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The capitalists are preparing for class war – and so must we
If you want to know which party the ruling class is planning to use as their loyal servants next, watch the changing tides in the flow of political donations. Traditionally, these funds ran directly to the Conservative Party – but after 15 years of using up every last drop of credibility, the financial stream started flowing in Labour’s direction. Sensing this, Labour readily sucked up to the City of London and promised to do their bidding. Lo and behold, in 2023, they received a record £13 million in individual donations! In 2024, the year of the general election, they also outraised all other parties. Just under two years later, Labour’s credibility has been wrecked, and Reform UK is now the party receiving the most donations from wealthy backers. In just the last three months of 2025, Farage’s party received over £5.4 million in large donations. £3 million of that came from one particular parasite – Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor and CEO of an offshore aviation company.
https://communist.red/the-capitalists-are-preparing-for-class-war-and-so-must-we/

Another way to live: inside the fight for Prosfygika
On 5 February, 2026, Aristotelis Chantzis began a hunger strike to the death to defend his home from the latest development attempt that would result in the violent eviction of over 400 people. The next attack is imminent. Surrounded on either side by the police headquarters of Athens and the supreme court – two pillars of state power – the eight housing blocks that make up the squatted community of Prosfygika stand proud and unflinching – and always threatened. The neighbourhood is marked by a long history, both as a haven for refugees in Athens since the 1930s (Prosfygika means 'refugee homes' in Greek) and as a stronghold of partisan resistance in the December 1944 uprising, which left the blocks scarred by bullet holes. Today, the neighbourhood plays a key role in the fight against the ongoing state-backed gentrification of Athens. For most of the residents, living in Prosfygika is not a choice. It is imposed by the realities of housing in the city, which forces people without homes to squat. Many residents have lived in the neighbourhood all their lives, always on the Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

As Trump Threatens Genocidal Attack, House Democrats Rebuked for Dragging Feet on War Powers Vote
Journalist Adam Johnson, however, noted that Democrats had a chance to “stop the madness” weeks ago, when it seemed they may have had the votes to pass a war powers resolution in the House at the end of March that would have limited Trump’s ability to further strike Iran. But instead, said Johnson, “ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) delayed the House War Powers vote until mid-April.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-genocide-iran-war-powers-dems

US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says
Orellana, whose title is UN special rapporteur on toxics and human rights, conducted an 11-day investigative mission in Mexico last month to learn about toxic threats facing its population. He said he found lax environmental standards and a lack of oversight, which have allowed pollution to accumulate over the years.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/mexico-us-toxic-waste-un-special-rapporteur

ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from US airport security agency
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 800 people following tips ​shared by federal airport security officials from the start of Donald Trump's presidency through February 2026, internal ICE data reviewed by ‌Reuters show, a figure far above what was previously publicly known.
https://www.reuters.com/world/ice-arrested-more-than-800-people-after-tips-us-airport-security-agency-2026-04-07/

Private Medicare plans get a break
The average 2.48% pay increase for 2027 was on the high end of analysts' expectations and marked a win for UnitedHealthcare, Humana and other Medicare Advantage plans, whose stocks tumbled after the administration's initial proposal in January. The plans will instead see an average increase of nearly 5% Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Donald Trump Has Given Iran a New Deadline, Again
In times of war, leaders tend to look towards the future’s history books as they compose their letters and speeches. Regret and stoicism; conviction and sorrow; grit and greatness: these are the themes that presidents and princes strive to capture with pithy eloquence as they prepare their populations for sacrifice. So too with Donald Trump on Easter Sunday. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell,” he picked from the drafts, “JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.” The inspirational coffee mugs produce themselves. Dubbing this coming Tuesday “Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one”, it’s far from the first time that Trump has threatened war crimes against Iran’s civilian infrastructure (and he’s already done more than a few too). On 21 March, Tehran was given 48 hours to allow ships through the Strait of Hormuz. By 23 March, it was five days. On the 26th, it became ten. On the 30th, it was ‘immediately’, which was rolled back to 48 hours this Saturday, then 48 hours again on Sunday. Trump may have promised to bomb Iran ‘back to the stone ages’ last week, but when it comes to statecraft, it appears Washington is already there. Because, as any child will tell you, the parental leap from “I really mean it” to “I really, really mean it this time” isn’t upwards, but downwards when it comes to authority.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/06/donald-trump-has-given-iran-a-new-deadline-again/

Why the doctors’ strike matters to all trade unionists
THE six-day strike by resident doctors in England, due to start after the Easter bank holiday weekend, raises issues that concern the whole labour movement. Doctors’ disputes are sometimes viewed at arm’s length by other trade unionists. The British Medical Association (BMA) remains outside the TUC. Doctors, unlike most NHS workers, are not part of Agenda for Change bargaining structures, which can reduce solidarity across the healthcare workforce, and their wages are relatively higher. Nor does every strike slogan — the threats to move to New Zealand for higher pay that featured on some junior doctors’ picket line placards last year, for instance — encourage sympathy from workers on lower pay with no such options. But theirPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, federal appeals court rules
A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ruled 2-1 in finding that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the sports-related event contracts that Kalshi allows people to trade on its platform.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/06/new-jersey-kalshi-ruling-cftc

Trump endorses Republican Steven Hilton for California governor, reordering wide-open race
The endorsement — coming about a month before mail ballots go to voters in advance of the June 2 primary — will help Hilton coalesce conservative support in a race with no clear leader. However, Trump is widely unpopular in heavily Democratic California outside his conservative base and Trump’s backing would become a liability if Hilton faces a Democrat in the November election.
https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-donald-trump-endorsement-steve-hilton-0c3b0f4752466e3fd12463cbb49c079d

Upstate NY judge removed from bench amid charges he advised illegal eviction, deleted emails, more
Investigators found Lilley gave legal advice to landlords outside of court about how to remove tenants from a mobile home, according to the commission’s findings. He told the property owners to serve a notice to vacate and later suggested they change the locks after the tenants were gone for about two weeks. But under New York law, tenants who have lived somewhere for at least 30 days can’t be locked out without going through the court process, the commission said.
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2026/04/upstate-ny-judge-removed-from-bench-amid-charges-he-advised-illegal-eviction-deleted-emails-more.html

West Virginia governor vetoes help for neglected and foster kids after approving tax cuts
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Why socialist Cuba is more democratic than the U.S
The renewed escalation of hostility by the Trump administration towards Cuba—through tightened sanctions, political pressure, and open ideological aggression—once again exposes a fundamental contradiction. A country that presents itself as the "global model of democracy" continues to treat a small socialist island as a persistent threat. This is not a coincidence. It points to something deeper: what is being contested is not “democracy” in the abstract, but two fundamentally different ways of organizing power in society. At a moment when Cuba faces intensified economic pressure and systematic attempts at destabilization, a simple question emerges: if Cuba is truly “undemocratic,” why must it be constantly attacked, isolated and discredited? And, just as importantly, what does it reveal about the United States that it invests so much effort in undermining it?
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/04/why-socialist-cuba-is-more-democratic-than-the-us.html

