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Minnesota Resistance to ICE Siege: Lessons for Labor

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Among the many important lessons that can be taken from the Minnesota resistance to ICE is the role that organized labor can play in struggles for social justice. Unions from the Minnesota Education Federation to the Service Employees International Union to the Amalgamated Transit Union helped organize some of the multitude of protest actions in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Not only did their participation help broaden the fight, but it is also proving to have strengthened the labor movement and individual unions. One example is outlined in this article by Minneapolis letter carrier Emmett Bongaarts, first published by Labor Notes. His branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers organized two protests during the ICE siege to demand that ICE stop using postal property to stage its raids; individual members of the local also participated in activities to help defend their immigrant neighbors. Organizing around immigration spurred a number of union members to start attending local meetings for the first time.

‘The Six Mile Circle: A Sea Story’

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Three quarters of the earth’s surface is covered by water, an expanse so vast and deep, the power of tides and waves so immense, it is hard to imagine that we tiny creatures can have any impact on it at all. But Syd Stapleton’s latest novel gives a chilling portrayal of the damage already done to the oceans — and the ongoing destruction — by humans, the result of the greed of corporations and the governments that serve them. “The Six Mile Circle: A Sea Story” is fiction. But what Stapleton presents is very real — and well researched. He draws on his own experience at sea to paint a detailed picture of the life of a mariner. Frank Tomasini, the novel’s main character, has signed on as a deckhand and cook on ocean-going tugboats and barges making runs between the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. These barges are loaded with freight along with some unexpected cargo. When one of the hulls is mysteriously pumped out in the middle of the ocean, a fellow deckhand gets sick and ultimately dies after contact. Frank knows he has to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Cuban Athletes: An ‘Unusual and Extraordinary Threat’?

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PHOENIX, Arizona — As baseball fans around the world geared up for the Sixth World Baseball Classic, eight members of the Cuban team, along with their pitching coach and other support personnel, were denied visas to come to the United States. As a result, just 11 players were left to face a roster of 37 from the Kansas City Royals on March 3, 2026, and 33 from the Cincinnati Reds the following day. The Los Angeles Hands Off Cuba Committee (LAHOC), together with 5 affiliated Cuba solidarity committees in other cities, has been spearheading a campaign to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to demand that all athletes be allowed to compete. The Trump administration’s policy is a direct violation of the IOC charter and is especially egregious as Washington prepares to host the games.

Venezuela After the U.S. Coup: Interview with Federico Fuentes

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Federico Fuentes, a long-time Venezuela solidarity activist, was quoted at length in the two-part news analysis “Washington’s Conquest in Venezuela” that World-Outlook published last month. In the full interview published here, Ashley Smith of the online journal Tempest talks with him about the U.S. attack, Maduro’s regime, and the urgency of building resistance to Trump’s “vicious new imperialism.”

Opinions Shift Among Cuban Americans: ‘We Want Engagement, Not Escalation’

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In this column, Cuban-American Danny Valdes explains that Washington’s myth about the source of the Cuba’s economic challenges has been exposed, most recently and most clearly, by U.S. president Donald Trump. “There’s an embargo. There’s no oil, there’s no money, there’s no anything,” Trump said last month. “There is … a growing shift,” Valdes adds. “Whether in Miami or in New Jersey, we are today seeing a wave of Cuban Americans who are mobilizing to demand engagement, rather than escalation.”

End the Bombing of Iran; No Blood for Oil!

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U.S., Israel Hands Off Iran

The massive bombing of Iran unleashed by the U.S. and Israeli governments on February 28, 2026, has thrust the Middle East into a regional war. This is an imperialist war shaking the Mideast and threatening world peace. It has set back prospects for the Iranian people to eventually rid themselves of the oppressive regime in Tehran. It is a war for oil. Ranked third after Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, Iran sits atop one of the largest oil reserves in the world. Taking control of these enormous assets would put the U.S. military in a better position to face a future war with China — Washington’s top competitor. All this is done at the expense of working- and middle-class people in Iran and across the region.

