Year: 2019

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Venezuela

‘We will never surrender’ – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza speaks

April 26, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York — More than 100 people filled The People’s Forum in midtown Manhattan on April 25 to hear the truth about Venezuela. The main speaker was Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat, who […]
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Puerto Rico

AES’s coal ash pollutes Puerto Rico

April 26, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
On April 18, a delegation of Puerto Rican activists and supporters delivered a strong message to the AES stockholders meeting in Arlington, Va. “Get out of Puerto Rico, clean up the mess you made!” they […]
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Events

New York: Support Laundry Workers on May Day

April 25, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Support the Laundry Workers on May 1 In East Harlem – 12:00 pm – 215 East 116th Street. After years of wage theft and unsafe working conditions, the workers dared to fight back. With community […]
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Venezuela

Make May Day U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Day

April 23, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The workers’ struggle has no borders In the midst of the many important workers’ struggles we are waging, it is critical that May Day participants raise the banner of “U.S. Hands Off Venezuela” and demand […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Ukraine: Borotba cautions on Zelensky, urges people to take streets May 1

April 23, 2019 Borotba Union Council
On April 21, TV comedian Vladimir Zelensky won a stunning upset in Ukraine’s presidential runoff election, a country where the U.S. helped to engineer an ultraright coup five years ago. Zelensky’s victory over incumbent president […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Background to Sudan crisis: Who gets blame for deaths in Darfur?

April 23, 2019 John Parker
Protests continue in Sudan since a military junta overthrew the longtime al-Bashir government in early April. This article, originally published in 2007, provides important background on the role of imperialism in Sudan and the North […]
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Events

Washington: Protest on 5th anniversary of massacre in Odessa, Ukraine

April 22, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
May 2 Protest at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Odessa Solidarity Campaign See event on Facebook Thursday at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT At 3350 M St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20007 […]
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Labor and strikes

An Amazon worker tells all

April 21, 2019 Sharon Black, former Amazon worker
There are few things that illustrate the ethical bankruptcy of capitalism as much as Jeff Bezos’ obscene amassed wealth. Bezos is the richest person in the world, raking in $236 million a minute, with a […]
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Indigenous peoples

Four die at Pine Ridge reservation while federal government ignores pleas for flood aid

April 20, 2019 M. Tiahui
This spring, extreme weather devastated reservations in several Midwest states. Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, Ponca, Standing Rock and several more reservations were all impacted by blizzards and flooding. While farming and other communities in […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Prisoners of the Empire: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning!

April 20, 2019 Greg Butterfield
On April 11, British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had lived and worked for nearly seven years, after the turncoat government of President Lenín Moreno […]