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Solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants

E.W. Ramsey

Posted June 24, 2026

A brief accounting of the beginning of the new Red Scare

Eight of the nine Prairieland defendants, convicted in March of terrorism, were sentenced on June 23, 2026 to 30-100 years. Seven — Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Benjamin Hanil Song and Elizabeth Soto — had been convicted of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use an explosive and use of an explosive device (fireworks!). The eighth, Daniel Rolando Sanchez…

Seven Pro-Palestinian activists arrested in Southeast Michigan

Ted McTaggart

Posted June 16, 2026

“Freedom of Speech… Just Watch What You Say” — Ice-T

Early in the morning of Wednesday, June 10, federal agents arrested seven young pro-Palestinian activists in Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. The seven were indicted (along with an eighth, who was abroad at the time of the indictment and has not yet been arrested) with numerous felonies that could result in each receiving between 5 and 55 years in prison along with multi-million dollar fines. While the federal government’s…

Visiting Cuba 2026 — A Critical Point

Robert Bartlett

Posted June 10, 2026

I VISITED CUBA over the 2026 May Day week with a delegation from Building Relations with Cuban Labor. The effects of the 65+ year U.S. embargo and recent blockade of oil were everywhere to be seen….

Anti-War Memorial Day 2026: Chicago Labor Boosts Veterans and Reservists

Eric Schuster

Posted June 6, 2026

The Chicago anti-war Memorial Day event took on greater urgency and militancy in 2026 as ICE kidnappings and Veterans’ Administration cuts wallop veterans and reservists. Nearly 200 vets, many aligned with About Face – Veterans Against the War , joined families, supporters, labor union members, and anti-ICE activists to rally at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial next to the Chicago River. The rally and march were distinguished by bright yellow placards that read ‘Vets Say No More Rich Man’s Wars’…

Not Plan “A” or “B”: For Immigrant and Racial Justice!

Chris Oliphant

Posted June 3, 2026

THIS ARTICLE TAKES a look at striking features of the immigration system historically with a view towards its latest phase during Trump’s second presidential administration, and how we might respond by building rapid response networks rooted in local community.

The article begins with a “Historical Background” section. If you’d like to read that later, you can skip to Part II, “A Lower Public Profile?”

I. Historical Background

The grim continuity of Trump’s…

CANSEC: Shut It Down!

Giselle Gerolami

Posted June 3, 2026

In Ottawa for a couple of months, I had the chance to attend the protest against CANSEC, an arms trade show, on May 28. I attended protests against ARMX, as it was then known, in the early 1990s. Unfortunately, the murder market not only continues as an annual event but has grown in size, as Mark Carney’s government dramatically increases military spending.

The focus of the protest has shifted in recent years from general opposition to militarism to exposing Canada’s role in funding Israel’s…

BDS Victory at the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn

Sahir Ahmed Faraz

Posted June 2, 2026

The Park Slope Food Coop, a cooperative grocery store in Brooklyn, New York, has, with a resounding majority, passed a resolution to boycott all Israeli goods — both from within the pre-1967 border and the illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories.

The Park Slope Food Coop is not the first US co-op to adopt BDS. That honor goes to the Olympia Food Co-op in Olympia, WA. The Park Slope Food Coop is not even the first Brooklyn co-op to adopt BDS, that honor goes to the Greene Hill Food Co-op….

Socialism: A Prospect, not a Utopia

Boris Kagarlitsky

Posted June 1, 2026

Introductory note by Mikhail Orlov, /Spichka (Matches): “There will be no Gulag under the new socialism” — an article by Boris Kagarlitsky.

Boris Kagarlitsky wrote this article from a Russian penal colony, where he is currently serving his sentence. Here is the new socialism he is proposing (no utopias included).

It is time to arrive at a shared understanding of what kind of socialism we want to build — and how.

Sadistic Savagery on Display: Trump-Rubio’s Assault on Cuba

David Finkel

Posted May 28, 2026

THE SADISTIC SAVAGERY of the Trump regime’s starvation-and-regime-change assault on Cuba comes into relief when you look at the surrounding circumstances and context.

The controversies within the left over the character of the Cuban government and state are irrelevant to the brutality that the United States is practicing. It’s the U.S. imperialist state and government that need to be on trial.

That’s the state and Trump regime that brags of blowing up more than 50 boats in the Caribbean and eastern…

U.S. May Day Actions Lay Foundations for Mass Militant Labor Action

Kay Mann

Posted May 27, 2026

Approximately 5,000 separate actions took place throughout the country (for a report of May Day actions around the country, see the Solidarity webzine “May Day Strong 2026: A Brief Roundup” ). Although the size of the actions in terms of participants fell short of the expectations of many, the dynamics surrounding the May Day demonstrations involve encouraging signs for the development of the U.S. labor left and an independent mass working-class-led anti-Trump movement.

Over the past year, three…