December 2019 – Page 2 – Struggle

FOOD IS A RIGHT! Unite to fight attack on SNAP benefits

December 28, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

Struggle-La Lucha newspaper and the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido condemn the Trump administration’s announced changes to the SNAP food assistance program (food stamps) that would drop 700,000 people from the program and reduce […]

‘Cancel Spectrum’s franchise!’

December 28, 2019 Stephen Millies

New York, Dec. 23 — Striking Spectrum cable workers and their supporters gathered on the steps of City Hall today to demand the New York City Council kick the union-busting outfit out of town. The […]

Masivas protestas se oponen a agenda anti musulmana de gobierno indio

December 28, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein

Masivas protestas están estallando en toda la India tras la aprobación el 11 de diciembre del Proyecto de Ley de Enmienda de Ciudadanía (CAB por sus siglas en inglés). La legislación despoja de sus derechos […]

Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 12: Festival Patria Grande fundraising event for Bolivia

December 27, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

Sunday, January 12 – 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. 500 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101 Suggested donation: $20 Mark your calendar for this important fundraiser on January 12th in Pasadena! Bolivian people and supporters of […]

Call to Action: Free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian Prisoners! 15-29 January 2020

December 27, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network are launching an international call for people to take action between 15-29 January 2020 to free Ahmad Sa’adat and all Palestinian prisoners: We […]

Indian government’s anti-Muslim agenda opposed by massive protests

December 17, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein

Massive protests are erupting throughout India following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) on Dec. 11. The legislation strips 200 million Indian Muslims, who account for 14 percent of the population, of their […]

False solutions to climate change flop at UN’s COP25 after Indigneous uprising

December 17, 2019 Jennifer Falcon

Madrid, Spain — The two-week UN climate meeting collapsed Dec. 15, ending with no new commitments to increase ambitions to reduce emissions at the levels needed to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. […]

Behind Guatemalan youth’s death in ICE detention camp

December 17, 2019 Scott Scheffer

New information has come forward about the May 20 death of a child–16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez–while illegally held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concentration camp near McAllen, Texas. Video footage of Carlos’ […]

Defend Lamar Jackson: Broadcaster comments highlight ingrained NFL racism

December 17, 2019 Steven Ceci

Baltimore — A white San Francisco 49ers broadcaster, Tim Ryan, made the following statement about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is African American, after the Ravens beat the 49ers on Dec. 1: “He’s really […]

Protest hits treatment of special education students in Puerto Rico and New York

December 17, 2019 Timón Committee, N.Y. Chapter

The Timón Committee of People and Families with Special Needs, New York Chapter, along with allied organizations, protested on Dec. 14 at Union Square in opposition to Puerto Rico Draft Law 1945, and denounced the […]

Month: December 2019