Crypto Is Flailing
It feels like just yesterday when crypto markets last crashed hard. Back in 2022, what had been a wildly careening celebrity- and media-fueled hype train suddenly was a smoldering wreckage. Those were the days of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud-riddled FTX exchange, which went belly up along with a slew of other big crypto projects. The price of Bitcoin, the largest and most trend-setting of thousands of cryptocurrencies, dropped from its high of over $64,000 in 2021 to barely hitting $17,000 by 2022’s end. Along with Bitcoin, all things crypto sank. It felt at the time as though we all awoke from a bizarre collective dream in which mass-produced JPGs of cartoon monkeys had sold for prices that rivaled those of an average home, and trading made-up digital tokens on your phone promised to deliver unthinkable riches for the brave of heart. In the wake of crypto’s crash, most people preferred to tune out anything that included words like “blockchain,” “NFTs,” or “Bitcoin.” Even when prices for crypto recovered in 2024, the cringey backwash of 2022 clung on within mainstream public opinion. And then came Donald Trump.
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US satellite firm Planet Labs announces blackout on war on Iran images
The US company announced the decision in an email to customers on Saturday, with news agencies quoting it as saying the government had asked satellite imagery providers ⁠to impose an “indefinite withhold of imagery”. The restriction expands upon a 14-day delay on imagery of the Middle East that Planet Labs implemented last month, which extended an initial 96-hour delay, a move the firm said was meant to prevent adversaries from using the imagery to attack the US and its allies.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/us-satellite-firm-planet-labs-announces-blackout-on-war-on-iran-images
https://archive.ph/lyIHm

List of Programs Trump 2027 Budget Proposal Would Cut
Here is an overview of programs that would be cut: Job Corps (eliminated, –$1.6bn) Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) (–$395m) OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants (eliminated) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) (defunded) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) reductions (–$46m)
https://www.newsweek.com/list-of-programs-trump-2027-budget-proposal-would-cut-11780685
https://archive.ph/jRPQ6

More than 20 people injured after driver crashes into crowd at Louisiana parade
The driver, who has not been publicly identified, is in custody, according to a statement from the Iberia parish sheriff’s office. Some of the injuries are believed to be serious, authorities said. Eleven people were transported by ground and two by air, according to first responders.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/louisiana-parade-car-crash

Message to Senate Dems: No Confirmation of New AG Without Commitment on Epstein Files Release
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NDF: Assert Bangsamoro Self-Determination! Expose the Marcos Jr. Regime’s Sabotage of the Peace Process
The National Democratic Front (NDF)-Mindanao stands with the Bangsamoro people in confronting the deepening crisis in the peace process under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. What is unfolding is neither delay nor mismanagement of the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front—it is the necessary outcome of a reactionary state bound to imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism. The peace process is being implemented in a manner that preserves ruling class control over Moro land, resources, and political authority, ensuring the continuity of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal order that denies the Bangsamoro their right to genuine self-determination. The Bangsamoro question is a national question rooted in land dispossession and national oppression. The majority of Moro people remain landless peasants and poor fisherfolk, with up to 70% living in poverty and lacking access to basic services. This condition is the product of a long historical process through which land and resources were systematically transferred to the alliance of landlords, comprador bourgeoisie, and bureaucrat capitalists in partnership with imperialist interests.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/assert-bangsamoro-self-determination-expose-the-marcos-jr-regimes-sabotage-of-the-peace-process/

Pakistan Plays Peacemaker While Bombing and Blockading Afghan Civilians
“There is a lack of reporting because many people, including journalists or human rights activists from Kabul or abroad don’t visit this region,” said Sher Agha, a local activist from Kunar. Before speaking to Drop Site News on Wednesday, he had visited the funeral of one of the recent attacks’ victims, a little girl named Baharat whose picture was also spread on social media. “Attacks are taking place while I am talking to you. Sarkano district, which lies along the border, is being hit intensely. This is the ongoing situation for weeks,” he added. What emerges from the border are fragments: local testimonies, community statements, and scattered data points. Taken together, however, they reveal a coherent picture of a war fought withoPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California
In a Truth Social post on Friday, the US president announced that his vice-president was now “in charge of ‘fraud’ in the United States”, claiming the problem is “massive and pervasive” and that Vance’s new role as “fraud czar” will be “a major factor in how great the future of our country will be”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/trump-vance-fraud-arrest-crackdown-california

Trump proposes to begin privatizing TSA screening operations
TSA has about 50,000 federal employees who handle ⁠screening at nearly all U.S. airports. Budget documents released on Friday said airports currently using the privatization program ​have demonstrated savings compared to federal screening operations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-proposes-begin-privatizing-us-airport-security-operations-2026-04-03/

University of Washington professor fired from director job after sending email criticizing Iran war
According to reports, on 18 March Fani wrote in a newsletter sent via the center’s listserv that “Israeli actions tell us that they seek the destruction of the state, not just its ruling class”. The email reportedly added that it “was always BS” that the Islamic Republic was pursuing nuclear weapons. In July, Fani told the student newspaper that “if you tell the dozens of children that were killed in Israeli bombardment, that were killed in Iran, or the families of the nuclear scientists who were just wiped out – I hardly imagine they would say that the world is a more peaceful place”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/washington-college-professor-fired-iran-war-criticism

NYC home health aides press Mamdani to back bill ending 24-hour shifts
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1023 - Camusbian feat. Katherine Krueger (3/30/26) (Chapo Trap House )
We talk about the Return of Rahm, the Democrats looking for a hot candidate, and Katherine’s Disneyland memories. But mostly we let Felix explain the Rob Schneider-Andrea Dworkin-Albert Camus connection. Kind of a gas leak episode here folks.
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/1023-camusbian-feat-katherine

CC of the Communist Party of the Philippines: People's war is the answer to imperialist war and crisis
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines joyfully extends its greetings to all the valiant Red fighters and commanders of the New People’s Army on this historic day, the 57th anniversary of the founding of the true army of the oppressed people. On this day, let us look back on the unrelenting efforts to advance the revolutionary armed struggle to achieve national freedom and genuine democracy. Let us draw lessons from our long march along the winding path of advances and retreats, defeats and victories. Let us pay tribute to all the heroes and martyrs of the Filipino people who selflessly dedicated their lives to the great cause of liberating the nation from imperialist domination and all forms of oppression and exploitation by the local ruling classes. We owe to their sacrifice all that the people have achieved on the path of revolutionary struggle. Their names and contributions shall never fade from the memory of the people. They are shining stars, serving as beacons, as the people traverse the darkness toward the Red dawn. It is fitting that we celebrate the victories we have achieved in advancing the revolutionary armed struggle in the past year, while mindfully drawing lessons from the bitterness we have experienced. We must firmly grasp these as we press forward on the path of strengthening and advancing our protracted people’s war.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/peoples-war-is-the-answer-to-imperialist-war-and-crisis/

