Month: April 2020

Covid-19

Pandemia del Covid-19 es un hecho histórico, intensificará la lucha de la clase obrera en todo el mundo

April 27, 2020 Tom Soto
24 de abril de 2020 — Un amigo y compañero, Mikol, me explicó recientemente que la pandemia del virus Covid-19 es de proporciones tan grandes a escala mundial que seguramente intensificará la lucha de los […]
Indigenous peoples

Set Leonard Peltier free now

April 27, 2020 Levi Rickert
Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the publisher and editor of Native News Online. Often during powwows and other Indigenous gatherings, it is common to hear elders pray for those who are incarcerated. Elders […]
Events

New Orleans: May Day Car + Bike Rally

April 26, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
No reopening until it’s safe! Workers’ Safety Before Capitalist Profits! In the spirit of International Workers’ Day, or “May Day,” we will be having a car and bike rally on May 1, while practicing social […]
Around the world

As Zimbabwe turns 40: End U.S. sanctions

April 25, 2020 Amadi Ajamu
On April 18, 1980, the people of Zimbabwe declared their independence from British colonizers after many years of armed struggle. Their struggle to maintain their independence continues today. Africans on the continent and in the […]
Fight racism

Condolence message on the passing of Father Lawrence Lucas

April 25, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
It is with heartfelt sympathy that we send our condolences on the passing of Father Lawrence Lucas, one of the founders of the December 12th Movement. Father Lucas has such a rich and powerful history […]
Venezuela

House-to-house: How Venezuela, with help of Cuban doctors, is stopping coronavirus

April 25, 2020 Marco Teruggi
One of the strategies for dealing with the coronavirus in Venezuela, in addition to quarantine, is house-to-house visits that doctors make to detect cases of contagion and treat them early. Many of the doctors are […]
Events

April 26: Virtual memorial for Father Lawrence Lucas

April 24, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Covid-19

How Covid-19 shows U.S. dependence on workers

April 24, 2020 Gary Wilson
Health care workers, nurses, farmworkers, transit operators, grocery store clerks, warehouse packers, delivery workers, truck drivers, dockworkers, restaurant order takers, call center workers, service and industrial workers form the backbone of the U.S. economy.  When […]
Covid-19

Longshore union demands protection for members and community

April 24, 2020 Lallan Schoenstein
Leaders and members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Locals 10, 34, 75 and 91 protested outside the office of the Stevedores Services of America (SSA) terminal at the Port of Oakland, Calif., […]
Labor and strikes

ILWU Local 10 says: ‘Unite all working people on May Day’

April 24, 2020 International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10
Our union is facing some historic challenges. The collapse of the world economy and the threat of the coronavirus to our members, families and communities have become a life and death question. While we are […]