Leah Stevens Yesterday, Minneapolis was rocked by the first political strike against the Trump regime. Tens of thousands of Twin Cities workers skipped work and joined a massive rally downtown, shutting down the city to protest weeks of violent ICE occupation. Over 700 businesses closed their doors as did many large institutions like the Science […]
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The US began its tradition of intervention in Latin America as early as the beginning of the 19th century. In 1822, Cuba was invaded and the following year the Monroe Doctrine was formulated. At the beginning of the 20th century, the doctrine was revised to justify US political and military interventions in Latin America. Today, […]
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The outcome of the NDP leadership race may determine whether the party remains relevant in federal politics. In the 2025 election the NDP only won 7 seats, the worst in its history. Since the federal NDP won 103 seats in the 2011 election, aided by a collapse in both Liberal and Bloc Québécois votes, it […]
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On 18 January, one third of Greenland’s population demonstrated against US imperialism’s threat of annexation. At the same time, at least 20,000 people gathered in solidarity in Copenhagen under the slogan “Greenland for the Greenlanders,” and tens of thousands more demonstrated across Denmark. Previous opinion polls show that 85 percent of Greenlanders oppose Trump’s plans […]
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Leslie Kemp and Sean Rohne Louis Riel has been transformed from a traitor to a hero. The Louis Riel Act was passed in the Manitoba legislature in 2023, giving Riel the honorary title of “First Premier of Manitoba.” Premier Kinew called this a “historic correction.” This is a far cry from his vilification as a […]
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Build All-Out Strike Against ICE On January 23! “The army Trump is building right now in Minneapolis to deport people is the same army Trump will use to crush the unions. This is why we’re calling for a day without shopping or work [on Jan 23rd].” Greg Nammacher, President of SEIU Local 26 In the […]
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World capitalism has definitively entered a new era. While violence and oppression have always been part and parcel of this system, the global power struggle and immense multi-crisis of capitalism has pushed militarism and war back to the heart of imperialist policy. Global military spending is surpassing historic levels (US$2.7 trillion in 2024). Government after […]
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2026 has begun with US imperialism on the offensive. The reactionary juggernaut of Donald Trump dominated 2025, shaking world relations to the core. But the naked, shameless imperialist aggression against Venezuela with which he kicked off 2026 has taken things to a new level. Having grotesquely campaigned as a peacemaker, Trump bombed his seventh country […]
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War and militarism are an inextricable part of imperialism. Even in periods of relative stability and less sharp inter-imperialist tensions—like during the height of neoliberal globalization in the 1990s and early 2000s when the number of wars decreased—the contradictions that produce war under capitalism did not go away. Now the war drums are beating as […]
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Just days into what’s being called the “largest immigration operation ever,” an ICE agent murdered a woman on the street in South Minneapolis in an interaction that’s been well-documented by outraged observers. The woman, Renee Nicole Good, was sitting in her vehicle, audibly waving ICE agents to pass her, when they approached her hostilely and […]
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