The US and Israel Are Making Gaza-Style War the New Normal
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Judge tosses lawsuit filed by parents of ‘Cop City’ protester who was killed by troopers
The Jan. 18, 2023, shooting of Manuel Paez Terán, known as “Tortuguita,” was a galvanizing moment for the movement to halt the construction of what critics labeled “Cop City,” a sprawling police and firefighter training center that opened last year on the site of a forest and former prison farm just outside Atlanta.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-admin-presents-new-plan-slash-two-thirds-consumer-watchdog-workforce-2026-04-01/

US Congress to pass bills to fully fund Homeland Security, Republican leaders say
The goal, according ​to a source with knowledge of the plan, is to again approve a DHS funding bill that the Senate unanimously passed ​last week, but the Republican-controlled House rejected. That bill would fund DHS to September 30, the end of this fiscal year. Instead of signing off on the bipartisan Senate bill, the House passed a 60-day extension of DHS funding - a measure that Democrats had repeatedly rejected.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-working-with-johnson-thune-fund-immigration-agents-2026-04-01/

The surprise winners of Trump's immigration wars
"There was all of this hype that Trump would be friendly toward high-skilled immigration and harder on low-skilled immigration," said Sam Peak, an immigration expert at the Economic Innovation Group. The opposite has been true, including an admission from the administration that seasonal farm labor jobs can't be filled with Americans.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/01/trump-farm-workers-h1b-visas
https://archive.ph/R2PZE

Trump admin presents new plan to slash two thirds of consumer watchdog workforce
President Donald Trump's administration has developed a fresh plan to slash the workforce at the U.S. Consumer FPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

On the brink of war — and paying the price at home
THE world appears to be on the brink of a brutal escalation of the war in the Middle East. Some 10,000 US troops stand ready. Israel’s rulers are using the opportunity to extend their wars of territorial conquest in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky is signing deals with Gulf sheikdoms for the supply of aggressive drone technology. Collateral damage is already being inflicted on those who can no longer afford to heat their homes or buy the food they need. What is the position of our own government? To equivocate. Factories in Britain still contribute to the production of weapons used by the US and Israel. Both in Britain and also, it seems, elsewhere in the Mediterranean and Pacific, British military bases still enable US planes to refuel and utilise their targeting technology. Our Prime Minister professes himself unhappy. Yet in the past week the Metropolitan Police, despite contrary legal judgements, have resumed prosecutions of anyone displaying support for an organisation whose crime it was to draw attention to Britain’s material complicity with Israel.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brink-war-and-paying-price-home

Barbecue, Empire, and Haiti’s Child Soldiers
As the group expands its control over the country, one glaring reality is that a significant portion of its armed members are under 18. Under the command of Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbecue,” and his former lieutenant, escaped kidnapper Kempès Sanon, Viv Ansanm deployed these armed youths to sack the sprawling neighborhoods of Solino. Their assault has displaced over 125,000 people across 24 different communities. “Viv Ansanm burned us out of our homes because we were one of the last bastions of peace and resistance left in Pòtoprens [Port-au-Prince],” said Ezayi Jules, a spokesperson for the community. “They reduced our neighborhoods to ashes. Now our families are homeless as Barbecue runs around everywhere talking about his “revolution.’” Beginning in 2018, Viv Ansanm and its predecessor, the G-9 gang alliance, have targeted and invaded neighborhoods that had long been bulwarks of popular resistance agains the interests of big capital and foreign domination. The numbers speak for themselves. Armed grouPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Lawsuits Expected After Trump Orders Creation of National Voter List, Mail-In Voting Crackdown
Just days after the GOP-controlled Senate skipped town once they failed to send a voter suppression bill to President Donald Trump’s desk, the Republican on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of US voters and crack down on voting by mail—which is how he voted in Florida’s most recent election.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-voting-executive-order

US counterterror officials plan antifa summit, sources say
The conference, tentatively planned for June or July, will convene officials from various nations to discuss strategies for battling antifa and encourage intelligence sharing, said the sources, who requested anonymity ‌as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-counterterror-officials-plan-antifa-summit-sources-say-2026-03-31/

The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides
Peptides are a string of amino acids, smaller than a protein, that are produced naturally by our body. Interest in synthetic versions of some of these has skyrocketed with people touting them for tissue repair, skin health, longevity and more.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5768206/peptides-rfk-fda-compounding-pharmacies

Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras
“By equipping residents with tools and partnering closely with our Milpitas police department, we’re building a stronger connection between our community and law enforcement to help deter crime and protect our neighborhoods.” Milpitas police plan to share a link for residents to voluntarily upload doorbell footage and organize community events, where residents can sign up to participate in the program, said Tyler Jamison, the Milpitas assistant chief of police.
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Communist Front (Italy): Italian communists welcome Meloni’s referendum defeat, call for broader political struggle
In a result described as a “clear political slap” to the far-right government of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s recent referendum on justice reforms has produced a decisive rejection of the proposed constitutional changes. According to the Communist Front (Italy), the outcome reflects not only opposition to a specific reform, but a wider and deepening discontent with the current political direction of the country. The organization emphasized that the victory of the “No” vote came alongside a higher-than-expected voter turnout—an element they interpret as a significant and active expression of political dissent. In their assessment, this opposition extends beyond traditional anti-government circles, encompassing a broader segment of society than the ruling coalition’s electoral base. At the heart of the referendum was a reform strongly backed by the government itself, presented as a cornerstone initiative aimed at consolidating political power ahead of future elections. The Communist Front argues that its rejection signals a failure of this strategy, describing the reform as part of a broader trajectory of “authoritarian tendencies” promoted by the executive.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/03/italian-communists-welcome-melonis-referendum-defeat-call-for-broader-political-struggle.html

Right-Wing Governments in Latin America Face Short Honeymoons
Chile’s new right-wing president, José Antonio Kast has just taken office and protests against the government have already begun. Thousands of high school students have taken to the streets to protest fuel price hikes and attacks on public education. The first question that comes to mind is whether these students represent a new generation of activists, foreshadowing further mobilizations. And will a workers’ movement take up the banners of struggle alongside them? This resistance will have to be built, navigating the mediating (and outdated) leadership of the Socialist Party and the Communist Party, as well as the Broad Front of former president Gabriel Boric. Our comrades from the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (PTR) of Chile, who are part of our internatPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

ICE announces death of another Mexican detainee in US immigration custody
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday that Mexican immigrant Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano was found unresponsive at a processing centre in California last week and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/ice-announces-death-of-another-mexican-detainee-in-us-immigration-custody
https://archive.ph/kiZxz

US Defense Secretary Hegseth's broker looked to buy defense fund before Iran attack, FT reports
A broker for U.S. Defense ​Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted ‌to make a big investment in major ​defense companies ​in the weeks leading up ⁠to the ​U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, ​the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing three ​people familiar with ​the matter.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-defense-secretary-hegseths-broker-looked-buy-defense-fund-before-iran-attack-2026-03-30/

