Month: May 2020

Around the world

Hamburg: Refugees, supporters demand COVID-19 protection

May 11, 2020 No Pasarán Hamburg
On May 7, activists from the Lampedusa Group in Hamburg, Germany, gathered in front of the city hall to demand basic human rights that have been denied them since their arrival in the city in […]
Around the world

Michael Lucas, immigrant organizer and friend of Soviet people

May 11, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Michael Lucas, editor of Northstar Compass and leader of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with the Soviet People, died in Toronto on May 4. He was 94. Lucas was a fixture of the […]
In the U.S.

Tom Cotton needs an education

May 11, 2020 Stephen Millies
Sen. Tom Cotton wants to stop Chinese college students from studying science in the United States. The Arkansas statesman told Fox News on April 26 that “if Chinese students want to come here and study […]
Fight racism

Trump’s green card suspension does nothing but incite racism

May 11, 2020 Bayani
On April 22, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that nominally suspends immigration and the issuance of green cards (Permanent Resident Cards) for 60 days, effective on April 24.  The purpose of the proclamation, according […]
Events

Justice for Marlyn Barnes & Prisoners Solidarity Car Caravan

May 10, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT 20th Street & Charles Street, Baltimore May 14, is the birthday of Marlyn Barnes. The Peoples Power Assembly/Prisoners Solidarity Committee along with the Barnes […]
Events

Call to action! Week of Palestinian struggle, 15-22 May 2020

May 10, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
View this call to action in French: https://palestinevaincra.com/2020/05/du-15-au-22-mai-rejoignez-la-semaine-de-lutte-palestinienne/ On 15-22 May 2020 Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all organizations, activists and movements to join us in a collective Week of Palestinian Struggle.  On these […]
Fight racism

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

May 10, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
  End white supremacy and racist murder Statement from Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido Similarities between the cases of Trayvon Martin, murdered Feb. 26, 2012, and Ahmaud Arbery, murdered Feb. 23, 2020, are peculiar. […]
Venezuela

Venezuela smashes U.S.-based mercenary coup attempt

May 10, 2020 Scott Scheffer
In the early morning hours of May 3, sixty trained mercenaries in speedboats left Colombia and motored toward the northern coast of Venezuela, north of Caracas.  Their plan was to inspire a counterrevolutionary mutiny among […]
Around the world

The Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin ended Nazi terror

May 10, 2020 Bill Dores
May 9, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. At least 80 million people died in the Second World War, 3 percent […]
History

Remembering May 8, 1945, massacre in Algeria

May 9, 2020 Bill Dores
On May 8, 1945, people around the world took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. In the town of Setif in French-ruled […]