Year: 2019

Georgejackson
Political Prisoners

George Jackson killed Aug. 21, 1971

August 21, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
George Jackson was killed by prison guards on August 21, 1971. At age 18, Jackson was convicted on dubious evidence of a gas station robbery of $70. Based on prior arrests, Jackson was sentenced to […]
Iceoutofbaltimore
Im/migrants and refugees

Maryland Says ICE and camps have got to go

August 21, 2019 Andre Powell
On two consecutive weekends, Maryland residents came out to say “No!” to another U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.  Members of Youth Against War and Racism, the Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly, Migrante and […]
Solidaritymarch1981
Labor and strikes

Call a new “Solidarity Day” against racism and bigotry!

August 21, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
To AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Call a new “Solidarity Day” against racism and bigotry! Defend migrants and refugees! Over 130 years ago, the Wall Street wheeler-dealer Jay Gould declared he could “hire one-half of the […]
Womenmarching
Oppressed genders

History of the Women’s International

August 20, 2019 Berta Joubert-Ceci
It is not accidental that very little is known in the U.S. about the Women’s International Democratic Federation, which was born to fight against the same imperialism that the U.S. leads. On Dec. 1, 1945, […]
Widf
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 […]
Hongkong
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 […]
Cubamaydayphoto
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 […]
Unitedagainstracism
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. […]
2ndamendment
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 […]
Smashwhitesupremacy
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 […]