Month: July 2020

Events

NYC Aug. 15: National Reparations Day Rally

July 19, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
National Reparations Day Rally – Saturday, August 15 @ Trump International Hotel NYC Reparations Now! Join the December 12th Movement on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 2:00 PM for a National Reparations Day Rally in […]
Venezuela

U.S. threatens ‘piracy’ while Iran and Venezuela continue trade

July 19, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
The U.S. has not backed off attempts to block Iran-Venezuela trade. The new attacks are asset forfeiture through U.S. courts targeting “shipping companies, insurers, certifiers and flag states that register vessels,” according to a July […]
Around the world

Philippine communists: Fight against Duterte’s terrorism entails greater sacrifice, courage and wisdom

July 19, 2020 Communist Party of the Philippines
July 18 — Today, the Filipino people enter a new stage of resistance against President Rodrigo Duterte’s tyrannical regime as his draconian terror law goes into effect. As it is set to use the new […]
Fight racism

Black-Indigenous solidarity beats NFL ‘Slurskins’

July 18, 2020 John Parker
Recent events expose that a qualitative change has occurred in this period of history. Marxist social science explains how real changes — those capable of empowering our entire working class and tipping the balance of […]
Covid-19

Rogue nation by Mumia Abu-Jamal

July 18, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal
July 8 — Several days ago, the European Union announced that Americans were not welcome to visit any of the 28 member countries of the EU. Why? Because of the explosive expansion of the coronavirus […]
Cuba

Strengthening cooperation between Vietnamese and Cuban women

July 18, 2020 Vietnam Women’s Union
On June 19, Vietnam Women’s Union President Ha Thi Nga had a meeting with Lianys Torres Rivera, ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Vietnam, and conferred the merit medal “For the Development of Women […]
Around the world

Global protests erupt in response to Philippines ‘terror law’

July 18, 2020 Bayani
On July 3, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law what he calls the “Anti-Terrorism Act,” now the Anti-Terrorism Law. Despite international criticism from human-rights watchdogs, legal professionals and grassroots organizations, the Anti-Terrorism Law will […]
Indigenous peoples

Treaty defenders face off against Trump at Mount Rushmore

July 17, 2020 M. Tiahui
On July 3, more than a hundred Indigenous and allied land defenders stood for hours and blocked a South Dakota highway leading to Mount Rushmore in advance of a scheduled speech and rally by President […]
Fight racism

Baltimore marches against mass incarceration

July 17, 2020 Andre Powell
Baltimore residents spoke out against mass incarceration on July 4. Baltimore was one of many cities responding to the call of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) to use the holiday to […]
Fight racism

Atlanta: Community demands return of Rayshard Brooks memorial site

July 17, 2020 Lizz Toledo
On June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks was murdered by officers of the Atlanta Police Department at the Wendy’s drive-through on University Avenue. Many community members witnessed the murder and were traumatized by the sight of […]