The Struggle Continues….
Solidarity National Committee
Posted December 2, 2025
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, like the massive “No Kings” marches and rallies throughout the United States, represent a massive push against the Trump regime’s assault on our quality of life —
• against armed and masked men rounding up people in the streets and workplaces,
• against attacks on our schools and cultural institutions,
• against the cuts in funding of scientific inquiry,
• against the elimination of long-standing and much-needed health and safety policies,
• against the vicious gutting of federal jobs,
• against the destruction of life-giving social programs,
• against destructive tariffs that are hurting us all.
That many millions — in the streets and in the voting booths — have joined together throughout our country in such a repudiation constitutes an immense victory for the working-class majority of the United States.
A definite high point has been Zohran Mamdani’s victorious mayoral campaign in New York City, with a program that begins to speak to the needs of the great majority of people in a city they helped build but that has become increasingly unaffordable for them. His campaign’s defense of, and direct appeal to, immigrant communities in a city where one-quarter of its residents were born in other countries was particularly inspiring. An immigrant himself, he spoke meaningfully to the discrimination and humiliation many of its residents have lived. He has been a consistent supporter of Palestinian self-determination, insisting that Israel has the right to exist as a state with equal rights — not a hierarchy of citizenship based on religion or ethnicity.
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Mamdani’s Victory: Which way forward to build the US socialist movement?
Kay Mann
Posted December 10, 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York city mayoral elections has energized the left, enraged Trump, and stimulated debate on the left regarding independent political action and the use of the Democratic party ballot line.
Mamdani won on a program of radical reforms with an anticapitalist dynamic that spoke directly to issues of affordable housing, transportation, and childcare, and openly identified as a Democratic Socialist, Muslim, pro-Palestinian immigrant. He also defends immigrants at a…
The Great Flood
B. Skanthakumar
Posted December 9, 2025
CYCLONE DITWAH RIPPED through Sri Lanka between 27 and 29 November. The toll is devastating. Seven days later, the official count is 486 deaths and 341 missing. To which should be added five navy and one air-force officer killed in rescue operations; and an electricity board technician electrocuted while repairing a power line. As search teams reach previously inaccessible areas this week, the fatality count has grown exponentially, and some fear it will climb into four digits. We may never know…
Important advance in the BDS campaign “People’s Arms Embargo”
Bill Balderston
Posted December 8, 2025
On Monday, November 10th, the Alameda County Central Labor Council (ALC) voted unanimously to support the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo (OPAC) campaign. This builds on previous support by the ALC for the overall labor arms embargo position and the county Ethical Investment Policy (See A BDS Victory – And Beyond ).
The OPAC coalition started last summer, led by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) and the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), and joined…
Ukrainian Socialists Respond to Government Corruption
Sotsialnyi Rukh
Posted December 5, 2025
UKRAINE’s SOCIAL MOVEMENT (Sotsialnyi Rukh) published this resolution, adopted at their annual conference, on their website September 28, 2025. This is a Google translation of their resolution. The first paragraph presciently identifies the problem of corruption that broke out in media with the charges against top officials for a $100 million kickback scheme. The body of the resolution expands the analysis and proposes remedies….
Trump’s Looming “Forever War”
United Left Platform
Posted December 4, 2025
The present moment is exceptionally dangerous for the nations and peoples of Latin America and for communities across the United States. The actions of the U.S. government put us all at risk.
While the Trump regime’s murderous bombing of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean are world-class crimes in their own right, they are not happening in isolation. They openly signal Trump’s and his administration’s intention to wage war on Venezuela in order to install a pro-U.S. puppet…
Russia’s 1917 Revolution: Problems of Socialist Organization
Paul Le Blanc
Posted December 4, 2025
This is the text (with sources added) of a December 4 presentation kicking off the third installment of Solidarity’s online study group dealing with “Problems of Socialist Organization.”
Russia’s revolution of 1917 resulted from the blend of terrible catastrophes and profound hopes. The First World War was going very badly for the Tsar’s army and for the Russian people, adding new grievances to old, and generating a new wave of working-class radicalization. The tsarist system of oppressive…
Support Ukraine’s Nurses!
Posted November 30, 2025
Help Ukraine Solidarity Network Provide Urgently Needed Lifesaving Hospital Equipment
Despite relentless Russian attacks, the dedication and bravery of Ukrainian doctors and nurses has prevented collapse of Ukrainian healthcare. Healthcare professionals continue to save thousands of lives under brutal wartime circumstances.
Doctors and nurses often work without essential life-saving equipment due to the war, economic collapse spurred by wartime destruction, the Ukrainian government’s neoliberal policies,…
A BDS Victory — and Beyond
Bill Balderston
Posted November 29, 2025
After an 18-month campaign by Bay Area Divest (BAD), the Alameda County (California) Board of Supervisors on May 3 adopted an Ethical Investment Policy (EIP) barring county investment in “companies that consistently, knowingly and directly facilitate and enable severe violations of human rights.” The policy is the first of its kind for any county in the US.
This campaign involved a broad coalition, including the Divest from Apartheid Committee of East Bay DSA, Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine…
On the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Life of Rosa Parks, 1913-2005
Dianne Feeley
Posted November 28, 2025
As the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott approaches, the Trump administration is hard at work erasing the history of the immense struggle Black America has waged for freedom. Rosa Parks is a central figure in the 20th century movement for Black lives, both before and after she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger the evening of December 1, 1955….
Oppose Trump’s Surrender Plan for Ukraine
Ukraine Solidarity Network (US)
Posted November 23, 2025
IMPERIALIST BULLYING IS rarely so open and brazen. Donald Trump demanded last week that Ukraine accept his surrender plan for Ukraine by Thanksgiving Day, November 27, or lose what little remains of U.S. support for Ukraine, which is the sharing of satellite intelligence about Russian military positions and the sale of arms to Ukraine….
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