Year: 2020

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Elections

After the election: ‘It’s time to occupy the streets’

November 5, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Talk given at “Demand a People’s Mandate” rally in New York on Nov. 4, organized by the N.Y. Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. As expected, Donald Trump declared himself the winner of the presidential […]
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Elections

Lil Wayne’s support of Trump: a Black communist responds

November 3, 2020 Russ Mack
On Oct. 29, New Orleans-born rap icon Lil Wayne announced his support for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in a Twitter post that included a photo of himself grinning and making a thumbs-up for the camera […]
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Political Prisoners

Jalil Muntaqim, recently paroled after 49 years, was arrested Friday and is facing re-imprisonment for completing a voter registration form

November 3, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Please sign the Petition . . . scroll down Community sign on letter is here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW2zfSqUm28Xk7BbUi2gicD-YwAcbwfvI3vG3ToOdyiYeXDw/viewform?usp=embed_facebook  Please sign the Support for Jalil Muntaqim Petition immediately:  STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR JALIL MUNTAQIM We the undersigned fully […]
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Venezuela

How Venezuela has held back COVID-19 in spite of the U.S. sanctions stranglehold on its economy

November 3, 2020 Vijay Prashad
María Lourdes Urbaneja Durant tells Vijay Prashad that despite sabotage by the U.S., Venezuela has been able to curb the spread of COVID-19 through “participation of the people” Not for one minute during this pandemic […]
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Elections

Estados Unidos celebra elecciones en condiciones que condenaría en otros países

November 2, 2020 Junta Editorial Colectiva
La siguiente entrevista con Greg Butterfield de Struggle-La Lucha fue realizada en octubre por miembros del Comité Editorial Colectivo, una red de sitios de noticias comunistas en Rusia y Donbass, y publicada en ruso e […]
Detroit
Events

Detroit Nov. 4: Stop Trump From Stealing the Election! Every Vote Must Be Counted!

November 2, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Wednesday at 2 PM EST Detroit Department of Elections Hosted by Detroit Will Breathe, Moratorium NOW! Coalition and Sunrise Movement Detroit
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Events

Minneapolis Day after elections: National Day of Protest for a People’s Mandate, Nov. 4

November 2, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 7 PM EST – 9 PM EST 301 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis Day after the elections – Get ready to fight! No matter the outcome, we need a People’s Mandate […]
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Cuba

Facebook bans Cuba solidarity conference

November 2, 2020 National Network on Cuba
Facebook bans the event page for a conference featuring ambassadors, doctors, scholars, elected officials, labor and religious figures. What is Facebook afraid of? Even in the time of a COVID pandemic, when Cuba has been […]
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Elections

U.S. holds elections in conditions it would condemn in other countries

November 2, 2020 Collective Editorial Board
The following interview with Struggle-La Lucha’s Greg Butterfield was conducted in October by members of the Collective Editorial Board, a network of communist news sites in Russia and Donbass, and published in Russian and English […]
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Korea

Seventy years later: Remember Chinese solidarity against U.S. invasion of Korea

November 2, 2020 Lev Koufax
Seventy years ago, beginning on Oct. 25, 1950, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu River into the Korean Peninsula in defense of the Korean Revolution. Earlier that month, a coalition of United […]