https://liberationnews.org The Newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Fri, 01 May 2026 13:49:28 +0000 en hourly 1 https://liberationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-liberation-news-favicon-copy-1.gif https://liberationnews.org 32 32 https://liberationnews.org/working-people-can-defeat-trump/ Fri, 01 May 2026 13:47:51 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125112 Millions of people across the country are marking International Workers Day in the true tradition of the holiday that was born right here in the United States – by taking to the streets against the dictatorship of the ultra-rich. Today, the labor movement, the anti-war movement, the movement for immigrant rights and people who have been activated around Trump’s election itself are uniting in a moving display of the power of the people.]]> https://liberationnews.org/unite-to-beat-back-trumps-racist-attack-on-haitians-and-all-tps-holders/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:31:04 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125094 We demand permanent legal status for Haitian immigrants!]]> https://liberationnews.org/the-nationwide-fight-against-ai-data-centers-is-a-struggle-for-who-controls-the-future/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:26:28 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125092 Tech CEOs and corporations have been on a rampage in the U.S. trying to railroad data centers into every plot of land and community they can get their hands on. Their goal is to win the capitalist race to dominate AI and data center infrastructure (which powers generative AI), and then use AI to raise their profits by eliminating millions of jobs. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/only-socialism-can-save-minnesotas-boundary-waters/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:03:44 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125075 On April 16 the U.S. senate voted to overturn a 2023 ban on mining in 225,000 acres of protected federal land near the boundary waters of Minnesota, a natural area that plays a vital role in the region's ecosystem and climate resiliency. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/climate-catastrophe-isnt-inevitable-we-can-win-a-socialist-future/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:24:51 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125061 As workers, we collectively understand the challenges we face best because we are the class that makes society run. And in turn, we can collectively find the best solutions, not by scapegoating anyone, but by looking at the real causes and implementing real solutions that not only allow humanity to survive, but to thrive. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/five-lies-about-lebanon-exposed/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125038 The U.S. & Israel seek to turn Lebanon into a vassal state. But the Lebanese people are determined to keep their independence and dignity.]]> https://liberationnews.org/body-camera-footage-shows-killer-cops-shot-st-louis-teen-emeshyon-wilkins-in-back-of-head/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:24:39 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124983 Instead of investigating and prosecuting this clear criminal act by the police officer, what followed was a series of lies and misdirections intended to portray the victim of police violence as a threat.]]> https://liberationnews.org/on-palestinian-prisoners-day-the-world-demands-freedom-for-all-palestinians-held-hostage/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:51:33 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125002 The long and epic history of Palestinian resistance tells a story of unimaginable resilience — one of a people who refuse to accept humiliation and extermination and who, against all odds, continue to extract strategic defeats and concessions from the occupation. It is this struggle we commemorate and uplift on Palestinian Prisoners Day.]]> https://liberationnews.org/getting-to-the-root-of-health-reflections-from-cuba-by-a-u-s-healthcare-worker/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:36:58 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124996 The people of the U.S. deserve a system that actually works for us, and the Cuban people deserve to run theirs without a genocidal blockade. We can’t settle for this; we have to fight for better. Our health depends on it.  ]]> https://liberationnews.org/nationwide-communities-say-get-flock-off-our-streets-no-mass-surveillance/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:03:00 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124974 What's the intersection of mass surveillance technologies, mass deportation and racist policing? ]]> https://liberationnews.org/high-gas-prices-now-brought-to-you-by-the-u-s-navy/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:22:14 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124939 After telling the country we needed to keep the war going to stop Iran from blockading the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump announced that he is… blockading the Strait of Hormuz.]]> https://liberationnews.org/daquain-johnson-latest-victim-of-grand-rapids-police-murder/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:44:32 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124944 Da’Quain Johnson’s murder is just the latest instance of violence inflicted by Grand Rapids police. In just the past four years there have been 12 officer involved shootings in the city.]]> https://liberationnews.org/en-un-dia-como-hoy-cientos-de-miles-marcharon-por-los-derechos-de-los-inmigrantes-en-preparacion-para-la-huelga-general-del-1-de-mayo-un-dia-sin-inmigrantes/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:41:46 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125031 El 10 de abril de 2006, millones de inmigrantes tomaron las calles en todo Estados Unidos en una de las jornadas de protesta más masivas de la historia moderna.]]