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Anti-Immigrant policies devastating U.S. hospitality industry
"In Sept. of last year, intl spending... cratered by $1.2 billion. The US saw 2.5 million fewer international trips compared to the previous year. For the first time since the 2020 pandemic, the needle is moving in the wrong direction"
"In Sept. of last year, intl spending... cratered by $1.2 billion. The US saw 2.5 million fewer international trips compared to the previous year. For the first time since the 2020 pandemic, the needle is moving in the wrong direction"
Anti-Immigrant policies devastating U.S. hospitality industry
While tourism seems to be booming around the world, the United States is bleeding visitors and with them, jobs. The numbers, released in a new report by UNITE HERE, tell a damning story of a once-thri...
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February 20, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Anti-Immigrant policies devastating U.S. hospitality industry
"In Sept. of last year, intl spending... cratered by $1.2 billion. The US saw 2.5 million fewer international trips compared to the previous year. For the first time since the 2020 pandemic, the needle is moving in the wrong direction"
"In Sept. of last year, intl spending... cratered by $1.2 billion. The US saw 2.5 million fewer international trips compared to the previous year. For the first time since the 2020 pandemic, the needle is moving in the wrong direction"
Women’s work is the work of resistance
"Many people do not feel protected by basic institutions... To combat widespread social instability and violence, we are drawing on the strength of our unions, our local school committees and the community ties we have forged with each other."
"Many people do not feel protected by basic institutions... To combat widespread social instability and violence, we are drawing on the strength of our unions, our local school committees and the community ties we have forged with each other."
Women’s work is the work of resistance
Presented by Lisa Armstrong on behalf of the CPUSA Women's Commission to the National Committee meeting, January 31, 2026. The national women’s movement formations in this country, including the Women...
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February 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Women’s work is the work of resistance
"Many people do not feel protected by basic institutions... To combat widespread social instability and violence, we are drawing on the strength of our unions, our local school committees and the community ties we have forged with each other."
"Many people do not feel protected by basic institutions... To combat widespread social instability and violence, we are drawing on the strength of our unions, our local school committees and the community ties we have forged with each other."
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What is the role of electoral struggle in the fight against fascism, and how should a revolutionary party join that struggle? This week on Good Morning Revolution, we’ll discuss the Communist approach to capitalist elections. Join us Friday at 10:30 for the discussion. youtube.com/@cpusa
February 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
What is the role of electoral struggle in the fight against fascism, and how should a revolutionary party join that struggle? This week on Good Morning Revolution, we’ll discuss the Communist approach to capitalist elections. Join us Friday at 10:30 for the discussion. youtube.com/@cpusa
Labor backs coming tenant strike in Minneapolis
"The [rent] strike, announced on Tuesday in a press release, will bring together five of the major labor unions that mobilized for the shutdown, alongside the newly formed Twin Cities Tenants Union."
"The [rent] strike, announced on Tuesday in a press release, will bring together five of the major labor unions that mobilized for the shutdown, alongside the newly formed Twin Cities Tenants Union."
Labor backs coming tenant strike in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS—A coalition of labor unions and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul has announced a massive rent strike drive set to begin March 1. Organizers here are calling it the largest rent st...
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February 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Labor backs coming tenant strike in Minneapolis
"The [rent] strike, announced on Tuesday in a press release, will bring together five of the major labor unions that mobilized for the shutdown, alongside the newly formed Twin Cities Tenants Union."
"The [rent] strike, announced on Tuesday in a press release, will bring together five of the major labor unions that mobilized for the shutdown, alongside the newly formed Twin Cities Tenants Union."
Unions laud Rev. Jesse Jackson’s championship of worker rights
"Union leaders, with the AFL-CIO in the vanguard, are lauding the Rev. Jesse Jackson for his leadership on civil rights and for his unique ability to connect those struggles with the day-to-day concerns of the U.S. working class."
"Union leaders, with the AFL-CIO in the vanguard, are lauding the Rev. Jesse Jackson for his leadership on civil rights and for his unique ability to connect those struggles with the day-to-day concerns of the U.S. working class."
Unions laud Rev. Jesse Jackson’s championship of worker rights
WASHINGTON—Union leaders, with the AFL-CIO in the vanguard, are lauding the Rev. Jesse Jackson for his leadership on civil rights and for his unique ability to connect those struggles with the day-to...
