Month: November 2020

Elections

Vets, activists call on soldiers to reject orders to overturn election

November 26, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Last June 1, as reported by Struggle-La Lucha, President Donald Trump attempted to carry out a coup d’état when his administration ordered U.S. soldiers and National Guard troops to “dominate” Washington, D.C., during mass protests […]
Events

Free Leonard Peltier – Learn about his case & letter writing, Nov. 29

November 26, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST Sunday, 11/29, 5 pm Eastern Time (if you tune in from the West Coast 1 pm) Free Leonard Peltier and Letter Writing REGISTER HERE […]
Around the world

Three typhoons rock the Philippines, militant students strike

November 25, 2020 Bayani
As if extrajudicial killings, the worst COVID-19 infection rate in Southeast Asia and a renewed government effort of red-tagging weren’t enough, the Filipino people were struck by three typhoons within the space of three weeks. […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Deadly migration crisis in the Canary Islands

November 25, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
According to official records, more than 1,200 refugees have lost their lives trying to reach Europe in 2020. Many more deaths at sea are not reported. All of these deaths are a direct consequence of […]
Events

#FreeKhitamSaafin #FreePalestinianWomen: Join the social media action 25 November!

November 24, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
#FreeKhitamSaafin #FreePalestinianWomen: Social Media Action 25 November for Khitam Saafin and the Palestinian Women’s Movement Wednesday, 25 November 10 am Pacific – 1 pm Eastern – 7 pm central Europe – 8 pm Palestine Use […]
Chicago 1919

Socialist countries beat back COVID-19

November 24, 2020 Scott Scheffer
Nov. 22 — Another wave of COVID-19 is raging across the U.S. The death count has now reached a quarter-million; Black, Brown and Indigenous communities have suffered the heaviest toll.  After actively discouraging all recommended […]
Elections

The coup that killed JFK and Trump’s attempted coup

November 24, 2020 Stephen Millies
A coup d’etat could never happen in the “democratic” United States, right? So how did LBJ — Lyndon B. Johnson — become president? President John F. Kennedy was brutally assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, […]
Puerto Rico

The fallacy of statehood win in Puerto Rico elections

November 24, 2020 Professor Ana M. López
Nov. 17 — It is a fallacy that this consultation constituted a majority vote and that the people of Puerto Rico “staked their claim to admission as the 51st State of the Union.” (New York […]
Events

Call-in to Mike Freeman: Demand he drop the charges against I94 protesters, Nov. 23

November 22, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Monday, November 23, 2020 at 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST Online Event Call County Attorney Mike Freeman Demand he drop the charges against I94 protesters! (612) 348-5550 More that 646 people were charged criminally […]
Events

#BlackLivesMatter #VidasNegras Importam – NY Solidarity with Brazil, Nov. 22

November 22, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST Union Sq S, New York Coalizão Negra por Direitos – Brazilian Black Coalition for rights, and the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee New York, […]