Washington 'millionaires tax' poised to become law with Gov. Ferguson's signature Monday
The measure would impose a 9.9% tax on annual income above $1 million, including dual-income households. Ferguson, a Democrat, has championed the proposal and said it will affect less than one-half of 1% of Washington households. He has said the revenue would fund expansions to the Working Families Tax Credit, extending benefits to about 460,000 additional households, provide relief for some small businesses, and pay for child care and free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students.
https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-governor-bob-ferguson-to-sign-millionaires-tax-bill-on-monday-morning-state-code-income-small-business-sports-public-services-constitutionality-debate

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1021 - Illusion USA (3/23/26) (Chapo Trap House)
The fight in the gas station parking lot continues to escalate; luckily, Will, Felix, and Chris are all together in person to walk you through it. We talk about Israel attacking South Pars Gas Field without telling us, more planes crashing both abroad and at home, and the potential of a disastrous ground operation on Kharg Island looming. Plus: Elon Musk’s based son, Zohran and “left-wing antisemitism,” and a eulogy for Chuck Norris,
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/1021-illusion-usa-3-23-26

RIZOSPASTIS: World Anti-Imperialist Platform Whitewashing of US imperialism
Until now, its was clear that through their analyses they sought to whitewash the principal forces of the emerging Eurasian imperialist axis (China, Russia). Now, however, the WAP’s “interpretation” of international developments goes so far as to make room even for Trump. Such views stem from a complete detachment from the struggles of the working class, from erroneous opportunist theories about the imperialist system, and from the refusal to fulfil the duty of the working class and the peoples to develop an independent strategy against the bourgeois classes and imperialist alliances. Based on their crude and unscientific analysis, according to which bourgeois forces worldwide are divided into supporters of “globalization” (see Kamala Harris) and “chauvinists” (see Donald Trump, etc.), communists are urged to side with the latter and even establish forms of tactical cooperation with them. Thus, in a recent article —a monument to shameless opportunism— the “organizer” of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform, writing under the pseudonym Stephen Cho, claims, among other things, that: “The fact that the Republican Party appeals to the founding ideals of the United States, which include a spirit of independence, cannot be ignored” and similarly that “meanwhile, chauvinists do not oppose war in principle; rather, they avoid and refrain from wars they do not desire”. The culmination, of course, is his call that: “Anti-imperialist forces including the communist forces can’t form a tactical joint front with chauvinist and conservative forces, but they can engage in tactical cooperation with them”. He further adds: “Tactical cooperation, in the sense of acting Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Navy shipyard workers approve a contract deal with Bath Iron Works, ending weeklong strike
Members of the Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that goes into effect immediately, the shipyard said. That followed an hourslong union meeting at a high school. “We look forward to working together once again to deliver the Navy’s ships on time to protect our nation and our families,” Bath Iron Works, known for the slogan “Bath built is best built,” said in a statement.
https://apnews.com/article/shipyard-strike-maine-bath-iron-works-b0e609d517213f718800844c10f7eb23

Hialeah Cuban woman stripped of U.S. citizenship over $6 million Medicare fraud scheme, judge rules
According to a DOJ press release, Cabrera Diaz was convicted in 2019 of conspiring to commit health care fraud. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to more than two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $6 million in restitution. As part of her plea, prosecutors said Cabrera Diaz admitted she participated in the scheme years before she became a citizen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/united-states-citizenship-revoked-medicare-fraud-hialeah-cuba/

Third No Kings protest draws millions from across US to push back on Trump administration
More than 3,000 No Kings protests against the Trump administration were held nationwide and in more than a dozen countries on Saturday, according to a coalition of organizers that includes “anti-authoritarian” groups Indivisible and 50501, labor unions and other grassroots organizations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/no-kings-protests-trump

Home insurance rates set to jump in these states, report says
Insurers are changing their policies to minimize their claims exposure, according to Insurify, which often means more risk for homeowners. The states projected to see the largest rate hikes in 2026, Insurify data scientists sPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

assembly.org.ua : The war has entered its fifth year. On the intensification of street guerrilla in Ukraine
For nearly 1,500 days and nights, the shadow of death has swirled over our Slobozhanshchina, and the sickle of warfare has reaped the harvest of life. Despite the predictions of the front's collapse last year—some with fear, others with hope that everyone would finally be able to leave—it still stands near Volchansk, Chasov Yar, Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), and Gulyaipole. The deadline for a hypothetical agreement has been pushed back again to late spring. No threats of sanctions against the Kiev authorities from the Trump’s fascist administration, which proudly admits to raping children if it was "a very good deal that will help them become great." The UN is also in no hurry to install a temporary administration under its auspices in Ukraine, modeled on East Timor. The drowning one's salvation remains his own doing. Broad resistance to drafting in Ukraine we recently compared to the resistance to ICE in previous article "From Minneapolis to Ukraine, only street countering can stop the state-run hunt for people". The problem is that, as in the United States, it is not strong enough to change the overall situation. After the complete devastation of our revolutionary field by Stalinism, the tradition of mass street movements disappeared in Ukraine, except in support of some right-wing politicians: 1991, 2004, 2014… Rebuilding it from scratch takes a lot of time and has been underway for two years now, since the law tightening mobilization was adopted on April 11, 2024. However, since late 2025, we see a new trend: people against the war are moving from self-defense to counter-strike. Almost every day there are news reports of armed attacks against police or enlistment groups, mostly in rear regions like Odessa or West Ukraine. This is no longer like today's United States, but rather like during the Vietnam War!
https://libcom.org/article/war-has-entered-its-fifth-year-intensification-street-guerrilla-ukraine

The Kathy Hochul Donors in the Jeffrey Epstein Files
For nearly a year, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has been calling on the Donald Trump administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Well, they’ve been released —Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Workers' strike at one of the largest US meatpacking plants will continue
Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation's largest meatpacking plants will extend their walkout to a third week as they push for higher wages and better health care. Industry experts said it’s too early to know if the strike that began March 16 at the Swift Beef Co. plant in Greeley, Colorado, will impact beef prices for shoppers.
https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/workers-strike-largest-us-meatpacking-plants-continue-3rd-131475996

‘Shameful’: Trump Threatens to Redirect Student Loan Borrowers to Most Expensive Repayment Plans
Anonymous officials told The Post that those who do not switch plans within three months of receiving the email will automatically be re-enrolled in the Standard Plan. Unlike SAVE, which is income-based, the Standard plan has borrowers pay a fixed rate over 10 years.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/student-loan-forgiveness-redirect

Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist’s home disrupted by NYPD undercover operation, authorities say
An official who was briefed on the investigation said Heifler, 26, identified as a member of the JDL 613 Brotherhood, a New Jersey-based group founded in 2024 that describes its membership as “Jewish warriors” fighting back against rising antisemitism.
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-nypd-nerdeen-kiswani-e8fa38819b4f65f830b26b640d44cd72

