https://liberationnews.org The Newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:16:39 +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/what-does-office-max-have-to-do-with-cuba-helms-burton-and-washingtons-long-war-against-the-cuban-revolution/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125578 This case represents the cruel absurdity of U.S. policy toward Cuba since the revolution in 1959. Why does an office supplies company founded in 1986 — more than a quarter-century after the Cuban Revolution took power — that has never conducted business in Cuba, claim $267,586,413.62 in value related to the former Cuban Electric Company? Any reasonable person would rightly have questions.]]> https://liberationnews.org/tennessee-at-the-center-of-far-right-assault-on-black-voting-rights/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:28:44 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125575 The state GOP’s latest aggression against Black lawmakers and Black Tennesseans is a bold escalation — but this didn’t come out of nowhere. In fact, attacks like this one are a continuation of anti-democratic repression across the South, revealing how fragile our rights are in a system that was designed and built for the slaveocracy. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/la-poblacion-de-georgia-devastada-por-incendios-mientras-fema-niega-ayuda-y-el-condado-planea-un-centro-de-datos/ Wed, 27 May 2026 17:44:18 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125554 Lo que está ocurriendo en el condado de Brantley no es simplemente una historia sobre incendios. La escala de la destrucción es histórica, pero también está exponiendo múltiples crisis sistémicas: infraestructura subfinanciada y gestión de emergencias inadecuada.]]> https://liberationnews.org/capitalism-is-the-real-driver-of-crisis-behind-super-el-nino-climate-catastrophes/ Wed, 27 May 2026 16:44:40 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125529 Droughts and powerful storms are a natural part of Earth’s diverse weather, but mass suffering and death are not inevitable consequences of them. Especially as climate change drives more extreme weather patterns, it becomes more apparent than ever that the same capitalist system that has pushed us into climate catastrophe is incapable of preventing the human suffering these weather changes will otherwise bring.]]> https://liberationnews.org/israel-applies-gaza-model-to-lebanon/ Tue, 26 May 2026 11:35:09 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125515 Though it can bomb, Israel cannot defeat Lebanon's resistance or the will of its people to return to their villages. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/declaracion-del-psl-la-acusacion-infundada-contra-raul-castro-es-un-pretexto-para-otra-guerra/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:22:39 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125544 La acusación anunciada contra Raúl Castro Ruz, líder histórico de la Revolución Cubana y expresidente de la República de Cuba, por parte del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos es un acto descarado de injusticia y un pretexto transparente para intensificar la agresión contra una nación soberana.]]> https://liberationnews.org/psl-statement-baseless-indictment-of-raul-castro-a-pretext-for-another-war/ Wed, 20 May 2026 15:53:56 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125510 The announced indictment of Raúl Castro Ruz, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution and former President of the Republic of Cuba, by the United States Department of Justice is a brazen act of injustice and a transparent pretext for escalating aggression against a sovereign nation.]]> https://liberationnews.org/organize-resist-advance-reflections-from-the-pan-africanism-summit-against-imperialism-in-nairobi-kenya/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:52:10 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125496 Progressive movements across Africa and the world convened for the Pan Africanism Summit Against Imperialism (PASAI) in Nairobi, Kenya in May.]]> https://liberationnews.org/if-trump-really-wanted-to-lower-gas-prices-he-would-end-the-war/ Mon, 18 May 2026 15:04:17 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125419 On the surface, it might look like Trump and other politicians are concerned about the very real impact of skyrocketing gas prices on working families. But suspending the federal gas tax is a phony gesture designed to make it look like they care, while failing to address the actual cause of the problem. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/on-the-78th-anniversary-of-the-nakba-we-commit-to-intensifying-the-struggle-to-end-u-s-aid-to-israel/ Fri, 15 May 2026 18:29:51 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125404 Today is Nakba Day, marking the anniversary of the genocide and ethnic cleansing that established the Israeli state. From 1948 to today, generation after generation of Palestinians have taken a stand for freedom in an unbroken legacy of resistance.]]