Revolution and Counter-revolution in Iran: Origins of Clerical Regime

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This article was first published by World-Outlook on May 6, 2024, as the second of the two-part news analysis “Iran-Israel Shadow War: Its Role in Mideast Conflict.” We are re-publishing it now to bring it to the attention of all our readers — including more than 100 who have subscribed since it first appeared — because it provides valuable background information relevant to understanding current events in the Middle East.

National Nurses Union: ‘End U.S. Blockade of Cuba’

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On February 27, National Nurses United issued a press release calling for an end to the U.S. blockade of Cuba. NNU president Mary Turner called Washington’s efforts to asphyxiate the Cuban population by cutting off the nation’s supply of fuel “an unconscionable violation of human rights and international law.” She noted that the healthcare crisis created by lack of fuel, and electricity from oil-fired generation, particularly impacts pregnant women and children. “As nurses,” she said, “we will not be silent when our nation’s policies cause immense suffering for any people, whether at home or abroad.”

Cuba: ‘Failed State’ or Besieged Nation?

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As the widely acknowledged humanitarian crisis in Cuba intensifies, political figures and conservative pundits alike are blaming the island nation’s leadership, government, and socialist revolution, labeling Cuba a “failed state.” José R. Cabañas Rodríguez, the author of this article, was the Cuban ambassador to the United States from September 2015 to December 2020. In this essay, which first appeared on the website of Radio Havana Cuba, he analyzes the criteria that many use to define a “failed state” and suggests that those governing the Yankee “paradise” take a look in the mirror.

Solidarity with Cuba Takes Off in Latin America

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Cuba is not alone. Around the world — including the United States, Cuba solidarity groups are organizing campaigns to send medical supplies and medications, solar panels, and other material aid. Pressure is now being applied to governments of oil-producing countries in Latin America to send Cuba the one thing that working people, youth, and anyone who cares for human decency cannot provide — petroleum.

Washington’s Conquest in Venezuela (II)

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An Answer to Party for Socialism and Liberation Claim that ‘Bolivarian Revolution Still Stands.’ This is the second of two parts. On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces bombed Venezuela and abducted the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Among those in the United States who oppose Washington’s assault on Caracas and its saber rattling in the Americas, there are counterposed assessments on what has unfolded in Venezuela and on the character of the country’s current government. Manolo De Los Santos, executive director of the People’s Forum in New York City and a researcher in Tricontinental, outlined his perspective in the January 4 article Venezuela’s Revolution still stands: debunking Trump’s psyop. It was first published by the People’s Dispatch and immediately reprinted by Liberation, the newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. His claims fly in the face of reality as shown by this article.

Washington’s Conquest in Venezuela (I)

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An Answer to Party for Socialism and Liberation Claim that ‘Bolivarian Revolution Still Stands’. On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces bombed Venezuela and abducted the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. Among those in the United States who oppose Washington’s assault on Caracas and its saber rattling in the Americas, there are counterposed assessments on what has unfolded in Venezuela and on the character of the country’s current government. Manolo De Los Santos, executive director of the People’s Forum in New York City and a researcher in Tricontinental, outlined his perspective in the January 4 article Venezuela’s Revolution still stands: debunking Trump’s psyop. It was first published by the People’s Dispatch and immediately reprinted by Liberation, the newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. His claims fly in the face of reality as shown by this article.

Minnesotans Keep the Heat on Despite ICE ‘Drawdown’

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, February 19, 2026 — After nearly three months, the largest anti-immigrant operation in U.S. history has officially “ended” — beaten back by a massive, sustained, and well-organized resistance involving hundreds of thousands throughout the state of Minnesota and across the country. The fight for immigrant rights is at the center of turning the tide, of winning workers to the understanding that “an injury to one is an injury to all.” Convincing rank-and-file workers to take up the campaign for legalization of their immigrant brothers and sisters is part of pulling together the forces needed to fight for better working conditions and democratic rights for all. The success of the fight in Minnesota, which has drawn tens of thousands of working people, youth, and others into action — many of them for the very first time, is an example of where we need to begin.

Strategy & Tactics in Fighting Racist, Fascist Attacks (III)

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This is the third of three parts with excerpts from a May 6, 1975, discussion among socialists led by Farrell Dobbs on strategy and tactics in the struggle against fascism. The lessons from this chapter of working-class history are relevant to similar issues that emerged in the mass resistance to ICE terror in Minneapolis over the last two months (December 2025 – January 2026).

