilizing to defend the rights of migrant workers. National Guard in . . . Continue reading Veterans oppose mass deportation, military deployments at Workers.org

[Category: Im/migrants and Refugees, Prisons: tear them down, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/6/25 9:10pm
Cilantro Taqueria in Cleveland Heights, Ohio,was especially crowded, even for a Saturday night, on Feb. 1. People came out to express solidarity and outrage over the arrest of six Cilantro workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Jan. 26. The workers were taken to the ICE detention center . . . Continue reading Cleveland: Solidarity with detained migrants at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, Im/migrants and Refugees, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/6/25 8:56pm
As Israeli aggression on the occupied West Bank increases, the Palestinian resistance there grows. On Feb. 1, occupation forces destroyed 20 homes in a residential neighborhood in Jenin. At the same time, resistance brigades in the West Bank have been more and more effective in their attacks on invading Israeli . . . Continue reading New Israeli aggression meets resistance by Palestinians: The case of UNRWA at Workers.org

[Category: Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa]

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[l] at 2/6/25 7:25pm
With a public action declaring its intention to combat the attacks from the Trump administration on their PICTURE STORY: WWPHOTO: John Catalinotto fellow students and their families, the Hunter College Committee to Defend Immigrants held a rally and demonstration outside Hunter West in New York City on the afternoon of . . . Continue reading Hunter College students defend migrant rights at Workers.org

[Category: U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/6/25 7:06pm
While MONUSCO, the United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), counts nearly 100 armed groups fighting in the eastern Congo, the crisis escalated recently when the city of Goma was seized by the March 23 Movement (M23). Goma, the Congo, January 2025. The Congolese government . . . Continue reading Fighting intensifies in the eastern Congo at Workers.org

[Category: U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/5/25 11:30pm
Download the color version. Download the black white version. Growing resistance to fascist attacks IN THIS ISSUE Weaponizing DEI: war on workers and the oppressed Hunter College students defend migrant rights Panamanians reject Marco Rubio’s visit Editorial: What caused the plane crash? Union busting, not DEI! Mundo Obrero: Repudiamos la . . . Continue reading PDF of February 6 issue at Workers.org

[Category: Global, U.S. and Canada, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 2/5/25 5:01pm
Marchers gathered at City Hall to demand Mayor Parker defend refugees and migrant workers from ICE. Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 2025. Philadelphia Hundreds of refugees, migrant workers and their supporters marched in opposition to President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies on Feb. 3 in Philadelphia. Organized by Juntos and other organizations, the march . . . Continue reading We wont work, but we will march! at Workers.org

[Category: Im/migrants and Refugees, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/5/25 4:58pm
During the 2024 election, candidate Donald Trump blamed President Joe Biden’s administration for high food prices and the inflation that has driven up the cost of living. Trump said he would lower the costs of everyday food items “on Day 1.” Trump claimed his election win gave him a mandate . . . Continue reading Trump’s policies threaten higher food prices at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 2/5/25 4:55pm
Cornelius Taylor. Atlanta Cornelius Taylor’s funeral was held on Feb. 3 in the prestigious Ebenezer Baptist Church, once pastored by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and now led by Rev. Rafael Warnock, also a U.S. senator representing Georgia. This institution is a key part of the famed section of . . . Continue reading Houseless man’s death fuels demands for immediate change at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, U.S. and Canada]

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