Month: June 2020

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Delbert Africa Passes Mon., June 15, 2020

June 16, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Delbert Africa passed away last night on Monday, June 15, 2020. He was at home with his family around him. Delbert Africa was an early counterpart 42 years before George Floyd. Besides his original, brutal […]
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Now’s the time to join a revolutionary organization fighting for socialism!

June 16, 2020 Socialist Unity Party
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””] We all know that something is deadly wrong with this system. Capitalism is failing to meet the basic needs for human survival. If you’re a member of the working class, you […]
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Los Angeles: LGBTQ2S march in solidarity with Black lives

June 16, 2020 Scott Scheffer
On June 14, the LGBTQ2S community in Los Angeles chanted and shouted their anger over police racism and violence in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in a huge march.  Thousands of handmade signs […]
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Racism in sports: Drew Brees and whitewashing history

June 16, 2020 Lev Koufax
Since late May, oppressed and working-class people across the United States have risen up and rebelled against racism and the brutal police war on Black and Brown communities. From major metropolitan areas like Minneapolis and […]
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Longshore workers call for strike on Juneteenth

June 14, 2020 ILWU Coast Committee
On Friday, June 19, 2020, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division will stop work for eight hours on the first shift in 29 West Coast ports from Bellingham, Wash., to San […]
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Haiti: We stand in solidarity to demand an end to police terror

June 14, 2020 Haitian peasant organizations
Port-au-Prince, May 31 — We strongly denounce the brutal acts of the police against people in the United States who are demonstrating to demand justice for George Floyd, who died tragically at the hands of […]
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Black socialist leader: ‘Demands must clarify our reality’

June 12, 2020 John Parker
These words are inspired by Joe Biden telling us what it is to be Black.  You see, not all Black folk look or think alike. And not every organization will have the same political analysis […]
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Thousands in Baltimore march against racist police system

June 12, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Saturday, June 6, the Peoples Power Assembly led a demonstration in Baltimore demanding justice for George Floyd and the abolition of the Baltimore Police Department. Other demands included not one more dollar for the […]
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From a high school activist: Getting radical during George Floyd protests

June 11, 2020 Ripley Butterfield
My name is Ripley, and I’m a tenth grade student from Brooklyn. For the past few months, I’ve been reflecting a lot on my political and activist identity, something I neglected for years. As a […]
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Los Angeles: Caravan Against Police Terror draws community support

June 11, 2020 Dulce Garcia
Los Angeles — The recent death of George Floyd due to police brutality has caused a lot of people to unite through this very heartbreaking and difficult situation. It’s not the first time this has […]