> https://liberationnews.org/on-this-day-hundreds-of-thousands-marched-for-immigrant-rights-in-lead-up-to-may-1-day-without-an-immigrant-general-strike/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:19:21 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124931 On April 10, 2006, millions of immigrants took the streets across the United States in one of the largest days of protest in modern history.]]> https://liberationnews.org/psl-statement-why-trump-failed-in-his-criminal-war-against-iran-and-why-we-need-to-keep-up-the-pressure/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:08:48 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124919 What Trump has accomplished is proving beyond a doubt in front of the entire world that he is a ruthless war criminal and murderer, with no regard for human life.]]> https://liberationnews.org/los-ataques-contra-la-ciudadania-por-nacimiento-forman-parte-de-la-agenda-de-la-derecha-para-revertir-derechos-democraticos-conquistados-con-decadas-de-lucha/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:12:22 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125013 El 1 de abril de 2026, la Corte Suprema escuchó los argumentos en Trump v. Barbara, una impugnación legal contra la orden ejecutiva de Trump de enero de 2025 que buscaba prohibir la ciudadanía por nacimiento en Estados Unidos.]]> https://liberationnews.org/attacks-on-birthright-citizenship-part-of-right-wing-agenda-to-roll-back-hard-won-democratic-rights/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:44:08 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124912 People's movements must keep up the fight to defend and expand democratic rights.]]> https://liberationnews.org/declaracion-del-psl-por-que-trump-fracaso-en-su-guerra-criminal-contra-iran-y-por-que-no-podemos-ceder-ahora/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:23:08 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124925 Ante la firmeza del pueblo iraní y la indignación del mundo, la administración Trump se ha visto obligada a dar un paso atrás, al menos por ahora, ante el abismo de la catástrofe.]]> https://liberationnews.org/the-war-comes-home-how-working-class-communities-in-the-south-are-pulled-into-endless-u-s-wars/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:17:48 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124885 Working-class communities provide the labor & the sacrifice. A political & economic elite decides the wars and who to send to die.]]> https://liberationnews.org/the-flame-that-illuminates-a-path-for-africa-burkina-fasos-progressive-popular-revolution-and-president-ibrahim-traores-new-revolution-manifesto/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:29:48 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124890 Let everyone in the administration, in all spheres, be revolutionary like our fighting forces. In your daily ways of doing things, you must bring new ideas that must innovate. If you continue to do what we have been doing for decades and you expect a new result, then you are crazy, as someone would say. Change your methods, revolutionize your lives, revolutionize your ways of doing things, propose new ideas. That is how we will succeed in the bet of our development.]]> https://liberationnews.org/deberian-morir-miembros-de-las-fuerzas-armadas-por-un-pentagono-que-encubrira-su-muerte/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:09:57 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125008 Este es un momento en que todos los sectores de la sociedad estadounidense deben tomar posición, incluidos los miembros de las fuerzas armadas.]]> https://liberationnews.org/should-service-members-die-for-a-pentagon-that-will-cover-up-their-death/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:41:51 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124877 The Department of War’s Central Command has so far released casualty counts begrudgingly, misleadingly, or not at all. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/socialist-response-to-trumps-televised-address-on-iran-war-trump-promises-genocidal-destruction-of-the-iranian-people/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:05:06 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124872 In his anger and desperation to bring about something that can be passed off as a U.S. victory, Trump is pledging the wholesale destruction of Iran and its people.]]> https://liberationnews.org/artemis-ii-mission-is-latest-in-100-billion-push-to-extend-u-s-capitalism-off-earth/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:52:14 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124865 The latest U.S. crewed space flight has blasted off, but it’s far from the triumph of humanity once celebrated as science fiction comes to life. In reality, it’s the latest move in Washington’s drive for imperial domination of space — a race it’s losing to China and the Global South.]]> https://liberationnews.org/new-wnba-collective-bargaining-agreement-shows-the-power-of-union-organizing/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:12:52 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=124838 While professionals in a handful of sports make millions of dollars per year, the median salary of athletes in 2024 was just $62,360. Even in leagues where players make millions, their individual salaries are minuscule compared to the superprofits raked in by team owners. The exploitation of athletes, coaches, other workers and taxpayers is built into the foundations of the country’s multi-billion dollar sports industries. ]]>