> https://liberationnews.org/las-fuerzas-respaldadas-por-el-imperialismo-son-la-mayor-amenaza-para-la-paz-y-la-estabilidad-de-mali/ Fri, 15 May 2026 17:16:03 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125540 El 25 de abril, se lanzó una ola coordinada de ataques terroristas en múltiples localidades de Malí, incluida la capital, Bamako.]]> https://liberationnews.org/imperialist-backed-forces-are-biggest-threat-to-malis-peace-and-stability/ Fri, 15 May 2026 14:02:26 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125159 On April 25, a coordinated wave of terrorist attacks were launched across multiple localities in Mali, including the capital, Bamako. The garrison town Kati – near the capital – Gao and Kidal in the north, and Sévaré and Mopti in central Mali, were hit alongside Bamako. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/how-a-high-court-ruling-guts-black-voting-districts/ Sun, 10 May 2026 18:46:55 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125147 Voting rights were hard won by a mass movement in the streets. Today, mass action is needed to defend these rights.]]> https://liberationnews.org/como-un-fallo-del-tribunal-supremo-destruye-distritos-electorales-negros/ Sun, 10 May 2026 17:27:15 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125548 La reciente decisión de la Corte Suprema en Louisiana v. Callais ha destruido uno de los principales poderes de la Ley de Derecho al Voto: su capacidad para proteger la representación igualitaria de las minorías en el trazado de distritos electorales.]]> https://liberationnews.org/georgians-ravaged-by-fire-while-fema-refuses-aid-and-county-plans-data-center/ Fri, 08 May 2026 19:05:42 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125132 n Brantley County, a largely rural area in southeastern Georgia made up of small towns, farmland, and dense pine forests, wildfires that began in mid-April are still burning. Unseasonably low humidity, high winds, and the worst regional drought in recorded history have created conditions that allow fires to spread quickly across the landscape, jumping roads and intensifying within hours.]]> https://liberationnews.org/purdue-pharma-settlement-is-an-insult-to-human-life/ Fri, 08 May 2026 16:23:11 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125127 As of May 1, 2026, the Purdue Pharma settlement took effect, dissolving the company to create a new public-interest entity, Knoa Pharma, which is supposed to combat the opioid crisis. This followed the final criminal sentencing. The current CEO had admitted the company gave kickbacks to doctors and deceived government drug regulators regarding the safety of Oxycontin. ]]> https://liberationnews.org/spirits-collapse-leaves-17000-out-of-work-its-time-to-put-air-travel-under-worker-control/ Thu, 07 May 2026 19:46:16 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125122 It is a sign of the popularity, and logic, of socialist politics that so many workers are looking toward nationalization and public management as a solution at this moment, but there is no reason to stop with this one demand. It is the capitalist system at the root of unsafe conditions, spiraling costs, and inaccessible travel.]]> https://liberationnews.org/la-clase-trabajadora-puede-derrotar-a-trump/ Fri, 01 May 2026 18:07:46 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125564 Millones de personas en todo el país están conmemorando el Día Internacional de les Trabajadores en la verdadera tradición de esta fecha, que nació aquí mismo en Estados Unidos: tomando las calles contra la dictadura de les ultrarricxs.]]> 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/la-lucha-nacional-contra-los-centros-de-datos-de-inteligencia-artificial-es-una-lucha-por-quien-controla-el-future/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:31:55 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125551 Los directores ejecutivos y las corporaciones tecnológicas han estado arrasando en Estados Unidos, tratando de imponer centros de datos en cada parcela de tierra y cada comunidad de la que puedan apropiarse.]]> 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/la-catastrofe-climatica-no-es-inevitable-podemos-conquistar-un-futuro-socialista/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:52:48 +0000 https://liberationnews.org/?p=125558 Todas y todos vemos cómo se están desarrollando el cambio climático y la degradación ecológica, y todas y todos estamos atravesando un duelo —consciente o no— por la pérdida que está ocurriendo y por las crecientes dificultades que esto trae para todas las especies.]]> 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. ]]>