Month: July 2020

Indigenous peoples

Dismantle Now! Black and Indigenous solidarity march in Boston

July 17, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
On July 8, multiple Boston-area Indigenous, Black and Afro-Brazilian groups held a rally and march demanding police abolition, the immediate removal of symbols of white supremacy, and investment in the economic development and self-determination of […]
Indigenous peoples

Border wall threatens Kumeyaay Nation burial sites

July 16, 2020 Zola Fish
Members of the Kumeyaay Nation gathered in Boulevard, Calif., on June 30 to halt the building of Donald Trump’s border wall. The Army Corps of Engineers has been using dynamite to blast an existing wall […]
Covid-19

Millions face eviction while banks grab billions

July 16, 2020 Stephen Millies
Alvin Kinnard was jailed for nearly 36 years in Alabama for allegedly stealing $50.75 from a bakery. His real crime was being Black and poor. Kinnard was 22 years old when he was sentenced to […]
Cuba

Terrorism against Cuba is U.S. state policy

July 16, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote
The United States government has been the main organizer and sponsor of terrorism in the world since the country’s emergence as a power with aspirations of universal hegemony. Over the course of contemporary history, this […]
Cuba

El terrorismo contra Cuba es la política del estado de EE. UU.

July 16, 2020 Raúl Antonio Capote
Estados Unidos ha sido el principal organizador y patrocinador del terrorismo en el mundo, desde su surgimiento como potencia con aspiraciones de hegemonía universal. En el transcurso de la historia contemporánea, esa nación creó, estructuró […]
Around the world

Haiti and Bastille Day

July 14, 2020 Stephen Millies
July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a hated prison called the Bastille and began the French Revolution. The continual intervention of poor […]
Socialism and dignity

Socialism and dignity: U.S. capitalist health care is racist

July 14, 2020 Stephen Millies
Deamonte Driver didn’t have to die. An abscessed tooth led to the 12-year-old Black youth’s death on Feb. 25, 2007.  Deamonte’s mother, Alyce Driver, worked two jobs. But her pay was so low that she […]
Indigenous peoples

‘Historic day’ for Standing Rock as pipeline company told to shut down, remove oil

July 14, 2020 Kolby KickingWoman
Updated: Another blow for pipelines: The U.S. Supreme Court has kept in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key permit for the Keystone XL Kolby KickingWoman Indian Country Today A federal judge has […]
Events

July 18th Day of Protest: Stop Police Crimes! Community Control Now

July 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Hosted by National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression Saturday, July 18, 2020 EVERYWHERE We are calling a national day of protest in what has now been a double-edged sword of crisis, with the pandemic […]
Events

Baltimore July 18: Nat’l Day to Stop Police Crimes! Community Control Now – Free Them All

July 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT 2011 N Charles St, Baltimore MARCH & CAR CARAVAN Stop Police Crimes! Community Control Now! Free Them All! July 18th Day of Protest We […]