Year: 2019

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Events

Oct. 19-20: National Network on Cuba Annual Meeting and evening public event

October 7, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
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Events

Oct. 7 Candlelight Vigil in D.C.: Cameroonian Dead in ICE Custody

October 7, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Monday, October 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT 500 12th St SW, Washington, DC 20024 Hosted by Cameroon American Council From #CameroonCrisis to #BorderCrisis: Cameroonian Immigrant Dead in ICE Custody **Please donate […]
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Fight racism

Justice for Dennis Carolino, end police terror in San Diego

October 7, 2019 Dennis Childs
It appeared to be a Saturday like any other in my East San Diego community of El Cerrito. I had just finished a run and was headed down the hill on Adelaide Avenue to my […]
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Fight racism

Resisting police abuse forum in Los Angeles

October 7, 2019 Jefferson Azevedo
On Sept. 21, the British documentary titled “The Hard Stop” was presented at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles, as part of a series of screenings through different cities in the […]
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Workers in Russia, Donbass express solidarity with GM strikers

October 4, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Struggle-La Lucha received this statement from workers’ organizations in Russia and the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. We declare our solidarity with workers of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union on strike at the General […]
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Cuba

Union organization votes to #unblockCuba

October 4, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (AFL-CIO) 15th Biennial Convention unanimously called “for an immediate end to the U.S. government’s economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, including restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. […]
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Venezuela

Why do progressive Democrats slander Venezuela?

October 3, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Sept. 12, ABC TV broadcast the third Democratic Party presidential primary debate. It showcased 10 candidates who answered questions on a variety of policy issues, including health care, immigration, gun violence and foreign policy.  […]
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Cuba

U.S. denies visa to Cuban Health Minister to attend international health meeting in Washington

October 3, 2019 Cheryl LaBash
Health ministers from throughout the Americas gathered in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, for a week of meetings to set regional health goals and priorities at the 57th Directing Council of the Pan American Health […]
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Around the world

Washington protest says: Don’t support Colombia repression with tourism

October 3, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Sept. 27, activists demonstrated outside the Colombian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The picket line denounced the violent regime of President Iván Duque, supported by the U.S., and decades of reactionary policies by previous Colombian […]
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Events

Oct. 2 Twitter storm to end Israeli torture and free Samer Arbeed

October 1, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
At 8:00 pm Palestine time (1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific) on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, join a Twitter storm to demand Israel end its torture of Palestinian political prisoners and free hospitalized detainee […]