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February 20, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Unions laud Rev. Jesse Jackson’s championship of worker rights
"Union leaders, with the AFL-CIO in the vanguard, are lauding the Rev. Jesse Jackson for his leadership on civil rights and for his unique ability to connect those struggles with the day-to-day concerns of the U.S. working class."
"Union leaders, with the AFL-CIO in the vanguard, are lauding the Rev. Jesse Jackson for his leadership on civil rights and for his unique ability to connect those struggles with the day-to-day concerns of the U.S. working class."
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Congress failure to extend ACA tax credits is attack on working-class Black families. The ACA credit expiration could lead to more than 200 preventable deaths among Black people each year.
#health #news #economics #politics #HealthCare
#health #news #economics #politics #HealthCare
Congress failure to extend ACA tax credits is attack on working-class Black families
At a time when working-class families are already facing a weakened job market, high prices, and general economic uncertainty due to erratic federal policy, Republicans in Congress seem committed to w...
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February 19, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Congress failure to extend ACA tax credits is attack on working-class Black families. The ACA credit expiration could lead to more than 200 preventable deaths among Black people each year.
#health #news #economics #politics #HealthCare
#health #news #economics #politics #HealthCare
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Labor movement puts muscle behind Amy Acton in Ohio governor's race. As state health director, she took the lead nationally against COVID-19. Now, she's up against tech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy.
#news #labor #politics
#news #labor #politics
Labor movement puts muscle behind Amy Acton in Ohio governor’s race
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Battle lines are forming between the right-wing billionaire tech lobby and working people in the race to decide the next governor of Ohio. On Friday, Feb. 13, the Ohio AFL-CIO threw its...
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February 19, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Texas congressional candidates Frederick Haynes and Zeeshan Hafeez form alliance. They're running in different districts, but the two Dallas-area "radical progressives" are teaming up.
#elections #Texas #news
#elections #Texas #news
Texas congressional candidates Frederick Haynes and Zeeshan Hafeez form alliance
DALLAS—Two progressives have teamed up in their respective runs for U.S. Congress in two Dallas-area districts. Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, pastor of Friendship West Baptist Church and lon...
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February 19, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Texas congressional candidates Frederick Haynes and Zeeshan Hafeez form alliance. They're running in different districts, but the two Dallas-area "radical progressives" are teaming up.
#elections #Texas #news
#elections #Texas #news
Resistance is Black history
“This Black History Month is a time to celebrate the centuries of resistance that Black people have sustained, with their working class allies, against racist violence and pervasive injustice. The people resist!”
“This Black History Month is a time to celebrate the centuries of resistance that Black people have sustained, with their working class allies, against racist violence and pervasive injustice. The people resist!”
Resistance is Black history
While Trump and MAGA work to erase the rich contributions of Black folks to the U.S. economy, arts, sciences, and culture, the people are resisting. While Trump attempts to become a petty fascistic ra...
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February 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Resistance is Black history
“This Black History Month is a time to celebrate the centuries of resistance that Black people have sustained, with their working class allies, against racist violence and pervasive injustice. The people resist!”
“This Black History Month is a time to celebrate the centuries of resistance that Black people have sustained, with their working class allies, against racist violence and pervasive injustice. The people resist!”
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No to voter suppression!
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators to demand they vote NO on the “SAVE America Act” and all escalating attempts at voter suppression to steal the election. Click here to send them a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators to demand they vote NO on the “SAVE America Act” and all escalating attempts at voter suppression to steal the election. Click here to send them a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
February 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
No to voter suppression!
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators to demand they vote NO on the “SAVE America Act” and all escalating attempts at voter suppression to steal the election. Click here to send them a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators to demand they vote NO on the “SAVE America Act” and all escalating attempts at voter suppression to steal the election. Click here to send them a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
"A coalition of labor unions and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul has announced a massive rent strike drive set to begin March 1. Organizers here are calling it the largest rent strike in nearly a century."
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Labor backs coming tenant strike in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS—A coalition of labor unions and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul has announced a massive rent strike drive set to begin March 1. Organizers here are calling it the largest rent st...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
"A coalition of labor unions and tenant unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul has announced a massive rent strike drive set to begin March 1. Organizers here are calling it the largest rent strike in nearly a century."
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"Cuba asks you for justice, nothing more, nothing less. I ask you to stop normalizing the suffering of my people.
