Month: April 2019

Venezuela

All out to defend Venezuela!

April 30, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Struggle-La Lucha condemns the latest U.S.-inspired coup attempt against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its legitimate government headed by President Nicolás Maduro. There is no question that today’s attack on Venezuelan sovereignty, in which […]
Events

Baltimore May Day – Workers Say US Hands Off Venezuela

April 29, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
International Workers Day – Baltimore May Day Hosted by Peoples Power Assembly Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT Amtrak Penn Station Baltimore, 1500 N. Charles St., Baltimore (near 83 ramp) […]
Political Prisoners

Community, activists demand ‘Free Mumia!’

April 29, 2019 Stephen Millies
Two hundred people took to the streets of Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood on April 27 to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners. Every year, supporters march to honor his birthday on April 24. […]
Venezuela

U.S. activists defend Venezuelan sovereignty: Inside report from an embassy protector

April 26, 2019 Lev Koufax with Bayani
Washington, D.C. — In early April, a coalition of anti-war activists called for a civilian defense of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. This call […]
Venezuela

‘We will never surrender’ – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza speaks

April 26, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York — More than 100 people filled The People’s Forum in midtown Manhattan on April 25 to hear the truth about Venezuela. The main speaker was Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat, who […]
Puerto Rico

AES’s coal ash pollutes Puerto Rico

April 26, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
On April 18, a delegation of Puerto Rican activists and supporters delivered a strong message to the AES stockholders meeting in Arlington, Va. “Get out of Puerto Rico, clean up the mess you made!” they […]
Events

New York: Support Laundry Workers on May Day

April 25, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Support the Laundry Workers on May 1 In East Harlem – 12:00 pm – 215 East 116th Street. After years of wage theft and unsafe working conditions, the workers dared to fight back. With community […]
Venezuela

Make May Day U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Day

April 23, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The workers’ struggle has no borders In the midst of the many important workers’ struggles we are waging, it is critical that May Day participants raise the banner of “U.S. Hands Off Venezuela” and demand […]
Imperialism and global politics

Ukraine: Borotba cautions on Zelensky, urges people to take streets May 1

April 23, 2019 Borotba Union Council
On April 21, TV comedian Vladimir Zelensky won a stunning upset in Ukraine’s presidential runoff election, a country where the U.S. helped to engineer an ultraright coup five years ago. Zelensky’s victory over incumbent president […]
Imperialism and global politics

Background to Sudan crisis: Who gets blame for deaths in Darfur?

April 23, 2019 John Parker
Protests continue in Sudan since a military junta overthrew the longtime al-Bashir government in early April. This article, originally published in 2007, provides important background on the role of imperialism in Sudan and the North […]