Month: January 2019

Indigenous peoples

Solidarity with Unist’ot’en Camp. ‘No pipeline on Indigenous land!’

January 10, 2019 Greg Butterfield
New York City — A picket line outside the Canadian Consulate near busy Grand Central Station on Jan. 8 protested the attack by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canadian military on the Gidum […]
Imperialism and global politics

Peoples of the world defend the sovereignty of Venezuela

January 10, 2019 Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity
The sixth presidential election in the contemporary history of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela took place on May 20, 2018. Nicolás Maduro Moros was elected Constitutional President of Venezuela and according to the Venezuelan Constitution […]
Events

Call to Action: International Week to Free Ahmad Sa’adat, 15-22 January 2019

January 9, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
“The Palestinian people are determined to continue the intifada for all of the national rights of our people. This position is naturally consistent with the struggle of all progressive global forces confronting global imperial arrogance […]
Events

NYC Jan. 10: Please join us at this critical moment in defense of the Bolivarian revolution

January 9, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Join us  in defense of the Bolivarian revolution this coming January 10 at 5PM THE BOLIVARIAN CIRCLE OF NEW YORK INVITES OUR FRIENDS FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK This coming January 10 there will […]
Political Prisoners

Hundreds march in Philadelphia to support Mumia Abu-Jamal

January 6, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
“Brick by brick! Wall by wall! We’re gonna free Mumia Abu-Jamal!” hundreds of people chanted as they marched through a driving winter rainstorm in Philadelphia on Jan. 5. They came to stand in solidarity with […]
Labor and strikes

Trump, big coal and black lung

January 5, 2019 Stephen Millies
Black lung disease is a terrible way to die. Coal miners’ lungs become crusty and useless, according to Dr. Robert Cohen, a pulmonologist at the University of Illinois. Towards the end, Dr. Cohen told National […]
Indigenous peoples

Mapuche resistance in Chile intensifies in response to police killing

January 4, 2019 M. Tiahui
The November assassination of a young Mapuche man, Camilo Catrillanca, by a Chilean anti-terrorism police squad has intensified the centuries-old Mapuche Indigenous struggle and has brought thousands of Mapuche and Chilean allies out into the […]
China

China’s role in African development

January 4, 2019 John Parker
China is using so-called market socialism models in its Silk Road initiatives in Asia, Africa and Latin America, sending some state-owned enterprises, but also private Chinese capitalists, abroad to set up companies engaged in building […]
Political Prisoners

Protest for Mumia in Philadelphia on Jan. 5

January 3, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Be in Philadelphia Krasner, don’t stand in the way of justice for Mumia! Saturday, January 5, 2019 Rally from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Office, 3 Penn. Sq. Across from […]
Puerto Rico

Puertorriqueños combaten tóxicas cenizas de carbón

January 3, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
Gobierno de colonia de EU aprueba su depósito El movimiento ambientalista y por la salud puertorriqueño se ha movilizado  para frenar la legislación propuesta por el gobierno de la colonia estadounidense que eliminaría las restricciones […]