"I ask you to call the blockade by its name—A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY."
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"I ask you to call the blockade by its name—A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY."
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¡Yo acuso!—‘I accuse!’: Open letter to the world from a Cuban woman
Ikay Romay is a Cuban actress known her roles in films such as Maite (1994), Guantanamera (1995), The Useless Death of My Pal, and Manolo (1989). To all humanity, to mothers of the world, to doctors w...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"Cuba asks you for justice, nothing more, nothing less. I ask you to stop normalizing the suffering of my people.
"I ask you to call the blockade by its name—A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY."
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"I ask you to call the blockade by its name—A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY."
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People’s World May Day Greetings Book 2026 – Reserve your ad now
"With civil rights, labor rights, and human rights under severe attack, the independent working class press is needed more than ever."
"With civil rights, labor rights, and human rights under severe attack, the independent working class press is needed more than ever."
People’s World May Day Greetings Book 2026 – Reserve your ad now
With civil rights, labor rights, and human rights are under severe attack, the independent working class press is needed more than ever. People’s World reports the news with a working class perspectiv...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:35 PM
People’s World May Day Greetings Book 2026 – Reserve your ad now
"With civil rights, labor rights, and human rights under severe attack, the independent working class press is needed more than ever."
"With civil rights, labor rights, and human rights under severe attack, the independent working class press is needed more than ever."
San Francisco teachers’ strike ends with win for workers
“This strike allowed us to imagine our schools and classrooms as they should be, with staffing levels high enough that our students can learn and thrive. This is a foundation for a stable district,” the union said.
“This strike allowed us to imagine our schools and classrooms as they should be, with staffing levels high enough that our students can learn and thrive. This is a foundation for a stable district,” the union said.
San Francisco teachers’ strike ends with win for workers
SAN FRANCISCO—The week-long San Francisco teachers strike ended in the wee hours of February 13 with a tentative agreement between the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF), a Teachers/AFT local, a...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
San Francisco teachers’ strike ends with win for workers
“This strike allowed us to imagine our schools and classrooms as they should be, with staffing levels high enough that our students can learn and thrive. This is a foundation for a stable district,” the union said.
“This strike allowed us to imagine our schools and classrooms as they should be, with staffing levels high enough that our students can learn and thrive. This is a foundation for a stable district,” the union said.
"Advocates for maintaining and improving Social Security and fighting cuts in the program by the Trump administration are horrified by news that some seniors and others calling about their Social benefits have been told by the person answering the phone that 'suicide is one option.'"
“Suicide is one option,” seniors on Social Security told
Advocates for maintaining and improving Social Security and fighting cuts in the program by the Trump administration are horrified by news that some seniors and others calling about their Social benef...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
"Advocates for maintaining and improving Social Security and fighting cuts in the program by the Trump administration are horrified by news that some seniors and others calling about their Social benefits have been told by the person answering the phone that 'suicide is one option.'"
Rest in power to the Rev. Graylan Hagler.
“The Christians of the first century were called atheists and considered subversives because they did not salute the emperor or the emperor’s men but instead pushed toward a higher order. So must we.”
“The Christians of the first century were called atheists and considered subversives because they did not salute the emperor or the emperor’s men but instead pushed toward a higher order. So must we.”
We need more political atheists
Recently, a friend of mine was asked, What church do you go?” He replied he was an atheist. I heard his response and was left contemplating what that meant today and in this historical moment.
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February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Rest in power to the Rev. Graylan Hagler.
“The Christians of the first century were called atheists and considered subversives because they did not salute the emperor or the emperor’s men but instead pushed toward a higher order. So must we.”
“The Christians of the first century were called atheists and considered subversives because they did not salute the emperor or the emperor’s men but instead pushed toward a higher order. So must we.”
“The growing discussion around the potential for a general strike… reflects our working class exploring the extent of its power in the face of capitalism’s deepening systemic crisis and the fascist danger emanating from the Trump regime.”
The general strike and building the anti-monopoly coalition
The growing discussion around the potential for a general strike in the United States is a sign of the times. It reflects our working class exploring the extent of its power in the face of capitalism’...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“The growing discussion around the potential for a general strike… reflects our working class exploring the extent of its power in the face of capitalism’s deepening systemic crisis and the fascist danger emanating from the Trump regime.”