Strategy & Tactics in Fighting Racist, Fascist Attacks (II)

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This is the second of three parts with excerpts from a May 6, 1975, discussion among socialists led by Farrell Dobbs on strategy and tactics in the struggle against fascism. The lessons from this chapter of working-class history are relevant to similar issues that emerged in the mass resistance to ICE terror in Minneapolis over the last two months (December 2025 – January 2026).

Students Protesting ICE Stand Up to Disciplinary Actions

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High school students have continued grassroots initiatives to organize walkouts and protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since their first nationwide protests on January 30. At the same time, school authorities, state and local politicians, and police are trying to intimidate these teenagers and their supporters with threats of investigations, suspensions, and even criminal charges. Student protesters are seeking to make use of legal precedents to defend their right to freedom of speech in face of such threats.

How Minnesota School District Defended Students from ICE

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This article illustrates a good example of the widespread popular resistance to the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown in Minneapolis, its suburbs, and across Minnesota over the last two months. A resistance that forced the federal government to back down and announce on February 12 it is ending its “Operation Metro Surge” by beginning to withdraw most of the 3,000 ICE and Border Patrol agents it unleashed against the state’s working people.

Bad Bunny Joins Pro-Immigrant Protests

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“Before I say thanks to God, I’m gonna say: ICE out!” proclaimed Bad Bunny on February 1, while accepting the Grammy award for best urban music album. Bad Bunny, one of the most well-known and awarded U.S. musicians today, repeated his pro-immigrant message a week later at the Super Bowl halftime show, without making an explicit anti-ICE statement, as in the Grammys. This time the musician delivered his message with a performance seen by millions as a pro-worker celebration of an America encompassing everyone from Alaska and Canada to the U.S. mainland, the Caribbean, and the entire central and southern parts of the continent. A feature of the halftime show — with more than 135 million people tuned in — were explicit expressions of Puerto Rican pride.

Haitians, Neighbors in Springfield, Ohio, Resist Anti-Immigrant Crackdown

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“In the September 10 [2024] nationally televised presidential debate watched by 67 million people, Republican candidate Donald Trump declared, ‘In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating, the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in this country,’” reported an article World-Outlook published on September 22, 2024. “This reprehensible, wild, and utterly false claim was directed primarily at Haitian workers who have moved to Springfield in the recent past. It’s an example of a political technique known as the ‘Big Lie.’ It consists of amplifying a falsehood over and over with the intention of persuading large numbers of people that the lie is the truth.” Since then, Trump was elected to a second term in the White House. In the year since his inauguration, the Trump administration has turned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into the president’s thuggish, private army. It has unleashed masked and heavily armed ICE and Border Patrol agents across the country to terrorize immigrants and undermine everyone’s democratic rights. This anti-immigrant crackdown has included revoking Temporary Protected Status from many refugees, including 350,000 Haitians residing legally in the United States. But with support from most of their neighbors, Haitians in Springfield, a city of 60,000 up to a quarter of whom are Haitians, are resisting this frontal assault on the working class.

Houston High School Students Protest ICE, Defy Attempts to Restrict Free Speech

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On Friday, February 6, 2026, students at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas, walked out as part of a coordinated regional effort involving several area schools to protest operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid fears that its agents will be allowed onto school property to detain students and their families. The widespread high-school student walkouts on January 30 are now being followed by new and similar grassroots initiatives at schools around the country. At the same time, Texas governor Greg Abbott and other local authorities and school districts are threatening suspensions and even criminal charges against students and teachers accused of exercising such freedom of speech and assembly. 

Disabled Woman Terrorized by ICE: ‘I’m Here for Those Who Can’t Tell Their Stories’

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Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who is autistic and has a traumatic brain injury, was on her way to a doctor’s appointment in Minneapolis on January 13. She got stuck in a traffic jam created by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis; Rahman was dragged from her vehicle by federal agents, cuffed, and taken to the Whipple federal building, where ICE processes immigrants targeted for deportation. At Whipple, Rahman witnessed first-hand the brutality that so many others have faced. Denied medical care, she blacked out in a cell as her cellmate pleaded for help. She gives testimony in the video published here to say she is “not afraid” and to pledge to continue to tell the story that others cannot.

Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans Trained to Monitor ICE Occupation

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Federal Gov’t Tries to Defuse Resistance with Cosmetic Changes. This is an article that first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News. It describes an explosion in the number of trained volunteer observers — now nearly 30,000 across Minnesota — who monitor and record the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents. This registers the breadth of popular resistance to the terror by federal thugs deployed by the Trump administration to crack down on immigrant workers and undermine everyone’s democratic rights in that state. This activity is coupled with mass protests that have included rallies by tens of thousands and walkouts by high school students after federal goons murdered in cold blood two of these volunteer observers — U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti. In response, the Trump administration is trying to diffuse the growing resistance through cosmetic changes.

Somalia’s Destruction by U.S. & European Gov’ts, Big Business

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On December 2, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump unleashed yet another racist rant, this time calling Somalis “garbage” and stating that their country “stinks.” This comes after decades of distortions and lies about Somali piracy, which in fact emerged from the collapse of Somali government and society, a nightmare created by the intervention of the wealthy families ruling the United States and European countries in particular. This is a good moment to review the horrific history of U.S. imperialism in Somalia, and the decisive role of successive U.S. administrations — Democratic and Republican — in that country’s destruction.

Factory Explosion Kills Five Workers at Trikala, Greece

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In the early morning hours of Monday, January 26, 2026, a powerful explosion ripped through the Violanta biscuit plant on the outskirts of Trikala, a city in Thessaly, central Greece, about 320 km (~ 200 miles) north of Athens, the country’s capital. According to the fire department, 11 workers were inside the factory’s affected production wing at the time. Rescue crews recovered the bodies of five women workers from the debris. The rest were pulled out alive, along with a firefighter who suffered minor injuries during the response.

‘Education, Not Deportation!’

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On January 30, 2026, youth at a number of Seattle, Washington, high schools staged walkouts to protest the nationwide federal immigration crackdown, joining a call for action with students in other U.S. cities. The walkouts continued on February 2 at two more King County schools. Growing numbers of actions by high school students follow the example set by young people in Minnesota, which has been ground zero in the fight against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent weeks. “The heart of the message is to express our need for justice,” said Ria de Looze, an organizer of one of several Minneapolis walkouts following the murder of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on January 7. “Youth voices are so often overlooked, and this is one of our few ways to organize youth in such a powerful way. We really wanted to get the message out and inspire people to keep up the work.”

We Stand with Cuba — For All Time

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On January 29, 2026, U.S. president Donald Trump issued a new executive order declaring a “national emergency” due to the “unusual and extraordinary threat” that Cuba allegedly poses to the United States. The White House announced it will impose harsh punitive tariffs on any country that trades oil with Cuba. This is unvarnished economic warfare, a major escalation of Washington’s unrelenting efforts over more than six decades aimed at asphyxiating the Cuban people and overthrowing their socialist revolution.

U.S. Blockade of Oil to Cuba Threatens Sovereignty of All Nations

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Over the last month, the U.S. government has intensified its decades-long aggression against Cuba. Oil shipments to the island from Venezuela have been cut off since Washington’s January 3, 2026, attack on that country. On January 22, the Trump administration threatened a full naval blockade of the island nation. And on January 29, Trump signed an executive order labeling Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States and declaring that Washington will impose punitive tariffs on any country trading oil with Cuba. In a statement published here, Isaac Saney, a Cuba specialist and Black studies professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, takes apart Trump’s latest imperial edict.

‘We Don’t Know the Word Surrender’: Cubans Respond to New U.S. Threats

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On January 29, 2026, U.S. president Donald Trump issued a new executive order declaring a “national emergency” because of the “unusual and extraordinary threat” the island nation allegedly poses to the United States. Trump declared his administration would impose punitive tariffs on any country sending oil to Cuba. Earlier, Trump had threatened to impose a naval blockade around Cuba to completely cut off the supply of oil to the island. We publish in this post the response by Cuban leader Ernesto Limia Diaz and other Cuban revolutionaries to the latest Yankee assault on Cuba.

