Year: 2019

Reaganandnixon
Fight racism

Klansmen in the White House

August 5, 2019 Stephen Millies
California Gov. Ronald Reagan was angry that the most populous country in the world―the People’s Republic of China―had finally taken its rightful seat in the United Nations in 1971. But he was furious at the […]
Smashwhitesupremacy
Events

National Days of Action Against White Supremacy

August 4, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
On Aug. 10 and 11, the National Days of Action Against White Supremacy will mark the second anniversary of the courageous counterdemonstration in Charlottesville, Va., against racist, fascist organizations encouraged by Donald Trump. The racist […]
Strikingworkersatshakopee
Labor and strikes

‘We are not robots!’ Amazon workers and their supporters stage strikes and protests worldwide

August 4, 2019 Sharon Black
Shakopee workers lead the way On Prime Day, Amazon’s so-called bargain shopping days, Shakopee, Minn., workers conducted a strike despite major intimidation tactics by the company.  Bosses, police and “loss prevention” specialists lined the entrance […]
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Political Prisoners

Pennsylvania prison headquarters padlock doors to keep Mumia supporters out

August 4, 2019 Andre Powell
On July 23, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal from up and down the East Coast gathered at Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections headquarters in Mechanicsville, Pa., to deliver petitions to the department head requesting that they give […]
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In the U.S.

How they made Baltimore poor

August 3, 2019 Stephen Millies
Trump’s repeated attacks against Baltimore and Maryland congressperson Elijah Cummings have the smell of fascism. Describing the Black-majority city of Baltimore as a “very dangerous & filthy place,” the White House bigot also tweeted that […]
Mexico autoworkers
Capitalism and Marxism

Trump tariffs clash with globalized capitalist production

August 2, 2019 Fred Goldstein
The Trump administration is caught between its “America First” super-imperialist, great power chauvinist politics on the one hand, and the capitalist world division of labor on the other hand.  At every turn the contradiction between […]
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1619

From the Terrible Transformation to the Creation of the Negro: A Black Socialist Analysis of the First Century of Slavery in North America

August 1, 2019 Matsemela Odom
In Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, the late popular historian Lerone Bennett refers to the African captives who arrived in Jamestown in 1619 as immigrants. “An estimated million of these slaves found […]
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Palestine

Solidarity with Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon

August 1, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
A rally outside the Lebanese Mission to the United Nations in New York City on July 30 protested the treatment of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Demonstrations were also held a few days before […]
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Im/migrants and refugees

Shouts of ‘Abolish ICE!’ confront California ICE director

August 1, 2019 Scott Scheffer
The Long Beach, Calif., home of Thomas Giles, acting regional director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was the site of a taco truck, a terrific mariachi band and protesters who were there to call […]
Marlyn barnes
Events

Baltimore Aug. 1: Demand Truth & Justice for Marlyn Barnes!

July 31, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Hosted by Prisoners Solidarity Committee and Peoples Power Assembly Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT 900 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21223 Join us for a picket with Marlyn’s mother, […]