Month: May 2020

Socialism and dignity

Socialism and dignity: Seniors are not roadkill

May 16, 2020 Stephen Millies
Why are so many people in nursing homes dying from the coronavirus? Over 28,000 people across the United States have died in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.  Nearly 35 percent of the COVID-19 […]
Cuba

Attack on Cuban embassy in Washington brings complicit silence from U.S. government

May 15, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla discussed the April 30 attack on the country’s embassy in Washington with the press, stating: “Here is the attacker, an AK-47 rifle, 32 shell casings, 32 bullet holes and […]
Around the world

Borotba: Everyone to the defense of the Turkish comrades!

May 14, 2020 Borotba
Struggle-La Lucha is sharing this statement from the banned Ukrainian Marxist organization Borotba (Struggle).  May 14 — Before our eyes, we are witnessing an unequal confrontation between the Turkish state and our comrades, the communist […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Denver caravan protests ICE bosses

May 14, 2020 Kevin Niemann
On May 3, a caravan protest in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., demanded the release of all prisoners while drawing attention to the conditions at the GEO Group’s Aurora concentration camp for migrants. The […]
Events

May 13 – 35 Year Anniversary of MOVE Bombing

May 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT Facebook Livestream, Instagram Join the MOVE Organization and supporters of MOVE as we commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing on Osage Avenue. […]
Events

May 17: The struggle for justice continues in Turkey

May 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
An internet conference and concert for solidarity with the ongoing Hunger Strike Till Death (Death Fast) resistance in Turkey will be broadcast live on the Internet, Sunday, May 17th at 19:00 CEST. The conference is […]
Events

Webinar May 19: Cuba, Africa and the Caribbean

May 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM EDT Register today: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fCgw1XYWSmK3vfzrP1yF-g Join for a dynamic webinar celebrating Cuba’s contribution to struggles in Africa and the Caribbean, held on the occasion of the […]
Events

CALL TO ACTION: Protect Palestinian-American researcher Ubai Aboudi from Israeli military detention

May 12, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Ubai Aboudi is a Palestinian-American civilian, father, researcher, educator, director of the Bisan Center for Research and Development who was abducted by Israeli military without charges on November 13, 2019. Ubai was also working to […]
Fight racism

I run with Ahmaud

May 11, 2020 Rebecka Jackson-Moeser
We need to start by understanding the nature of slavery. Slavery is a condition in which one must work for a master, follow his rules, exist within the narrow confines of expression he allows, remain […]
Fight racism

National Alliance statement on the lynching of Ahmaud Arbery

May 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
This past Thursday, May 7th, Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, a father and son lynch crew, were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man on the eve of his 26th birthday. […]