Month: March 2019

Palestine

New York protest says: Long live Gaza!

March 31, 2019 Stephen Millies
Over 300 people rallied in New York City’s Times Square on March 29 to support the Palestinian people of Gaza. The demonstration marked the first anniversary of the weekly marches there demanding Palestinians’ right to […]
Palestine

Protesters confront AIPAC conference: ‘Free Palestine! Defend Ilhan Omar!’

March 31, 2019 David Card
On March 24, the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) began in Washington, D.C. AIPAC is dedicated to lobbying U.S. politicians to maintain and increase support for the state of Israel […]
Environment

PG&E bankruptcy: A case of profits over safety

March 29, 2019 Scott Scheffer
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the largest investor-owned utility in the U.S., has acknowledged the high likelihood that its poorly maintained electrical transmission equipment caused the deadly Camp Fire in 2018, the worst wildfire in […]
Conference

‘U.S. export of fascist violence finds its way home’

March 29, 2019 Greg Butterfield
Talk given by Greg Butterfield at the “Unity for Socialism and Revolution” conference in Los Angeles on March 16. Last October, a few members of an armed white supremacist group called the Rise Above Movement […]
Events

Los Angeles May Day 2019

March 29, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
May Day 2019! Fuck Trump! No Wall, No War! Defend Socialism! Hosted by Union del Barrio – Los Angeles Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDT MacArthur Park, Los Angeles www.facebook.com/events/2054364838016356/
Oppressed genders

San Diego marches honor Black women’s struggles

March 27, 2019 Gloria Verdieu
San Diego celebrated Women’s History Month by commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Va., in 1619, as recorded by historian Lerone Bennet Jr. in “Before the Mayflower: […]
Events

No to NATO March on Washington, D.C.

March 27, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
When: March 30, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Where: Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. no2nato2019.org
Around the world

International appeal demands: Free Moldovan activist Pavel Grigorchuk!

March 27, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Pavel Grigorchuk is a fighter against capitalist oligarchy in Moldova, a former Soviet republic in Eastern Europe. Grigorchuk, a militant communist and anti-fascist, has been targeted by the regime of wealthy oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc many […]
Events

Celebrating 50 years of Cuba solidarity

March 26, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Come hear representatives from across the 50 year history of the VB – March 29 at 6pm, CUNY Law School
1619

Slavery, Settler Colonialism, Gender Oppression and Resistance in the Early Colonial Years

March 25, 2019 M. Odom
This year marks 400 years since “20 and odd” enslaved Africans on board a Dutch frigate were traded for supplies to English settlers at Jamestown. As historians have noted, these African captives were not the […]