Vance takes aim at Minnesota in first federal anti-fraud task force hearing
Joining the task force was Colin McDonald, a top aide to the Justice Department's second in command. He was recently confirmed as the assistant attorney general overseeing the new division at the department focused on prosecuting fraud. The Justice Department has long prosecuted fraud nationally through its Criminal Division, but the Trump administration says the new division is needed to crack down on rampant fraud.
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At No Kings: Let’s Flood the Streets to Demand the Abolition of ICE, Full Rights for Immigrants, and an End to the Imperialist War Against Iran
On March 28, No Kings and dozens of unions, community organizations, and left-wing groups across the country are calling for a mobilization under the slogan: No ICE, No War, No Kings. This cannot be just another mobilization; it must be a historic surge of millions so that Donald Trump and the Epstein gang hear us loud and clear. Trump and the Far Right were defeated in Minneapolis by the massive grassroots movement that brought about the end of Operation Metro Surge and the firing of Kristi Noem as head of the Department of Homeland Security. The Epstein scandal has shown millions that capitalism and violence against women and children go hand in hand with the systematic oppression of the most vulnerable by those who rule the world. Further, it revealed that several leaders of the ruling class from both parties are responsible for the rape, torture, and trafficking of over a thousand women and girls. In this first year of Trump’s presidency, the rights of trans people have been trampled upon in a super-conservative offensive that demonstrates just how authoritarian and reactionary the Far Right’s agenda is.
https://www.leftvoice.org/at-no-kings-lets-flood-the-streets-to-demand-the-abolition-of-ice-full-rights-for-immigrants-and-an-end-to-the-imperialist-war-against-iran/

Why Israel's defence in ICJ genocide case has disintegrated
Last week, Israel suddenly dropped charges against five soldiers accused of the sexual abuse and rape of a male Palestinian prisoner. This development was grotesque - all the more so, since there is no shortage of evidence. The soldiers were filmed as the atrocity was allegedly committed. As for the victim, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has cited medical records showing that his injuries included a ruptured bowel, a severe injury to his anus, lung damage and broken ribs. In this article, however, we will not dwell on the moral squalor of the decision by Military Advocate General Itai Ofir to abandon the case. We will examine instead the consequences for Israel’s ongoing defence against genocide chargPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Army extends maximum recruitment age to 42, allowing older recruits to join
The average age of recruits is going up marginally, going from 21 years old in 2010 to nearly 23 years old last year, service data reviewed by ABC News shows. Additionally, the Army will now allow enlistments of individuals with only one marijuana-related conviction.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/army-extends-maximum-recruitment-age-42-allowing-older/story?id=131411519

Sanders and AOC unveil data center moratorium bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday will announce legislation to pause all new data center construction nationwide until AI safeguards are in place.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/sanders-aoc-data-center-moratorium-bill

US Senators reach deal on capping insulin costs at $35 per month, Semafor reports
Shaheen is making ​an urgent push to ‌pass ⁠legislation to reduce the cost of insulin before her ​retirement ​from ⁠Congress, teaming with Senators Susan ​Collins, Raphael ​Warnock ⁠and John Kennedy, according to the ⁠Semafor ​report.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-senators-reach-deal-capping-insulin-costs-35-per-month-semafor-reports-2026-03-25/

TSA tipped off ICE in arrest of mother and child at San Francisco airport
The report, which cites federal documents, adds a new dimension to the arrest by ICE officers that went viral this week, casting new scrutiny on the Trump administration’s information-sharing agreements that critics say are leading to more indiscriminate immigration arrests.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/tsa-tip-off-ice-san-francisco-airport
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Built on sand: Trump’s war shatters Labour’s hopes of economic ‘stability’
To the backdrop of bombs raining down in the Middle East, Chancellor Rachel Reeves recently reassured Parliament that “stability” is the “single most important precondition for economic growth”. This is not good news for the British ruling class. Due to long-term underinvestment in infrastructure and industry, British capitalism is not in a strong position to weather this storm. Even before the war in Iran, the UK economy failed to grow at all in January. And things are only set to get worse for British capitalism and its hapless helmsmen.
https://communist.red/built-on-sand-trumps-war-shatters-labours-hopes-of-economic-stability/

There Was No “Right Way” to Attack Iran
When Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe went before Congress last week, they were grilled about the war in Iran. The nature of the grilling was revealing, as many Democrats seem focused on impropriety or strategic errors in warmaking rather than the warmaking itself. Some Democrats pressed Gabbard and Ratcliffe about whether Iran actually posed a meaningful threat to the United States. Gabbard, in particular, was evasive on this point. She’s repeatedly said that it did not, but now she’s committed to staying in Donald Trump’s good graces, no matter the hypocrisy and humiliation involved. Other Democrats, though, only seemed to be concerned with giving the administration a hard time about how they’re waging the war. Did Trump understand that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz? If not, why not? Did he understand how extensive Iran’s retaliation might be against American assets in the Gulf monarchies? If not, why not? Did Gabbard and Ratcliffe not brief him appropriately, or did Trump just not listen? At times, the grilling seemed about as high-stakes as mid-level managers being dressed down in a quarterly performance review, where the company’s goals are taken for granted and only management’s competence is in question.
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/united-states-iran-war-trump

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More than 3,000 No Kings protests set for Saturday
Progressive political groups, labor unions and human and civil rights organizations expect Saturday's nationwide demonstrations to surpass last year's No Kings rallies in June and October. The Twin Cities will serve as the flagship event, according to organizers, with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Jane Fonda and Bruce Springsteen scheduled to perform or speak at the State Capitol in St. Paul.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/bruce-springsteen-joan-baez-no-kings-twin-cities

FDA flags misleading claims for cancer drug by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong
The warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration takes issue with a TV advertisement and a separate podcast episode promoting Anktiva, the lead product of ImmunityBio Inc. The drugmaker is one of several biotech firms acquired by Soon-Shiong, who also owns the Los Angeles Times.
https://apnews.com/article/patrick-soonshiong-immunitybio-anktiva-cancer-ebb9a297655dced61487b0317e320307

Portland Public Schools shortens school year in budget-cutting agreement with teachers union
Portland Public Schools is turning four days that were originally intended for instruction, grading or paid time off into furlough days, effectively ending the school year early and condensing the calendar in an effort to patch a budget hole first made public last month.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/22/portland-public-schools-shortens-schol-year/

