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Jack London at 150: ‘The Iron Heel’ as the first dystopia of imperialism
Jack London’s journey as a socialist and a writer is a story of dramatic ascent and tragic decline, one in which personal contradictions ultimately eclipsed profound political convictions. Born in San Francisco in 1876, probably the illegitimate son of the astrologer William Chaney and the spiritualist Flora Wellman, he rose from exploited wage labourer to […]
- By : Jenny Farrell
- January 9, 2026
End of year review shows who in Congress were most pro-labor
WASHINGTON—A People’s World study of 600-plus rollcall votes in the U.S. House in 2025 confirms what even casual observers, and Donald Trump himself, know: The House was sharply split along partisan lines, more so than ever, and the chief legislator was the nation’s chief executive, Trump himself. There were hundreds of close votes—those with margins […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- January 9, 2026
New Yorkers prove there are limits to Trump’s power
One day after Trump made the chilling claim to the New York Times that the only limit to his power is his “own morality,” the people of New York heard otherwise. Their mayor told them that they were responsible for creating a first-in-the nation free universal childcare program—despite the president’s attempt to kill it. The […]
- By : John Wojcik
- January 9, 2026
Somaliland: Why has Israel suddenly recognized this breakaway region?
Late last month, Israel became the first country in the world to recognize the independence of Somaliland, the breakaway region of northern Somalia. In 1991, Somaliland unilaterally declared independence from Somalia in a move that was condemned by Somalia and the African Union and rejected by the international community. Israel’s sudden recognition sent shockwaves across […]
- By : J.E. Rosenberg
- January 9, 2026
Labor unions condemn ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good
Labor unions across the country are outraged following the murder of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in south Minneapolis. From nurses and teachers to farm workers and construction crews, unions are condemning the unjustified killing as part of a broader pattern of terror under the Trump administration. […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- January 9, 2026
Trump blames woman murdered by ICE for her own death
According to President Donald Trump, the 37-year-old Minneapolis woman who was murdered by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Wednesday—Renee Nicole Good—is to blame for her own death. Most witnesses and almost everyone who reviewed numerous videos taken at the scene, however, concluded she was killed by an ICE agent who fired at her through […]
- By : John Wojcik
- January 8, 2026
Union opposition rises as Trump plans indefinite Venezuelan takeover
WASHINGTON—Led by National Nurses United and the United Electrical Workers (UE), union opposition is rising to President Donald Trump’s now-indefinite “running” of Venezuela. The AFL-CIO cited strong and detailed opposition from the International Trades Union Confederation of which it is a member, though several international unions that opposed prior wars in prior decades, such as […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- January 8, 2026
Is artificial intelligence really plagiarism on a massive scale?
Is AI “Intelligence” or plagiarism software? By plagiarism, is meant not the use of AI that plagues teachers, that is, AI used by students to produce papers, the writing and subject matter of which they are largely unaware, but the larger question of whether AI itself is simply a massive plagiarism device, stealing the knowledge […]
- By : Dennis Broe
- January 8, 2026
Philly’s Democratic machine feels heat from progressive candidates and working-class demands
PHILADELPHIA—The 2025 general elections saw progressive Democrats win in locales around the country—from Maine to New York to Washington. Many political analysts described this trend as not only a rebuke of Trump’s far-right policies but also an indication of the direction voters would like the Democratic Party to go. Newly sworn-in New York Mayor and […]
- By : Dom Shannon
- January 8, 2026
Journalist town hall sounds alarm on freedom of the press
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black once wrote in an opinion on the 1971 case New York Times Co. v. United States: “In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the […]
- By : Chauncey K. Robinson
- January 8, 2026