Month: August 2019

Imperialism and global politics

Amazon fires: how could this be happening on such a large scale? Who is behind it?

August 31, 2019 Jefferson Azevedo
In 1992, leaders of many countries gathered in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss mutual post-Cold War cooperation for international development. Environmental issues were the main topic.  In his speech at that meeting, Fidel Castro […]
Environment

‘An important biological species is endangered’

August 31, 2019 Fidel Castro
On June 12, 1992, then Cuban President Fidel Castro addressed the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development’s Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Find this speech and more at FidelCastro.cu. Mr. Fernando Collor […]
Venezuela

Imperialist economic warfare continues: MLB bans participation in Venezuelan Winter League

August 31, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Aug. 22nd of this year, Major League Baseball announced its decision to ban all MLB-affiliated players from participating in the Venezuelan Winter League. The MLB’s statement cited the “Executive Order issued by President Trump […]
Environment

Bolivia’s Amazon fire hotspots reduced by 85%

August 30, 2019 teleSUR
“I call on young environmentalists, farmers and social organizations to implement a recovery plan for locals in the affected areas. #UnityinAdversity” Bolivia’s defense minister Javier Zavaleta announced on Wednesday afternoon, that the hotspots for the […]
China

Washington’s anti-China strategy in Hong Kong

August 29, 2019 Fred Goldstein
It is impossible to separate the counterrevolutionary colonialist demonstrations in Hong Kong from Washington’s new cold war against the People’s Republic of China (PRC). (See article “The New Cold War Against China,” lowwagecapitalism.com.} The over […]
Political Prisoners

Free all political prisoners!

August 28, 2019 Stephen Millies
The auditorium of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in East Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y., was filled on Aug. 24 for the 24th Annual Dinner Tribute to Political Prisoners. Organized by the Malcolm X […]
Oppressed genders

Women’s International Democratic Federation Solidarity Resolution

August 28, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The 69 organizations affiliated and associated with the WIDF/FDIM in the Américas and the Caribbean, conscious that peace is a supreme good and constitutes a legitimate desire by all people and that to preserve it […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres (FDIM) Resolución de Solidaridad

August 28, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Las 69 organizaciones afiliadas y asociadas a la Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres, en América y el Caribe, conscientes de que la paz es un bien supremo y constituye un anhelo legítimo de todos los […]
Imperialism and global politics

Tariffs, trade and overproduction

August 28, 2019 Fred Goldstein
All signs are that an economic downturn is coming. While the capitalists are the first to moan and groan about the declines in the stock market and bond market, an economic downturn is a crisis […]
In the U.S.

Portland: Anti-fascist resistance is not a crime

August 26, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Aug. 17, 2019, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to rant about the political left, as he often does. In this particular instance, the racist demagogue called for labeling the anti-fascist movement as a […]