the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Oct 13, 2025
The government shutdown furloughed some 900,000 workers, while hundreds of thousands more are required to keep working without pay.
The Trump Administration is now preparing to lay off 4,000 of these workers. This after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) laid off 300,000 people earlier this year.
Plus, they’re threatening to not give back pay to workers when the government reopens.
Today it is federal workers and immigrant workers who are being terrorized and held hostage by the government. It will not stop there. More and more will be included as the government becomes more repressive.