Month: April 2020

Lenin

Lenin 150: What he can teach us about this historic moment

April 20, 2020 Melinda Butterfield
For a major anniversary like the 150th birthday of V.I. Lenin on April 22, 2020, it’s tempting to try and write some overarching summary of his enormous revolutionary contributions: building a revolutionary party, imperialism and […]
Lenin

A George Washington he wasn’t: Why Leninism still lives

April 20, 2020 David Grey
Originally published in the Jan./Feb. 1991 issue (#8) of Liberation and Marxism magazine. “David Grey” was a shared pen name for editors Vince Copeland and David Perez. Right now, it’s hard to find any pro-capitalist […]
Covid-19

Baltimore caravan demands protection for prisoners

April 20, 2020 Lev Koufax
On April 18, progressive working-class activists in Baltimore held a car caravan in solidarity with those currently incarcerated in Maryland jails and prisons. The caravan, organized by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee and the Peoples Power […]
Covid-19

Coronavirus central in Queens, N.Y.

April 20, 2020 Stephen Millies
As of April 19, some 8,798 people in five adjoining zip codes in the Queens borough of New York City have the coronavirus. About 350,000 people live there. One out of 40 has the virus. […]
Events

Friday April 24th Teach-in – Rise Up Resist – Mumia’s 66th Birthday

April 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Long Distance Revolutionary Mumia Abu- Jamal’s 66th Birthday Teach-In – Friday, April 24, 2020  6 to 9 PM Rise Up & Resist! Release Mumia Abu Jamal and All Political Prisoners, NOW! To register to view […]
In the U.S.

As Sanders ends campaign, ‘Don’t mourn, organize’: Build a movement to fight for socialism!

April 19, 2020 Sharon Black
On April 8, Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. More recently, in a move that was widely expected, Sanders endorsed Joe Biden as the presumed Democratic nominee. While this moment is very painful for […]
Palestine

Miranda Etel interview: Palestinian Prisoners Day

April 19, 2020 Sharon Black
On April 17, Palestinian Prisoners Day, Struggle-La Lucha interviewed Miranda Etel, a young Jewish activist who organized a car caravan from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., to support Palestinian-led protests against the American Israel Public Affairs […]
Political Prisoners

Locked up and locked down

April 18, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal
April 10 — For nearly a month now, all prisoners in Pennsylvania state prisons — over 40,000 men and women — have been locked down. What does “locked down” mean? When I was on death […]
Cuba

Cuba’s victory at Bay of Pigs made medical solidarity possible

April 17, 2020 Miranda Etel
Fifty-nine years ago, on April 17, 1961, Cuba defeated a U.S-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón). The invasion’s purpose was to destroy the Cuban Revolution. The CIA armed, trained and transported the […]
Political Prisoners

Coronavirus pandemic: Remove prisoners from these death cells!

April 17, 2020 John Parker
It appears that the U.S. government — headed by Donald Trump and enabled by Democrats who refuse to seriously check the most egregious actions of this fascist-minded, racist and sexist president — is using the […]