High School Students Walk Out Across U.S., Denounce ICE Terror

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SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 30, 2026 — Large mobilizations took part today across the United States. Demonstrators denounced the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown and demanded justice for the two U.S. citizens — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — murdered in cold blood by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, earlier this month while documenting operations by Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thugs. Walkouts and marches and rallies by high school students across the country were a feature of the protests.

Minneapolis Fight Against ICE Inspires Mexican Ballads

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Mexican corridos are a narrative genre of music rooted in the 19th century that served as a “newspaper” for the oppressed. Beginning with the Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821) and later becoming immensely popular during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), corridos recounted tales of heroes and the struggles of everyday life. A number of Mexican songwriters are now turning to this tradition to honor Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, both murdered this month in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

We Stand with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

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On January 27, 2026, a man attacked U.S. congresswoman Ihan Omar while she was addressing a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, a city she represents along with a number of its suburbs. The attacker, using a syringe, sprayed Omar with a pungent liquid before he was tackled and taken away by security. There is little doubt that behind this odious assault was the unceasing bigotry and vilification of Omar and the entire Somali American community in Minnesota by U.S. president Donald Trump and much of the Republican Party establishment.

Billy Bragg Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song ‘City of Heroes’

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“The murder of Alex Pretti was horrifically shocking, all the more so as we are still reeling from the images of the murder of Renee Good. That these crimes can be committed in broad daylight, on camera and yet no one is held accountable only adds to the injustice,” said Billy Bragg, the renowned English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and working-class activist, also known as the “Bard of Barking,” while releasing his new song “City of Heroes” on January 28, 2026.

Bruce Springsteen Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’

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On January 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen, also known as The Boss, released “Streets of Minneapolis.” His new song is part of a protest movement across the United States demanding an end to the terror unleashed by the Trump administration through its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol thugs against undocumented immigrants and all working people.

‘Cuba: Committed to Peace, Ready to Fight for Its Sovereignty’

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On January 16, 2026, hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched and rallied in Havana to pay homage to their countrymen killed during the U.S. assault on Venezuela two weeks earlier. Thirty-two Cuban soldiers died while putting up fierce resistance to U.S. forces that stormed the presidential residence in Caracas and ultimately kidnapped Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Cuba’s president Miguel Díaz-Canel delivered the speech published here to honor the 32 fallen combatants and respond to Washington’s escalating threats against his nation.

ICE Murders 2nd Minneapolis Volunteer Observer in Cold Blood

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, January 25, 2026 — Tens of thousands of protesters, as many as 50,000 by some estimates, marched through the streets of this city on January 23. It was a historic day of peaceful, often buoyant show of resistance against the federal government’s crackdown on immigrant workers and efforts to intimidate anyone protesting this terroristic invasion across the state. The promise of a calm Saturday disappeared shortly after 9 a.m. the next morning, January 24. That is when half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents held down Alex Pretti and pumped 10 bullets into his body, killing him in cold blood.

Minneapolis: Counter-protests Against Ultra-rightists and Defense of Free Speech

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Ultra-rightist Jake Lang and about 10 supporters arrived at Minneapolis City Hall on January 17 for a planned “March Against Minnesota Fraud.” Rather than finding a crowd supportive of his call, he faced hundreds of counter-protesters carrying signs reading “ICE Out!” and “We Love our Somali Neighbors.” The decision to counter-mobilize against Jake Lang was spot on. But the physical attacks on Lang by a small number of protesters — whether carried out by genuine opponents of ICE terror or by provocateurs, who easily blend into such situations — undermined the political space and moral high ground that tens of thousands have carved out in the Twin Cities recently.

Vilified by Trump, Somalis Stand Up to ICE Occupation

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A central target of Washington’s intensifying occupation of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the Somali community. “The armed men and women, with their faces covered, roaming our streets and profiling us,” said Imam Yusuf Abdulle, quoted in the article published below. “We thought we had left all that behind, but now this moment in America is reminding us again of the Somali civil war.” In the face of the threats and violence of ICE in recent weeks, the Somali community has not remained passive.

The Trump Mandate: Who Needs Palestinians to Run Their Own Lives in Gaza?

