Bitcoin’s latest crash shows what it really is: speculation, not money Bitcoin just crashed again. After hitting over $126,000 in October, it dropped more than 20% in a few weeks, falling below $90,000. All the gains it made in 2025 — gone. This wasn't random bad luck. Real pressures drove the…

You can’t build a revolution on Instagram: Cuba and Venezuela explain why An international conference in Havana on Oct. 15 — the third annual International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left-wing Parties and Movements (Encuentro Internacional de Publicaciones Teóricas de Partidos y…

A presidency above the law — and the struggle ahead The United States is living through a profound political shift. A new, executive-centered form of rule is taking shape — a strongman presidency that claims the right to act without oversight, constraint, or accountability. Trump’s current…

Palestinians reject U.S.–backed U.N. plan: ‘A new form of occupation’ A U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace plan” passed in the Security Council on Nov. 17. Palestinians responded: This is not peace — it’s a blueprint for foreign control. At the center of…

Whose news is it — and who decides what we see? Fidel Castro was one of the great communicators. He focused on the problems of raising the cultural level so that people could gain control of their own destiny. Castro warned that the great media corporations of the imperialist countries functioned…

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike: Here’s why it matters Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson, in a fiery speech to a quarter million people at the recent “No Kings Protest” that went viral, declared: “If my ancestors, as slaves, can lead the greatest general strike in the…

New Orleans elects formerly incarcerated jailhouse lawyer as clerk of court New Orleanians elected Calvin Duncan to be the clerk of court for the parish (county) in a runoff election on Nov. 15. Duncan — who was exonerated in 2021 after spending 28 years in prison — won with 68.2% of the vote,…

Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – November 17, 2025 Get PDF here Zohran Mamdani’s win: A vote against racism, a mandate for class struggle Mamdani’s win shows the tide is turning against Zionism Teamsters at a crossroads: Rank-and-file challenge takes on O’Brien’s alliance with Trump NYC tenants fight…

Remembering Bob McCubbin: Revolutionary, teacher, comrade Memorial held in San Diego, 2025 Comrades, friends, and family gathered in San Diego to honor the life of Bob McCubbin, a lifelong revolutionary who dedicated over 60 years to the struggle for socialism and liberation. Bob died on Aug. 20,…

Chile: another turn to the right? Chile has a general election today. Around 15 million voters can take part in the first round to elect a new president, the lower house and half the seats of the senate. Incumbent President Gabriel Boric, who was elected in 2021, is constitutionally barred from…

32 days to surgery: How health care privatization kills There are over 14 million people in California enrolled in Medi-Cal, making it one of the largest Medicaid programs in the U.S. Below is my story, one of many stories of people who face barriers to accessing services through this program. The…

Top commanders brief Trump on attack options against Venezuela On Nov. 12, senior U.S. military officials presented President Trump with updated options for direct military operations against Venezuela — including the possibility of ground attacks, according to multiple sources familiar with the…

The Gaza ceasefire isn’t — Washington helps the war go on Nov. 14 — A month has passed since the latest ceasefire was declared in Gaza, yet Israeli forces continue attacking Palestinian neighborhoods from Khan Younis to Rafah. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have repeatedly violated the…

Erasing Black history: from Florida’s classrooms to a cemetery in the Netherlands Donald Trump’s war on Black history continues as the Netherlands American Cemetery Visitor Center quietly removed a memorial to Black U.S. soldiers who died in World War II. The move was made without announcement and…

El gobierno impide acceso a información pública Una colonia se sostiene esclavizada con la ayuda de los administradores locales. Estos son los achichincles que reprimen directamente al pueblo que se levanta en contra del imperio invasor. Y lo hacen de varias formas. Una de estas, es por la vía…

People of the United States: Listen to Maduro In what CNN described as an exclusive conversation during a mass rally in Caracas, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a direct appeal to the working class of the United States. Maduro called for an end to Washington’s foreign wars, saying: “No…

