Events
May 18: San Diego Malcolm X Day Community Celebration
Save the Date -May 18, 2019 4th Annual Malcolm X Day Community Celebration
Month: May 2019
Capitalist crisis
It’s still ‘last hired, first fired.’ The truth about the jobless rate
Trump supporters and the capitalist media are celebrating April’s employment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They claim this is the best jobs picture since 1969. What’s the real story? The drop in the […]
Events
May 9 in NYC: Oppose Trump War on Venezuela
New York City: Oppose Trump War on Venezuela Thursday, May 9 – 4:00 pm U.S. Mission to the United Nations, E. 45th St. and 1st Ave., Manhattan Sponsored by Rapid Response: Venezuela
Events
May 7th: Indigenous Peoples Day MA Joint Committee Hearing
The Massachusetts Indigenous Peoples Day coalition is calling for individuals and organizations to submit written testimony before May 7 in support of a statewide Indigenous Peoples Day bill. Below are all the details you’ll need […]
Cuba
Despite U.S. threats, Cuban workers celebrate defiant May Day
Havana, May 1 — “Unity, Commitment and Victory,” read the lead banner of Havana’s massive International Workers Day march. If anyone expected Cuba would respond with a military theme in the face of aggressive imperialist […]
In the U.S.
Across New York, housing struggles heat up
New York — On April 27, Bronx tenants rallied on a vacant lot owned by the city of New York along East 152nd Street. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was supposed to build […]
Venezuela
Venezuela resists U.S. coup: Massive outpouring for President Maduro
On April 30, self-appointed “interim president” Juan Guaidó attempted a coup against the Chavista government of Venezuela. Support from Washington was swift, with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence immediately tweeting “We are with you!” The […]
Venezuela
Urgent call to defend the Venezuelan Embassy!
On May 2, U.S. Secret Service agents arrested three people defending the Bolivarian Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. A member of Code Pink was arrested just for trying to pass food through a window to […]
Fight racism
Struggle wins partial victory for Renardo Lewis
Marietta, Ga., May 2 — The courtroom was packed! There were barely any seating spaces left empty. It appeared as if both sides had the same amount of supporters, but when Renardo Lewis’ lawyer asked […]
Imperialism and global politics
‘Voice of Donbass residents must be heard’
Activists anywhere in the world would quickly recognize Svetlana Licht and Denis Levin, if not by their names, then by their character. They are the kind of extraordinary worker-organizers who exist wherever a fierce struggle […]