Impeachment Capitalist democracy in disarray, fascism on the horizon

The impeachment acquittal of openly corrupt U.S. President Donald Trump has exposed the disarray of the finance capitalist section of the U.S. ruling class. Overwhelmed by self-interest and chaotic infighting, these main-wing Big Fascists have lost significant control over their state apparatus and institutions. With growing threats to their power and profits, the bosses will be forced to impose fascist discipline on their own ranks—followed by even sharper and more deadly attacks on the working class.

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Stalingrad: Red Army smashed the fascists

February 2 is the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad (1943), the turning point of World War II. It was when the communist Red Army defeated the Nazis, proving that fascism can be defeated.
The Bolsheviks organized the Soviet working class to build a mighty Red Army for the wars that they knew would come either from the fascists – Hitlerite Germany and militarist Japan – or from the big imperialist powers, Britain and France.

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Mexico rulers attack migrants, protect imperialist agenda

The Mexican National Guard, once again, repressed a caravan of Honduran migrants by badly beating them and firing tear gas at them. The migrants were trying to cross the border between Guatemala and Mexico. Several were arrested and deported, some managed to escape to the mountains where they will face other dangers. With this action the Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) government and the liberals in the ruling class which he represents are essentially outlawing working class migration. It also reveals that capitalism in crisis will always resort to fascism despite the appearance of a so-called transformative populist change.  
Migration is caused by capitalist inequality that condemns millions of workers to misery, exploitation and violence. These workers are forced to leave their places of origin with the false hope of improving their situation or escaping the danger of gangs or cartels, but capitalism attacks workers in every corner of the world. In more developed countries, they reach a dead end, where they are victims of racism, super-exploitation, and even slavery.

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Mark Shapiro, a communist for all seasons

Comrade Mark Shapiro, one of the original members of the Progressive Labor Movement (PLM) and the Progressive Labor Party (PLP), died on January 12 at 78. Mark was a communist whose life and influence spread throughout the working class and

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Trump’s Israeli apartheid plan weakens U.S. Imperialism

On January 28, U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unveiled an Israeli/Palestinian “peace” plan. The plan gives Israel significant parts of the West Bank and control of most of Jerusalem. It legalizes illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory, gives Palestinian refugees no right of return and gives Israel security control over some future Palestinian state. None of the capitalists competing for power in the Middle East accept this plan. More chaos and war is in store for the region, with workers dying for the bosses” profits. The Progressive Labor Party (PLP)organizes to turn these imperialist wars into working class wars against all capitalist bosses.

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KKKop murders William; workers gear up to fight

Prince George’s County, February 5–Another police murder of a Black man happened just as the Community Justice Coalition (CJC) in Prince George’s County, MD was holding a conference call about police brutality! 43-year-old William (Boo) Green was another slain victim of racist capitalism. Only a revolution against the whole damn profit system can begin to end such racism, since it is needed by capitalism to intimidate, control, and subject us all to intense exploitation. Progressive Labor Party (PLP) members participate in the CJC to help sharpen the struggle against racism and to bring more anti-racist fighters into the communist movement.

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Shut down racist police, keep hospital open!

Bronx, January 20 –On Martin Luther King day (MLK day) the interfaith coalition joined with a Black church in the Bronx for the third year to emphasize the struggle aspect of MLK day. Antiracists workers in this mass organization, and members of the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) packed the church’s basement with a multiracial crowd, young and old, eager to learn from our panel of experienced organizers. The presenters clearly described the racist horror of police killings nationally, the scandal of Columbia Presbyterian’s attempt to close the Allen Hospital Psychiatric service, the life and death need to expand mental health services, and the campaign to stop cops from being the first responders to calls for people in mental crisis.
Surely the future must hold an egalitarian, communist world with medical care, food, housing and all basic needs available equally to all. That’s when the working class runs all aspects of society. In the meantime we organize to fight back against the capitalists who are mainly concerned with profits.

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France: declining empire & rising fightback

The working class in France is on the move, with a bold and militant transit strike that has lasted more than six weeks and enlisted strong support from workers throughout the country (Odaxa poll, 1/8). At its peak, the action involved more than a million workers, from electrical workers to ballet dancers. In a period of intensifying inter-imperialist rivalry and harsher repression by the capitalist bosses, spontaneous fightback and class struggle is also on the rise.

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BATTLE FOR HOMES, EXPOSE CAPITALIST CRIMES!

OAKLAND, CA, January 21— Hundreds of workers and students support four Black mothers fighting for housing. Progressive Labor Party (PLP) members advocated for Moms 4 Housing and showed that it’s not greed that causes homelessness; it’s capitalism.

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Sexist capitalist violence kills Juanita; co-workers organize

CHICAGO, January 18—A group of multiracial workers and students braved the frigid weather to hold an antisexist vigil across the street from a Westside hospital where Juanita Hankins worked. She was a 32-year-old Black woman who was found beaten to death in a hotel room on Christmas day, at the hands of her ex-partner.

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