National Network on Cuba reaffirms action in solidarity with Cuba Charleston, S.C., Nov. 11 — More than 100 National Network on Cuba delegates and friends rededicated their solidarity with socialist Cuba during its annual fall meeting held in Charleston, South Carolina, November 7 to 9. The…

Why do capitalists claim their system works? A heated discussion about capitalism arose during a recent family gathering. It began with a defense of the capitalist system: capitalism is the only system that works, they said, because it is based on the incentive for personal gain; it supposedly…

346 dead — and no charges: How the system protects Boeing A system built to shield corporate power It’s official: Mass-casualty airplane manufacturer Boeing will face no criminal charges for the two 737 MAX jetliner crashes that killed 346 people. With this latest development, the U.S. “justice”…

The global class war today With U.S. imperialist confrontations sharpening on multiple fronts — from the New Cold War against China and the proxy war in Ukraine to the genocide in Gaza and military threats against Venezuela — seeing how these battles link with the liberation struggles spreading…

NYC tenants fight billionaire land grab March against public housing demolition in NYC Nov. 8 — People marched today in New York City to save public housing. People gathered at three Manhattan locations — the Fulton, Elliott-Chelsea and Amsterdam houses — to stop urban removal. These communities…

Why we should commemorate Nov. 11 Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918. Twenty million…

Zohran Mamdani: From postcolonial legacy to the heart of empire A new generation, a deep inheritance The new mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, embodies a new political generation — but also a singular intellectual legacy: that of his parents. His mother, Mira Nair, is one of the greatest…

Operación Carlota: 50 Years of Cuba and African liberation “The Cuban people hold a special place in the hearts of the people of Africa. The Cuban internationalists have made a contribution to African independence, freedom and justice unparalleled for its principled and selfless character.” Nelson…

Zohran Mamdani’s win: A vote against racism, a mandate for class struggle Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory for New York City mayor against billionaire-backed Andrew Cuomo was a vote against racism — and a direct rebuke to Trump’s “Make America White Again.” The unabated…

Mamdani’s win shows the tide is turning against Zionism In the days before New Yorkers went to the polls, Wall Street billionaires and their media unleashed a barrage of lies, branding Zohran Mamdani a “Jew-hater.” It was a lie designed to destroy his campaign. And it didn’t work. Over 1,100…

From Kaepernick to Bad Bunny: The NFL can’t stop bowing to racism The NFL’s choice of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show should have been cause for celebration. Instead, it’s a reminder that U.S. colonialism still dictates who gets to be on the biggest…

Venezuela: on maximum alert … but without alarmism Besieged by a military force carrying out extrajudicial executions in the Caribbean and constant psyops, Venezuela is making sweeping preparations for the worst-case scenario, without renouncing normalcy and the cheerful spirit that defines its…

While billionaires soar, SNAP funds vanish Everyone knows the deck is stacked. The rich play by different rules — and they’re the ones who wrote them. Every gain workers have fought for is being rolled back — wages, rights, and affordability — while billionaires grow richer by the hour. And now,…

With carriers off Venezuela, a call to action to stop a new war Across Latin America and the United States, antiwar organizations are rallying to a new Call to Action to stop another regime-change war. The demand is straightforward: stop the U.S. military buildup. A week of coordinated protests is…

Teamsters at a crossroads: Rank-and-file challenge takes on O’Brien’s alliance with Trump The upcoming election for the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — one of the largest and most powerful unions in the United States — could reshape the direction of the labor movement…

Marching for Mumia: a 12-day journey for justice Activists will launch a 12-day March to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal on Nov. 28, walking from Philadelphia to SCI Mahanoy prison in Frackville, Pennsylvania. Their destination is the prison where Mumia is being held. Their purpose is urgent: to demand…

Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – November 3, 2025 Get PDF here Latin America under the gun Voting for Mamdani is voting against racism Harlem rallies for Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela If people have a right to live, don’t they have a right to health care? What’s a billionaire doing paying off the troops?…