‘Kristi Noem 2.0’: Two Democrats Join Republicans in Confirming Mullin to Lead DHS
The confirmation vote came amid reports that senators are on the verge of a deal to end the month-long shutdown at DHS, which has left TSA workers unpaid. In the wake of ICE agents’ deadly shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Democratic lawmakers have demanded reforms to the immigration enforcement body as part of any DHS funding deal.Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Review: Shah of Shahs – Snapshots of tyranny and revolution
Ryszard Kapuściński, as a foreign reporter for the press agency of Stalinist Poland, was a witness to the Iranian Revolution, along with 26 other revolutions and coups across the colonial world. In Shah of Shahs he doesn’t pretend to give us a factually watertight report of the events, but paints a gripping picture of the country and its people, its modern history, and the revolution itself, through a series of impressions akin to a literary version of a pointillist painting. We learn about the origins and the rule of the Pahlavi dynasty through musings on a collection of photographs. Each image prompts a new story: on the rise and fall of Reza Khan, on the British backed coup against Mossadegh who dared to nationalise the oil, on the glaring injustice of the rich foreigners hosting balls in palaces while ordinary Iranians lived in squalor.
https://communist.red/review-shah-of-shahs-snapshots-of-tyranny-and-revolution/

Gusanos of Monarchy: War, Exile, and the Misplacement of a Nation
"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil" – Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963)
There is a word from another revolution that fits a little too well in this time: gusano—the exile who leaves a revolution only to spend decades begging Empire to bring them back. It belongs to Cuba, but its logic has migrated. You can now find it, almost intact, among a certain stratum of the Iranian diaspora—especially those still orbiting the fading promise of monarchy. In Miami, they waited for Washington to deliver Havana. In Los Angeles, Toronto, and Berlin, a faction now waits for Washington—or Tel Aviv—to deliver Tehran to them as it was in 1978. Same structure, different flag. And with the current war against Iran, that structure has hardened into something uglier: open alignment with destruction as a pathway to return.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/23/gusanos-of-monarchy-war-exile-and-the-misplacement-of-a-nation/

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Child labor violations rise in US – as Republicans still roll back protections
The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws increased from 1,012 children in fiscal year 2015 to 5,272 in fiscal year 2025, with 773 children illegally employed in hazardous occupations in 2025 compared to 355 in 2015.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/child-labor-protections-republicans

Judge cites ‘stand your ground’ law in clearing 3 more Florida officers in shooting of a UPS driver
Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Miami-Dade police officers Richard Santiesteban, Leslie Lee and Rodolfo Mirabal — who had been charged with manslaughter in the death of UPS driver Frank Ordonez — could not be prosecuted because Florida’s “stand your ground” law justified the shooting. The same judge cleared officer Jose Mateo in September for the same reason.
https://apnews.com/article/ups-shooting-florida-67073c35de9ce537b825b3fd75991039

Bipartisan Senate bill would ban sports betting on online prediction markets
The bill follows several other state-level efforts to regulate marketplaces, which are overseen by a federal agency. On Friday, a Nevada judge temporarily banned most of Kalshi’s operations in the state for two weeks after the state filed a lawsuit against the company.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/bipartisan-senate-bill-sports-betting-ban

Kalshi and Polymarket rush to ban insider trading as senators move to curb prediction markets
Polymarket instituted a broader ban than Kalshi. The company rewrote its rules to say clearly that users cannot trade on contracts where they might possess confidential information or could influence the outcome of an event
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European Communist Action: The anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples must be strengthened
The European Communist Action condemns in the strongest possible terms the imperialist attack launched by the United States and Israel against the people of Iran, as well as the bombings and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon. These developments are linked to the plans of the US, NATO, the EU and their allies, especially Israel, to “reshape” the Middle East, as part of their confrontation with their rival powers. Particularly dangerous is their attempt to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz. These developments carry the risk of a generalization of the war —a conflict in which dozens of countries are already involved in one way or another— leading to even greater bloodshed. A key role in this involvement is played by the US–NATO bases located across Europe, which serve both as military strongholds and as targets for retaliation.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/03/european-communist-action-antiimperialist-struggle-of-peoples-must-be-strengthened.html

For Lorenzo Orsetti
For the anniversary of the martyrdom of Lorenzo Orsetti, Ş. Tekoşer Piling, Italian martyr of the Rojava Revolution, we publish the letter of an Indonesian friend, that found hope and inspiration in the struggle of Lorenzo. Lorenzo fell on 18th March 2019 in the struggle against ISIS, and his revolutionary approach to life, that arrived to us through his writings and video messages, became an inspiration to young people in Italy and beyond.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/30175/

John Reed: Ten Days that Shook the World Chapter X: Moscow
The Committee for Salvation, the Duma, the Central Committee of the Socialist Revolutionary party—proudly claiming Kerensky as a member—all passionately protested that he could only be held responsible to the Constituent Assembly. On the evening of November 16th I watched two thousand Red Guards swing down the Zagorodny Prospekt behind a military band playing the Marseillaise—and how appropriate it sounded—with blood-red flags over the dark ranks of workmen, to welcome home again theirPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid
Federal prosecutors under former President Joe Biden pressed charges against the officers. Under President Donald Trump, though, the Department of Justice asked that Brett Hankison, the only officer serving prison time related to Taylor’s killing, be let out of prison while he appeals his conviction. Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, said in a Facebook post that she is extremely disappointed in Trump’s Justice Department.
https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-shooting-charges-dropped-da7af3049b7eb8a24c1333e0be3c1788

Johnson Delays FISA Vote Amid Bipartisan Push for ‘Major, Necessary’ Privacy Reforms
Privacy advocates and lawmakers across the political spectrum have long called for reforms to FISA’s Section 702, which empowers the US government to surveil electronic communications of noncitizens located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information, without a warrant.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/what-is-fisa-section-702

US House Democrat blasts Commerce's 'highly concerning' $1.6 billion USA Rare Earth deal
In a ‌10-page letter, Representative Zoe Lofgren, the ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, wrote that the proposed deal would let the Commerce Department keep an equity stake even if it decides not to invest while also leaving the company reliant on a $1.5 billion private capital raise led by Cantor Fitzgerald [RIC:RIC:CNTOR.UL], ​the financial firm previously led by Lutnick and now run by his sons.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-house-democrat-blasts-commerces-highly-concerning-16-billion-usa-rare-earth-2026-03-20/

Millions of Americans Joining the Ranks of the Uninsured Thanks to Trump-GOP Cuts in 2025
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Iraq-Iran war: the forging of the Islamic Republic
Seeing an opportunity, on 22 September 1980 Saddam Hussein invaded Iran. The Iranian military had largely dissolved following the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Islamic Republic, less than a year old, was far from having consolidated its power. The Islamists faced the grueling task of rebuilding the Iranian bourgeois state, as power remained effectively in the streets. It was the entry of the workers, through the general strike of the autumn of 1978, that transformed middle-class bazaar and student protests into a real revolution. The workers formed neighbourhood and factory shuras (soviets), they demanded higher wages, and in some instances took over their factories. They fought so that the tyranny of the bosses – who were closely aligned with Pahlavi during the revolution – would never return. But the complete failure of the communists to present any clear alternative, against the backdrop of growing repression, allowed the revolution to be hijacked by the Islamists led by Ayatollah Khomeini. While the revolution itself had involved communists, including the Stalinist Tudeh Party, communist guerrillas such as Fadaiyan-e-Khalq, ‘Islamic-Marxists’ Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), and secular nationalists such as the National Front, the Islamists did everything to isolate the communists and the left. Khomeini began to use the clergy to hijack many of the neighbourhood shuras, which were transformed into ‘Islamic Revolution Committees’ around local mosques. These later formed the foundations for the Islamist paramilitary organisations. At this point, Khomeini was bolstered by western imperialism, which preferred him to the communists. The US had even negotiated the neutrality of remnants of the Pahlavi army prior to the victory of the revolution.
https://marxist.com/iraq-iran-war-the-forging-of-the-islamic-republic.htm

