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05/27/2026
🇨🇺¡Cuba no está sola!
Last week, many across the DC area joined to talk truth about Cuba — and left with one message: the people of the U.S. stand with the Cuban people.
We are prepared to say no to war and reject the genocidal blockade on Cuba.
05/25/2026
Make the Purple Line Free to Ride!
Mass transit should be a public service accessible to everyone! As the costs of living skyrocket for Americans, the Maryland government should ensure everyone is able to ride the new Purple Line light rail system when it opens next year by abolishing fares along the route.
There is no reason that the Purple Line should not be fully funded and free to ride when it opens. Instead of criminalizing poverty and spending millions of dollars on policing in the name of stopping the manufactured crime of “fare evasion,” the state of Maryland should be taxing the corporations and billionaires that rely on the labor of Purple Line commuters to make their wealth every day.
Abolish fares, make the Purple Line free to ride!
While Trump and the politicians use veterans as props for their endless wars, the people sent to fight those wars are waking up.
Veterans see the reality of the system — and they’re calling on others to stand on the side of justice and socialism.
🇵🇸 Friends, family, and comrades were on hand Friday night to welcome home Abel Bisrat, one of the members of the Global Sumud Flotilla recently released by Israel. Dozens of flotilla participants were kidnapped in recent days by Israeli forces in international waters, brutalized, and tortured. Their "crime?" Attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza being subjected to an Israeli, U.S.-backed genocide.
We will continue to struggle for an end to the siege of Gaza and the complete liberation of Palestine!
05/21/2026
🚌 Riding the bus should be free!
WMATA recently said that 7 in 10 Metrobus riders already don't pay the bus fare, so it would be requiring Metrobus drivers to quote the fare to all who board the bus. This will only create more conflicts between riders and drivers, and comes after MPD and Metro Transit Police began enforcing fare evasion on Metrobuses.
But there's another solution that doesn't involve violent police and criminalization: make the bus free to ride for everybody!
Mass transit is a public need and a public good, and it should be accessible to all who need it - especially now, as the cost of living is skyrocketing for working and poor people.
05/19/2026
PSL STATEMENT: Free the DMV Gaza Flotilla Members!
Earlier this week, residents and humanitarian volunteers from the DMV area were kidnapped by the Israeli military, preventing the volunteers from delivering lifesaving aid to Gaza.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation calls for the immediate release of Haitham Arafat and Abel Bisrat, along with the more than 400 volunteers currently detained by Israel. The illegal siege and occupation of Gaza, funded by U.S. taxpayers, must end.
05/19/2026
🇨🇺URGENT MEETING ON CUBA 5/21
🗓️Thursday, May 21 • 7:00 PM
đź“ŤDC Liberation Center (337 H Street Northeast)
Cuba is a neighbor, not a threat. Join us and organizers with the to separate Trump and Rubio’s myths of Cuba, explain the reality on the island, and learn how the people of the U.S. can help the Cuban people.
05/19/2026
NEW STUDY: Trump’s DOGE purge is a racist attack, firing Black federal workers at double the regional rate.
For generations, federal employment was one of the few sectors where Black workers could find stable, well-paying jobs. This was a hard-won foothold in an economy built on their exploitation, undermined by decades of anti-worker policy from both parties. Now Trump and the billionaire class are funneling those resources into war and ICE kidnappings, stripping bare the schools, hospitals, and services that Black working families depend on to survive.
These union jobs and were not given to working people. They were fought for – from the heroic labor upsurge in the 1930s to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. That is the kind of spirit and movement that this moment now demands.
What kind of a company takes on a project to build Trump’s White House ballroom AND a new ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C., all while depending on the labor of the very people Trump demonizes and terrorizes? That would be Clark Construction.
Virginia-based Clark Construction takes $6 billion in annual revenue, much of it from contracts with the Trump administration. That includes $200 million to build Trump’s new White House ballroom, a disgusting vanity project meant to enhance his own image. They’ve built numerous AI and cloud computing data centers for the FBI, the Pentagon, and many of the agencies and contractors that make the U.S. war machine run.
Clark doesn’t have to remain on the wrong side of history. Construction of the new ICE headquarters has not yet started - and Clark can still back out, as other companies have across the country on similar projects. A growing movement is demanding Clark refuse this contract, which would be just 4% of its annual revenue. Clark has a chance now to do right by its workers and by the people of D.C. and refuse to proceed with building a new headquarters for the most hated police force in the country.
If you agree, sign the No ICE HQ petition today and share it with your friends, family, and coworkers. Follow us to get involved in building a movement to defend our neighbors and kick ICE out of D.C. entirely.
📋✍️ Sign the petition here: bit.ly/noicehq
05/17/2026
D.C. on Track for Record Homeless Encampment Sweeps as City Runs Out of Housing Vouchers Early
After the federal takeover last year, Trump unleashed federal police on D.C.’s homeless community. Rather than step in and help our neighbors in need, Bowser’s answer has been to double down on terrorizing our most vulnerable.
The D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) has run out of funding for housing vouchers until September, when the new fiscal year starts. Getting a voucher was already a laborious process, thanks to “means-tested” requirements that supposedly prove your need - but now it’s impossible, and the number of homeless families in the city is continuing to rise alongside costs of living and unemployment numbers.
Let’s call this what it is: war on the poor. The landlords and corporate real estate developers who get rich off this system have politicians like Bowser and many on the D.C. Council in their pockets, ensuring the laws always work in their favor.
Homelessness is a deliberate policy choice. Bowser and the Council could be fully funding programs to ensure every person in D.C. is housed, fed, and cared for. There’s no shortage of money: they always have the funds for more police, more detention centers, and more wars.