Pentagon confirms ‘decapitation strikes’ for Venezuela as armada builds An immense naval and air armada — the largest in the Caribbean in a generation — is gathering off the coast of Venezuela. The Pentagon calls it a “regional security deployment.” But it looks, sounds, and moves like a war. What…

People in the US go hungry as Trump spends millions to invade Venezuela The United States government is in the grips of one of its longest-running funding gaps in history. The ongoing government shutdown has already stretched beyond 30 days and now, the food security of millions of Americans is at…

Despite ceasefire, U.S.-backed Israeli forces keep murdering in Lebanon Another U.S.-enforced “ceasefire” is turning out to be the opposite in southern Lebanon. Roughly a year ago, then-President Joe Biden announced a “cessation of hostilities” between Hezbollah and “Israeli” forces. In his…

Responden organizaciones independentistas Boricuas al proceso de represión Las consecuencias nefastas de las políticas del imperio, para nuestra lucha por la independencia no son algo nuevo. De hecho, ningún imperio libremente acepta las luchas emancipatorias de sus subyugados. Y aquí ya hemos…

Two victories for Cuba, for life Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of devastation through the Antilles, with over 30 deaths in Haiti and Jamaica to date. The Eastern part of Cuba was also slammed by Melissa, the strongest hurricane to hit in the last 150 years.  As of now, no lives have been lost…

Defending Columbus is an insult to Italian-Americans — and to history In New York City’s mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo has made himself the loudest defender of Christopher Columbus — and of the myths that surround him. Facing Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, Cuomo has doubled down on…

Voting for Mamdani is voting against racism Stop the billionaires from stealing the NYC election On the eve of the Nov. 4 New York City mayoral election, the billionaire class is going all out to defeat Zohran Mamdani.  The chief weapon of the wealthy and powerful is racism against Mamdani, who is…

What’s a billionaire doing paying off the troops? The “anonymous donor” Donald Trump bragged about on Oct. 23 — the one supposedly giving $130 million to pay U.S. military personnel during the government shutdown — turns out to be billionaire Timothy Mellon, heir to one of the oldest capitalist…

Trump approves war escalation against Russia The so-called “peacemaker” president is at it again. Donald Trump talks peace while preparing war. Much has been made in the media in recent weeks about whether Donald Trump would deliver Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. It is without question that…

The Mamdani NYC mayoral campaign: “Which side are you on?” Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary has Wall Street and the political establishment in panic. The democratic socialist, who rose from 1% in early polls to defeat Andrew Cuomo with 56% of the…

An Urgent Message from the Peoples Forum for Hurricane Melissa Relief Dear subscribers, colleagues, and friends: Right now, the people of Cuba are facing an unprecedented crisis: crippling electrical blackouts, the relentless weight of the U.S. blockade, and now the arrival of Hurricane Melissa.…

The ‘Big Stick’ is back: And it’s pointed at Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba

Harlem rallies for Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela Oct. 26 — Under the statue of Congressperson Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., people rallied in Harlem today to say no to Trump's war moves in the Caribbean. The rally's co-chair — long-time Cuba activist Rosemari Mealy, JD, Ph.D. — pointed across the…

Campaña antisindical en PR La intensificación del modelo neoliberal y colonial se manifiesta en Puerto Rico de muchas formas, en contubernio con figuras políticas y de la prensa subordinada a esos intereses. Esta semana hemos visto en los medios la proliferación de terribles mentiras y…

The ‘Big Stick’ is back: And it’s pointed at Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba The U.S. continues to escalate military pressure against Venezuela — and against Colombia and Cuba as well. On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald…

Rubio and international blackmail Marco Rubio has unleashed an aggressive campaign of falsehoods and bullying to secure votes against Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly. With one week to go before the annual vote on the blockade of Cuba, the Secretary of State has launched a diplomatic…

Intelligence artificial, profits fictitious The U.S. economy isn’t booming — it’s levitating. What keeps it up isn’t productivity or innovation, but speculation. The so-called “AI revolution,” hailed as a new industrial dawn, is in reality a massive bubble — a speculative fever driving stock…