Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Socialist Action, June 11, 2025 The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt. National Guard soldiers are posted near an entrance to the Federal Building in Los Angeles during a demonstration in response to a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids throughout the country, on June 10,[…]

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L.A. fights back: Mass Resistance Erupts Against ICE Raids and Military Occupation

by Scott Scheffer, published on Struggle * La Lucha, June 10, 205 For three straight days, furious protests rocked Los Angeles as federal ICE gangs terrorized working-class communities. Sunday saw the largest crowds yet, reflecting mounting outrage among broader layers of the population. President Donald Trump branded Los Angeles a city in “state of rebellion” and federalized the National Guard,[…]

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Los Angeles Rises Up Against ICE Raids and Deportations!

Statement by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, published on FightBack News, June 9, 2025 Chicanos, Mexicanos, Central Americans and supporters across Los Angeles are rising up against the agents of Trump’s attacks on immigrants. The people of LA have a right to rebel against ICE and deportations. We have been active on the streets of LA and nationally in the movement[…]

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Stop the Attacks on Migrants – Resistance is Not a Crime!

Statement by Workers World Party, published on Workers World, June 9, 2025 Workers World Party expresses its unequivocal solidarity with the migrant community in Los Angeles and their supporters who have been resisting in the streets against the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) federal agency, Department of Homeland Security, LA police and other armed repressive forces since June 6. Illegal[…]

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‘Palestine is our Compass’

Editorial, by Workers World, May 13, 2025 The movement in solidarity with Palestine had a big win when a court order released Rümeysa Öztürk from a Louisiana detention center. On May 9 she returned to Boston. Mass support developed for Öztürk, whose arrest resembled a kidnapping by a criminal conspiracy. The criminals were from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency[…]

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The Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the Face of Trump: ‘Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance’

by Cristóbal Cavazos, published on Socialist Action, March 8, 2025 The unbelievable struggle that the Trump administration’s attack on  undocumented immigrants workers has stoked, particularly among Mexican and Central American workers, some with close to the 30 years in the United States, has been as revolutionary as it has been necessary. It could be summed up in one phrase: Respect our Existence[…]

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Palestinian Political Prisoner Mahmoud Khalil Releases Statement From Louisiana ICE Detention Center

by Mahmoud Khalil, published on ScheerPost, March 19, 2024 Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder with permanent residency, has released his first public statement since his arrest on March 8. He was taken into custody by plainclothes Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers in the lobby of his Columbia University apartment complex due to his alleged connection to Hamas. His[…]

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The Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the Face of Trump: ‘Respect our Existence or Expect our Resistance’

by Cristóbal Cavazos, published on Socialist Action, March 8, 2024 The unbelievable struggle that the Trump administration’s attack on  undocumented immigrants workers has stoked, particularly among Mexican and Central American workers, some with close to the 30 years in the United States, has been as revolutionary as it has been necessary. It could be summed up in one phrase: Respect our Existence[…]

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The Roots of Trump’s Immigration Policy

by Barry Shephard, published on Socialist Action, August 15, 2020 Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border By John Carlos Frey Bold Type Books, 2019 This book presents a harrowing well-researched description of Washington’s war against immigrants on the Mexican border. The author is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. Frey was born in Tijuana, Mexico. His[…]

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Protests Across the U.S. Tell Greyhound: ICE Off Our Buses!

Workers World, October 29, 2019 Demonstrations targeting Greyhound for its collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement took place in a national day of action in cities across the U.S. on Oct. 25. The coordinated actions were in response to a call from a coalition of organizations, including Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE), Laundry Workers Center, Street Vendors Project[…]

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