U.S. presses Europe to help re-colonize the world
"[Rubio's] instructions for Europe’s ruling class were clear: Adopt Trump’s strategic priorities on the world stage and MAGA-style domestic policies in their own societies or fade into irrelevance."
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"[Rubio's] instructions for Europe’s ruling class were clear: Adopt Trump’s strategic priorities on the world stage and MAGA-style domestic policies in their own societies or fade into irrelevance."
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Long live the empire: U.S. presses Europe to help re-colonize the world
Like an abusive partner asking their spouse to come back home, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent Valentine’s Day wooing an audience of European leaders and military officials who’ve been repeatedly...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
U.S. presses Europe to help re-colonize the world
"[Rubio's] instructions for Europe’s ruling class were clear: Adopt Trump’s strategic priorities on the world stage and MAGA-style domestic policies in their own societies or fade into irrelevance."
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"[Rubio's] instructions for Europe’s ruling class were clear: Adopt Trump’s strategic priorities on the world stage and MAGA-style domestic policies in their own societies or fade into irrelevance."
@peoplesworld1924.bsky.social
“We’re protesting ICE because people are getting deported even if they’re legally here,” said Adriana, a student at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois.
“Everyone is deserving of America.”
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“Everyone is deserving of America.”
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Peoria students walk out on ICE
PEORIA, Ill.—Students of Richwoods High School (RHS) cut school short on Friday, Feb. 13, walking out in protest of violent and illegal enforcement raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I...
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February 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“We’re protesting ICE because people are getting deported even if they’re legally here,” said Adriana, a student at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Illinois.
“Everyone is deserving of America.”
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“Everyone is deserving of America.”
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“Rev. Jackson was an outstanding freedom fighter... Jackson’s legacy extends internationally from the fight for peace and against nuclear war to defeating apartheid in South Africa. We will remember him forever.” - Communist Party USA Co-Chair Joe Sims.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a close ally and follower of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights movement for decades after King was assassinated, has died at the age of 84. Doctors c...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
“Rev. Jackson was an outstanding freedom fighter... Jackson’s legacy extends internationally from the fight for peace and against nuclear war to defeating apartheid in South Africa. We will remember him forever.” - Communist Party USA Co-Chair Joe Sims.
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First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism. By allowing Israeli "exception" to stand unchallenged, the international community has effectively sanctioned the demolition of its own legal foundations.
#politics #Gaza #MiddleEast
#politics #Gaza #MiddleEast
First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism
While many nations occasionally resort to a state of exception to deal with temporary crises, Israel exists in a permanent state of exception. This Israeli exceptionalism is the very essence of the in...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
First Gaza, then the world: The global danger of Israeli exceptionalism. By allowing Israeli "exception" to stand unchallenged, the international community has effectively sanctioned the demolition of its own legal foundations.
#politics #Gaza #MiddleEast
#politics #Gaza #MiddleEast
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Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 should include Cuban players. Sports represent rivalry without hatred, competition without violence.
#sports #Olympics #Cuba
#sports #Olympics #Cuba
Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 should include Cuban players
I remember when I was first introduced to the Olympic Games. It was a few years after the end of the Cold War. I was entering fifth grade—a Cub Scout, still innocent to the ways of the world—at a time...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Branson police join with ICE, community members speak out in protest. Despite disapproval by residents, the Board of Aldermen passed a proposal that would give local police the power of ICE.
#Missouri #news #ICE
#Missouri #news #ICE
Branson police join with ICE as community members speak out in protest
BRANSON, Mo.—On Feb. 10, given just 24 hours' notice, community organizations and individuals from across Southwest Missouri were alerted that Branson, Missouri, Aldermen were to vote on a bill that w...
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February 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
February 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
On China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
“In a period of a little more than seventy years, China has taken the concept of the five-year plan initiated by the Soviet Union and adapted it to socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
“In a period of a little more than seventy years, China has taken the concept of the five-year plan initiated by the Soviet Union and adapted it to socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
On China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
And you thought that five-year plans had passed into the mists of history! Back in the days of the Soviet Union, we heard much about “five-year plans.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
On China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
“In a period of a little more than seventy years, China has taken the concept of the five-year plan initiated by the Soviet Union and adapted it to socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
“In a period of a little more than seventy years, China has taken the concept of the five-year plan initiated by the Soviet Union and adapted it to socialism with Chinese characteristics.”