Brazil’s Left After Lula
The geopolitical uncertainty has upped the ante of what was already set to be a deeply contentious race this October between Lula’s broad coalition of moderates and leftists and the far-right challenger, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the forty-four-year-old son of the imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro. Much will be written about the campaign in the months ahead, but a cPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

‘Not Another Penny for Another Endless War,’ Ilhan Omar Says as Trump Seeks $200 Billion
As US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed reporting that he’s seeking $200 billion more from Congress to continue waging his unpopular war of choice on Iran, Rep. Ilhan Omar was among those forcefully pushing back.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/congress-iran-war

Wall Street cops propose new slate of easier big bank rules
The proposals from the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation would lower bank capital requirements — that is, the financial cushion that regulators require banks to hold against potential losses — for the largest and most systemically important firms by nearly 5%. Bank capital requirements for the smallest banking organizations would fall by almost 8%.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/fed-bank-wall-street-regulation
https://archive.ph/vAVLN

Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion
If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/georgia-murder-charges-abortion

Judge ends asylum claim of Minnesotan boy detained by ICE, report says
U.S. Immigration Judge John Burns issued the decision to end ​the asylum claims of Liam and his family. Attorney Danielle Molliver who represents the ​family, told the station the decision would be appealed, a process that can take months, if not years. The lawyer did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
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Call of the (Expanded) Meeting of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran to All National and Freedom-Loving Forces of the Country On the Formation of a Peace Committee and the Establishment of an Immediate Ceasefire and Lasting Peace
Dear compatriots, national and freedom-loving forces of the country, The war ignited by U.S. imperialism and the criminal government of Israel is a horrific catastrophe that has placed the existence and territorial integrity of our homeland in grave danger. Thousands killed and wounded, the destruction of the country’s productive infrastructure, and the blow dealt by this devastating war to the popular movement—which had posed a serious challenge to the survival of the regime of Velayat-e Faqih—are among the immense hardships this war has imposed on our people and our country. For this reason, the (expanded) meeting of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran has concluded that under the current critical conditions, one of the most important tasks facing all progressive and freedom-loving forces in the country is to strive to establish a broad peace movement, both inside and outside the country, in order to immediately halt this imposed war on our homeland. For the reactionary rulers, war is a “blessing” that allows them to cover up the crisis of legitimacy that emerged after the bloody suppression and killing of people driven to desperation by economic hardship, inequality, and deep class divisions. Under wartime conditions, reactionary rulers attempt to silence all dissent while continuing their anti-people policies and maintaining their grip on power. In recent days, we have witnessed this process through the arrest of hundreds of civil activists and dissidents following threats by Ejei (head of the judiciary), Radan (commander of the national police), and other leaders of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and the regime.
https://www.tudehpartyiran.org/en/2026/03/18/call-of-the-expanded-meeting-of-the-central-committee-of-the-tudeh-party-of-iran-to-all-national-and-freedom-loving-forces-of-the-country-on-the-formation-of-a-peace-committee-and-the-establishment/

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US to require $15,000 bond to visa recipients from 12 more countries
President Donald Trump's administration will require citizens from 50 countries to post bonds of $15,000 to apply for U.S. entry, a State ​Department official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, ‌said 12 countries are being added to a list that already includes 38 other nations, largely in Africa.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-require-15000-bond-visa-recipients-12-more-countries-2026-03-18/

AIPAC finally notches some Democratic primary wins
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller defeated former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and progressive state Sen. Robert Peters in the state's 2nd congressional district. Miller was supported by nearly $4.5 million in ad spending from AIPAC-affiliated group Affordable Chicago Now, according to AdImpact. … former Rep. Melissa Bean beat progressive rival Junaid Ahmed in the race to succeed Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), another unsuccessful Senate candidate. Elect Chicago Women spent $3.3 million in support of Bean while Chicago Progressive Partnership spent another $700,000 painting Ahmed as a wealthy ally of Elon Musk and fossil fuel interests.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/18/aipac-illinois-primary-biss-abughazaleh-bean
https://archive.ph/yopSz

How lawyers got their hands on thousands of private patient records
The admission by GuardDog Telehealth came in response to a lawsuit brought by Epic Systems, the nation’s largest vendor of electronic medical records software. In January, Epic alleged that a “syndicate” of companies had improperly gained access to patient records and was selling them to lawyers for potential use in litigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/03/18/digital-privacy-healthcare-epic-systems-lawsuit/
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The trade union movement needs a political strategy
UNITE the union has decided to cut its affiliation to the Labour Party by more than half a million pounds a year, or more than 40 per cent. The immediate reason is the continuing incapacity of the government to resolve the bin strike in Birmingham, triggered by the determination of the Labour-run council to cut workers’ wages. Indeed, some of the money saved in affiliation fees will go towards paying court fines imposed in the course of the dispute, which has now been going on for more than a year. To that extent, Unite’s move is wholly understandable. It surely responds to the real anger the union’s membership will feel about the Birmingham dispute. The move also follows strident but accurate criticisms of Labour’s record on a range of issues by Unite general secretary Sharon Graham. She has described the government as “devoid of purpose” and failing to act in the working-class interest. Graham was one of the strongest critics of the winter fuel benefit cut, of the watering down of the Employment Rights Act and the attack on welfare. On all these issues she has spoken for millions across the country who feel profoundly let down by Keir Starmer’s government. The burning question now is how the trade unions can lead the movement in imposing a new course on Labour before power is handed over to Nigel Farage and the Reform hard right.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trade-union-movement-needs-political-strategy

In the New Geo-Economic Order, Price Shocks Are Here to Stay
Less than three years after the disruptions of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine subsided, the world economy confronts another sustained energy and supply chain shock. The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, and Iran’s retaliatory strikes against US military assets and oil production infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, have brought shipping through the all-important Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared the closure the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” Some 34 percent of globally traded crude oil, 19 percent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, and 16 percent of the trade in refined petroleum products such as dPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

UFW acts on allegations against César Chávez
UFW said what is alleged against Chávez is incompatible with the union's values, per the statement. The union said it has no firsthand knowledge or direct reports but considers the allegations serious enough to act.
https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2026/03/17/united-farm-workers-ufw-cesar-chavez-march-allegations
https://archive.ph/LtAbm

Trump counter-terrorism chief quits over Iran war, blaming Israel
Kent’s letter lauded Trump’s foreign military actions in his first administration, such as the killing of Qassem Suleimani and “defeating Isis” while avoiding being drawn into “never-ending wars”. But he charged the president with abandoning this posture after an influence campaign.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/joe-kent-resigns-director-national-counterterrorism-center

