Month: July 2019

Around the world

Stop murder of activists in Colombia

July 14, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Struggle-La Lucha is sharing this July 10 message from the Aurora Women’s Club and Red Carnation anti-fascist group in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Translation by SLL’s Greg Butterfield. In Colombia, where leftist FARC guerrillas signed […]
LGBTQ+

Pride rings out in New York streets: ‘Stonewall still means fight back!’

July 14, 2019 Greg Butterfield
What a weekend! From Friday, June 28 — the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion against police terror — through Sunday, June 30, protests, parades, meetings, festivals and celebrations took place in New York to […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Defending migrants and refugees: from protest to resistance

July 12, 2019 Greg Butterfield
In its latest attempt to sow terror among migrants and refugees, the Trump administration has announced plans to arrest thousands of family members in a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids starting on […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Wayfair walkout says no to concentration camps

July 12, 2019 Sharon Black
On the afternoon of June 26, hundreds of Wayfair workers walked off their jobs at the company’s Boston headquarters. They took united action to protest the company’s sale of beds to a detention camp for […]
Events

U.S. Hands Off Iran Webinar, July 14

July 9, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM UTC+02 Sponsored by Struggle – La Lucha U.S. Hands Off Iran Webinar Struggle – La Lucha is holding a national webinar as part of the […]
Events

Los Angeles: Community Self-Defense! Comites de Resistencia against ICE Raids

July 9, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT 4301 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011-3524, United States Hosted by Union del Barrio – Los Angeles Our community is under attack so […]
Events

U.S. Hands Off Iran – Baltimore action, July 15

July 9, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Monday, July 15, 2019 at 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT Bottom of Washington Monument, Centre and N. Charles Street Hosted by Peoples Power Assembly Educational and protest event on U.S. War on Iran! Baltimore […]
Korea

Kim Il Sung: Anti-imperialist fighter, socialist hero

July 8, 2019 Sam Marcy
Kim Il Sung, leader of the Korean Revolution and founding president of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), died 25 years ago on July 8, 1994. The Korean people are commemorating the anniversary with […]
Around the world

People’s SONA: Class clarity is crucial for solidarity with people of Philippines

July 8, 2019 Bayani
In the Philippines, the State of the Nation Address, popularly abbreviated as SONA, is traditionally held on the fourth Monday of every July. This year, it will be Monday, July 22, on which day President […]
Imperialism and global politics

Imperialism and Sudan, Part 1: What is the U.S. role in Sudan’s crisis?

July 8, 2019 John Parker
On Aug. 20, 1998, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton bombed the Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Plant in Sudan with 16 cruise missiles. I was part of a delegation, headed by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, that […]