Month: August 2019

Oppressed genders

The status of women in the USA

August 20, 2019 Lizz Toledo
Report by Lizz Toledo to the World Steering Committee of WIDF/FDIM (the Women’s International Democratic Federation/Federación Democrática Internacional de Mujeres) Greetings comrades and friends, I bring you solidarity and love from Mujeres en Lucha and […]
China

Behind the anti-China protests in Hong Kong

August 19, 2019 Scott Scheffer
Calm has been restored at the Hong Kong International Airport on August 15. For two days previous, a violent mob touted by the U.S. and British imperialist press as “peaceful protesters” had occupied the airport […]
Cuba

1199SEIU retiree says Cuban travel restrictions will reverse progress

August 19, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
A letter to the 1199 Magazine, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers, from an 1199 retiree. It was printed in the July/August issue, which goes out to about 400,000 members and retirees. Working people all over the […]
In the U.S.

What can stop the racist massacres?

August 19, 2019 Stephen Millies
Millions of people have been horrified by the racist massacres in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. The El Paso shooter’s hate manifesto echoed Trump’s anti-immigrant rants and those of Tucker Carlson at Fox News. […]
In the U.S.

The Second Amendment isn’t for everybody

August 19, 2019 Stephen Millies
There was no Second Amendment right to bear arms for Philando Castile. In 2016, the Black school cafeteria worker and Teamster member was killed inside his car by a Minnesota cop. Castile told the cop […]
Fight racism

El Paso, white supremacist terror and fascism

August 17, 2019 Sharon Black
We should remind ourselves that white supremacist terror is not new to U.S. soil. Historically, it has been intertwined with the development of capitalism. First with the theft of Indigenous lands and later with the […]
Im/migrants and refugees

ICE raids are union busting

August 17, 2019 Sharon Black
Workers’ rights under attack The writer is a former UFCW food processing plant worker. Aug. 8 — While the El Paso, Texas, community was still in mourning, deeply shaken and suffering from the racist mass […]
Palestine

Palestinian professor hits back at Israel lobby attacks

August 17, 2019 David Spero
Aiming to expose and loosen the influence of the Israel lobby on U.S. campuses, Palestinian-born professor Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi has sued San Francisco State University (SFSU) in federal court for illegal retaliation for her political […]
Fight racism

San Diego commemorates Black August 2019

August 16, 2019 Gloria Verdieu
The Black August Organizing Committee has sponsored a Black August program for the last three years at San Diego’s Malcolm X Library and Performing Arts Center. This year is of particular significance because this is […]
Oppressed genders

Women’s International meets in Namibia, prepares for upcoming congress

August 16, 2019 Lizz Toledo
Windhoek, Namibia August 2019 Leaving Namibia felt humbling and exciting, Namibia being a shining example of what revolutionaries can accomplish. The friendship and love shown between comrades Sam Nujoma and Fidel Castro continues in the […]