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Urgent Alert: Trump Declares Cuba a Threat to the US and Threatens Secondary Oil Sanctions
In a rambling Executive Order signed on 29 January, US President Trump has declared that: “The policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
Ten Theses on the 2026 Minnesota General Strike
The ICE murder of Renee Good set off an explosive anti-ICE movement, culminating in a de facto general strike. The subsequent murder of Alex Pretti threatened to spread the movement nationally, forcing Trump to back off, at least temporarily. What conclusions can we draw from this experience?
Year One of the “Donroe Doctrine”: Welcome to the No-Rules World Order
Decay, decline, and dysfunction have been worming through the American republic for decades. But the speed at which Donald Trump has accelerated the process has been truly dizzying.
The 2026 Minnesota General Strike: A Historic Turning Point
Minneapolis has yet again become the epicenter of the class struggle in the US. The city that sparked the 2020 George Floyd uprising has seized the attention of class-conscious workers and youth across the country.
Carney’s Extraordinary Speech at Davos: Canada and the New World Order
Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos explained that the new world situation is one where “great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests.”
US Troops Return to Panama 36 Years after Invasion
As American war hawks set their sights on Venezuela, US troops have been sent to Panama for the first time in over a quarter century.
Greenland, Trump, Britain, and the Crisis of the “Special Relationship”
Donald Trump’s desire to seize control of Greenland and its resources has brought US imperialism into conflict with Europe. This puts Starmer and the British establishment in a quandary.
Welcome to America’s “Golden Age”: One Year Since Trump’s Inauguration
Trump has vacillated wildly on domestic and foreign policy. Meanwhile, he’s been damaged by the Epstein scandal and growing economic unease, threatening to tear his cross-class MAGA coalition apart. What follows is a ledger of the attacks, retreats, promises, blunders, and contradictions that Trump has laid bare.
The Largest Nursing Strike in NYC History is Underway
On January 12, 2026, 15,000 private-sector nurses walked off the job, marking the largest healthcare strike New York City has ever seen. Nurses are demanding what should be an established baseline: safe staffing, fair wages, full healthcare coverage and pensions, and safer workplaces.
Could City-Owned Stores Lower the Cost of Groceries?
The scourge of hunger is spreading across America. The problem is especially intense in New York City. Zohran has proposed bringing down food prices by establishing a network of city-owned grocery stores, starting with a pilot program of five stores, one per borough.
The Communist: Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.