New York City seeks to stop defending former Mayor Eric Adams in sex assault suit
In a court filing Tuesday, attorneys for the city's Law Department asked to be allowed to withdraw from defending Adams from a suit alleging he sexually assaulted a woman when he was a transit cop in 1993.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/new-york-city-seeks-stop-defending-former-mayor-eric-adams-sex-assault-rcna263937

Florida Republican student group sues university after suspension over Nazi salute post
On Saturday, University of Florida (UF) blocked campus operations of the school’s College Republicans after the group’s state leadership said it had disbanded the chapter for engaging in “a pattern of conduct that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture”.
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From Bay of Pigs to Speedboats: Trump Still Doesn’t Get It
There are moments when the class character of imperialist aggression reveals itself with brutal clarity. February 25, 2026, was one such moment. Cuban border guards intercepted a Florida-registered speedboat just one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones in Villa Clara province. The vessel carried ten armed Cuban exiles operating from U.S. soil. When the patrol approached to enforce sovereignty, the infiltrators opened fire. Cuban forces defended themselves, killing four − including at least one U.S. citizen − and wounding six. Weapons, ballistic vests and military-style equipment were seized. Havana correctly described it as a foiled “armed infiltration for terrorist purposes.” Washington, as always, denied any government role. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called it “not a U.S. operation” and announced yet another “independent investigation.” This is not an isolated incident. This is the latest chapter in U.S. imperialism’s six-decade war to crush the Cuban Revolution − the very same criminal methods the CIA employed against Fidel Castro and Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara. Let us recall the historical record without embellishment.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/03/from-bay-of-pigs-to-speedboats-trump-still-doesnt-get-it.html

How the global crisis is strengthening Russia
The contemporary Russian regime has become adept at navigating global turbulence. Rising oil prices, shifts in trade flows, and disruptions to competing suppliers can all strengthen Russia’s position as a major exporter of raw materials. In this sense, the Middle Eastern conflict may temporarily stabilise the Russian economy. A profound change is underway, driven by the relative decline of US imperialism, which has lost its position of complete supremacy as a world power, along with the organic crisis of capitalism which is leading to a scramble for control of markets, resources, supply chains and spheres of influence, principally between the US and China. And it is precisely in this imperialist carnage that Russia is attempting to establish itself.
https://marxist.com/how-the-global-crisis-is-sPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions
The projects at the Office of Industry Partnership (OIP) include automated surveillance in airports; adapters allowing agents to use phones for biometric scanning; and an AI platform that ingests all 911 call data nationally and builds “geospatial heat maps” to “predict incident trends”, which appears to be a form of predictive policing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/hacked-data-homeland-security

Republican Bill Would Denaturalize US Citizens as Support Grows
One lawmaker, GOP Representative Riley Moore of West Virginia, announced on Friday that he would introduce a bill to denaturalize and deport any naturalized citizen who commits an act of terrorism, plots to commit an act of terrorism, joins a terrorist organization, or otherwise aids and abets terrorism against the American people.
https://www.newsweek.com/denaturalize-us-citizens-for-terrorism-push-gains-support-11676915
https://archive.ph/5eOxn

Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody
Paktyawal, a father of six who had applied for U.S. asylum, was about to take his children to school Friday morning when he was surrounded by masked men who drove up and put him in handcuffs, Rahmanullah Zazy, a family friend and leader in the local Afghan community, told NBC News in an interview.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/afghan-asylum-seeker-dies-less-24-hours-ice-custody-rcna263626

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police identified her as a suspect in an organized bank fraud case using facial recognition software, according to south-east North Dakota news outlet InForum. Lipps told the outlet she had never been to North Dakota and did not commit thPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

India: oil refinery strikes – a sign of things to come
On 23 February, 40,000 workers at IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited) at the Panipat refinery expansion project in Haryana went on a strike, which spread across the entire premises. The sudden, radical action was met with a vicious police crackdown and an internet blackout. The government scrambled to erase the protests from the mainstream media. Unsurprisingly, and in full subservience to their capitalist overlords, the Indian corporate media covered the incident as a ‘violent clash’ or ‘security incident’ rather than a powerful, spontaneous struggle for labour rights.
https://marxist.com/india-oil-refinery-strikes-a-sign-of-things-to-come.htm

“History Is Repeating Itself”
The war that the United States and Israel are waging in the Middle East is not solely directed at Iran. In addition to occupying the entirety of Palestine as well as the Golan Heights and other parts of Syria, Israeli troops are currently occupying parts of Lebanon while Israeli airstrikes pummel the country from above. At least 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon since the beginning of March. Left unchecked, the Israeli government will reduce Lebanon to uninhabitable wreckage, just as it has Gaza. To understand the consequences for people in Lebanon, we reached out to Elia Ayoub, who previously spoke to us about the uprising that took place in Lebanon in October 2019 against the sectarian rule of warlord oligarchs. How should we understand the latest round of hostilities in the context of the last several decades? How does this assault shape the prospects for Lebanese movements for liberation?
https://crimethinc.com/2026/03/11/history-is-repeating-itself-a-lebanese-perspective-on-the-war-on-palestine-lebanon-and-iran

John Reed Ten Days that Shook the World Chapter IX: Victory
People in revolt have a way of defying military precedent. The ragged armies of the French Revolution are not forgotten—Valmy and the Lines of Weissembourg. Massed against the Soviet forces were yunkers, CossacksPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Eight convicted of terrorism-related charges for attack on Texas ICE facility
A jury convicted nine ​people on Friday for their involvement in a shooting at a U.S. ‌Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas last year, the Justice Department said. Eight of the nine defendants were found guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiring to use and ​carry explosives, and using explosives during a riot, local media reported.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/eight-convicted-terrorism-related-charges-attack-texas-ice-facility-2026-03-13/

FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war
In his post, Carr copied a Truth Social post by Trump complaining about “misleading” coverage on Iran. “Yet again, an intentionally misleading headline by the Fake News Media about the five tanker planes that were supposedly struck down at an Airport in Saudi Arabia, and of no further use,” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social. Trump singled out the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, saying that they “and other Lowlife ‘Papers’ and Media actually want us to lose the War”, calling the outlets’ reporting “the exact opposite of the actual facts!”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/fcc-broadcast-permits-iran-war-news

ICE arrests dozens of Amazon Flex workers in southeast Michigan
One person from the group has told the WSWS that while full‑scale workplace raids are not being carried out inside Amazon facilities, drivers are being pulled over as they arrive for their shifts. On several occasions, cars loaded with packages have been left in the street after workers were seized by ICE.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/14/dqxh-m14.html

AIPAC's plan to sink progressives: Slam them from the left
Chicago Progressive Partnership — which shares vendors, donors and a treasurer with other AIPAC-linked PACs — went on the air ThursdayPost too long. Click here to view the full text.