People's World

01/05/2026

Labor and allies denounce Trump attack on Venezuela. They condemn illegal and unconstitutional regime change aimed at stealing the country's oil.

WASHINGTON—Progressive lawmakers and allies of labor, including the AFL-CIO and its constituency group for Latino workers, denounced President Trump’s kidnapping and overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Trump’s declaration that the U.S.

01/05/2026

What triggered the latest mass protests in Iran? Out-of-control inflation, the government's economic mismanagement, and punishing Western sanctions have all combined to send the country into a spiral.

At the turn of the year, the Islamic Republic of Iran is facing its most significant internal crisis for many years. At the end of December, what began as localized frustration over a stagnant economy mutated into a full-scale national emergency. Since Sunday, Dec.

01/05/2026

RAPID RESPONSE: Hands off Venezuela! No Blood for Oil!

Hands off Venezuela! No Blood for Oil! Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative to tell Congress this is an emergency! Exert Congressional authority to end the illegal war against Venezuela, free the Maduros, and take public action to mobilize the popular opposition against this r...

01/05/2026

China specialist on Venezuela: 'U.S. neocolonialism cannot conquer justice.' Prof. Jin Xiaowen of Renmin University says kidnapping of Maduro is part of U.S. effort to lock down control over Western Hemisphere.

U.S. troops invaded Venezuela on Jan. 3, illegally capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and taking them out of the country. The U.S. claimed it would prosecute them on U.S.

01/05/2026

Newly inaugurated Mayor Mamdani condemns war on Venezuela. Much of corporate media showed, at his swearing-in, that they just don't understand his victory in New York

Just days after his inauguration as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani entered the fray of national politics by condemning the Trump administration over the illegal U.S.

01/05/2026

House votes to block Trump's union-busting, but Senate fight looms. Even if the Protecting America's Workforce Act passes, Trump will veto it. That means this campaign must be about more than just one bill.

In a significant rebuke to the Trump White House, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Protecting America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) before year’s end, voting to reverse the Trump administration’s executive order that stripped collective bargaining rights from over a million fed...

01/05/2026

The case for expelling Israel from Eurovision. Why is Israel being allowed to participate in one of the biggest music events in the world as the genocide in Gaza continues?

The term “hypocrisy” is the most convenient, but certainly not the most apt, to describe the inclusion of Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.

01/03/2026

Kidnapping and an act of war. That's the only way to describe the attack on Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro's removal by U.S. military forces. https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-attack-on-venezuela-is-kidnapping-and-an-act-of-war/

12/31/2025

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12/31/2025

Incoming N.Y. Mayor Mamdani emphasizes fight for economic justice --> As he moves into City Hall, the new mayor picks Julie Su, former Acting Labor Secretary, to top economic justice position.

NEW YORK—Signaling his continuing commitment to progressive politics in action, incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani named former Biden administration Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su as the city’s first-ever First Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice.

12/30/2025

Strangulation, not invasion: Trump's plan for Venezuela --> Economic starvation carries none of the immediate political costs of a military intervention, even as it inflicts slow, widespread devastation. https://peoplesworld.org/article/strangulation-not-invasion-trumps-plan-for-venezuela/

12/23/2025

The Trump District of Columbia? It could happen.

The videos of the sign crews were all over the internet and TV recently. Men on ladders screwing in letters spelling out the name of Donald J. Trump to the façade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.