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On January 16, U.S. president Donald Trump announced with imperial arrogance a “Board of Peace,” naming himself as its chairman, to oversee the governance of Gaza. This board is composed primarily of top U.S. diplomats, including his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “Trump’s announcement of the official creation of the Gaza Board of Peace is not merely a new diplomatic initiative,” Israeli Palestinian journalist Jack Khoury points out in the article published here. “It is a declaration with far deeper meaning: the restoration of an international — and above all American — protectorate over the Palestinian people.”

‘ICE Out!’ No Work, School, or Shopping on Jan. 23 in Minnesota

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Minnesotans will again take to the streets on Friday, January 23, in downtown Minneapolis to demand “ICE Out!” A coalition of labor and community groups has called a Day of Truth & Freedom, asking everyone to skip work, school, or shopping and instead march for an end to the Trump administration’s brutal anti-immigrant crackdown. It is a call that deserves support from all working people, youth, and everyone who cares about democratic rights.

High School Youth Step Forward in Fight Against ICE

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Roseville, MN — Wearing black T-shirts and jackets, about 300 students at Maple Grove Senior High School marched towards Fernbrook Lane, congregating at the intersection on Monday.  Chanting, “This is what democracy looks like,” students carried signs reading “Remember Renee Good” and “ICE should be in my latte, not in my streets.” “The heart of the message is to express our need for justice,” said senior Ria de Looze. “Youth voices are so often overlooked, and this is one of our few ways to organize youth in such a powerful way. We really wanted to get the message out and inspire people to keep up the work.”

Cuba’s Role in Venezuela

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On January 3, 2026, the U.S. military invaded Venezuela and abducted its president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Among the approximately 100 civilians and security personnel killed in the assault were 32 Cuban nationals. Since then, there has been rampant speculation about how the U.S. forces were able to breach Maduro’s security, what the Cuban nationals were doing in Venezuela, and the nature of the relationship between Cuba and Venezuela. This article clarifies Cuba’s role in Venezuela and answers many of the claims peddled as part of Washington’s propaganda.

Protests Erupt Against ICE Killing in Minnesota

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, January 12, 2026 — Two days ago, tens of thousands of people, according to unofficial police estimates, took to the streets here to protest the killing in cold blood of a legal observer by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. It was the latest of angry protests that have erupted in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. At least three other actions took place in the area also on January 10.
Three days earlier, on January 7, Renee Nicole Good was gunned down by ICE agent John F. Ross. She was observing and documenting a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis. Good was shot while attempting to drive away from the scene. Within hours, thousands of people gathered in the residential neighborhood near the site of the shooting to demand accountability and justice. Protests have been ongoing since. They show no sign of subsiding.

Help Increase World-Outlook’s Subscription Base

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The current juncture in world events has laid bare this much: The super wealthy families that rule the United States have foreign and domestic policies made of the same cloth. This is evident in Washington’s criminal assault on Venezuela or the cold-blooded execution that ICE agents just carried out on the streets of Minneapolis. The response to these events has been significant. We are confident that many of those now taking to the streets to resist these policies are looking for direction, for a political framework that will help them understand what is happening and what to do next. World-Outlook can help connect these people to the lessons of the past that can inform their actions today. Please help World-Outlook increase its reach and its subscription base.

Greek Farmers Escalate Protests: ‘It’s A Struggle for Survival’

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KALAMATA, Greece, January 8, 2026 — “We’ve taken to the streets for 35 days now because the government won’t listen to our just demands,” said Kostas Apostolopoulos, an olive oil producer, in a January 6 interview outside this city on the southern part of the Greek mainland. “We don’t intend to give up. It’s a struggle for survival.” The protests here are part of a nationwide revolt by farmers and livestock breeders that began November 30. After nationwide conferences on January 4 and 7 of representatives of agricultural producers in Nikea, outside the city of Larissa in central Greece, farmers resolved to escalate their protests since the government is not meeting the farmers even part way.

An Antiwar GI’s Story: An Interview with Howard Petrick

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“We would go into the barracks — big bays with 50 people in a bay — and we’d stand up on a footlocker and start talking about the war. We would try to get someone who was for the war to debate with us. We found that was the easiest way to bring up all the discrepancies of why we were fighting in Vietnam. There weren’t a lot of guys who would get up and speak for the war. But when there were, we wouldn’t try to destroy them; we would just try to reason. Having this open debate was how we could get many people to listen. It worked really well.”