Month: June 2020

Bayan
Fight racism

​​​​​​​Re-embracing internationalism and class solidarity in the time of #BlackLivesMatter

June 17, 2020 Berna Ellorin and Adrian Bonifacio
The struggle against systemic racism and the police state in the U.S. is integral and linked to the struggle against U.S. wars of aggression overseas. “The time has come for forging a clearer path to […]
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Events

New York July 25: USA out of Puerto Rico!

June 17, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT El Barrio, East Harlem, New York Saturday, July 25th, 2020 is the 122nd Anniversary of the Invasion and Colonization of Puerto Rico! 122 years […]
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LGBTQ+

In the spirit of Stonewall: Unite against racist police terror

June 17, 2020 Socialist Unity Party
Embracing the authentic meaning of “the spirit of Stonewall,” last year in New York City, the Reclaim Pride Coalition organized a huge, militant, multinational, multigender, multigenerational, youth-led march reclaiming the rebellious essence of the 1969 […]
Atlantablockmayor2
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Justice for Rayshard Brooks: Protest blocks mayor from leaving City Hall

June 17, 2020 Lizz Toledo
June 15 — Today, protesters shouting “No justice, no peace, no racist police!” surrounded and blocked Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ car from leaving City Hall. This came after a weekend of rebellion in response […]
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Donald Trump’s June 1 coup attempt

June 16, 2020 Gary Wilson
On Monday, June 1, Donald Trump called Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to the White House, where he got on […]
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China

Marines retool for war on China

June 16, 2020 Scott Scheffer
As the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. approaches 120,000, the Trump administration is relying heavily on anti-China propaganda — including wild accusations, right-wing conspiracy theories and racist anti-Asian rhetoric that greenlit physical attacks and […]
Cubabrigades
In the U.S.

Attempts to undermine Cuban medical brigades will not succeed

June 16, 2020 Bill Hackwell at Resumen
Every evening for the past two-and-a-half months, the people of Cuba have come out on their streets and porches to applaud and cheer for the 3,000 members of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade who […]
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Fight racism

Defend Seattle CHAZ – no police-military intervention!

June 16, 2020 Greg Butterfield
In a month of extraordinary rebellions following the police execution of George Floyd, one of the most significant is the takeover of a six-block area around the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct, where the local […]
PR BlackSolidarity5
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New York: Black-Puerto Rican solidarity on the march

June 16, 2020 Greg Butterfield
New York — Thousands of people filled the streets of Washington Heights, Harlem and El Barrio (East Harlem) on June 14 for a militant demonstration of Black-Latinx solidarity against racist police terror.  Puerto Rican and […]
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Events

Baltimore Juneteenth March & Peoples Assembly

June 16, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT 20th and N. Charles Street 21218 This weekend we will commemorate Juneteenth and March for #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor, #RayshardBrooks, #ToyinSalau and all victims of racism […]