2020 – Page 26 – Struggle

Borotba: Workers should put an end to crisis in Belarus

August 29, 2020 Borotba

Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned by the U.S.-backed government of Ukraine, issued the following statement on Aug. 25. Borotba activists continue their work from exile, in the anti-fascist Donbass republics, and underground in […]

Media show little interest in Israeli bombing of Gaza

August 28, 2020 Alan MacLeod

Israel is bombing Palestine again, although you likely wouldn’t guess that from watching TV news. For the eleventh straight night, Israeli Defense Force warplanes have been bombing the densely populated Gaza Strip. Israel’s bombs have […]

Turkey: People’s attorney Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of hunger strike

August 28, 2020 Anti-Imperialist Front

Aug. 27 — Today, our comrade, a member of the People’s Law Office, Ebru Timtik, was martyred in the 238th day of a death fast hunger strike. She was assassinated by imperialism and fascism because […]

NYC postal workers rally

August 28, 2020 Stephen Millies

Postal workers and their supporters demonstrated across the country on Aug. 25. They were protesting the attacks on the postal service by President Trump and Postmaster General DeJoy. In New York City, a protest rally […]

Celebrating the Life of Fidel Castro Ruz – on his 94th birthday

August 28, 2020 Gloria Verdieu

On Aug. 13, 2020, the U.S.-Cuba Normalization International Conference webinar celebrated and honored the life and legacy of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz on his 94th birthday. This historic event was attended by hundreds on […]

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Justice for Jacob Blake, Aug. 28

August 27, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Justice for Jacob Blake! No more business as usual Friday, August 28 – 5:00 p.m. Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11216 Millions of Black people support the NBA, WNBA and MLB […]

Solidarity with Cuban Women Federation in their 60th Anniversary

August 27, 2020 Berta Joubert-Ceci

Just eight months after the victory of the Cuban Revolution, on Aug. 23, 1960, the Federation of Cuban Women was founded. At that meeting, Fidel Castro remembered the historic contributions of Cuban women, including mothers […]

60 aniversario: Una mensaje a Federación de Mujeres Cubanas

August 27, 2020 Berta Joubert-Ceci

Apenas ocho meses después del triunfo de la Revolución Cubana el 23 de agosto de 1960, se fundó la Federación de Mujeres Cubanas. En esa reunión Fidel Castro recordó las contribuciones históricas de las mujeres cubanas, […]

Socialism and dignity: We need free public transit

August 26, 2020 Stephen Millies

New York City bus riders will have to start paying $2.75 again on Aug. 31. That’s 55 times what the fare was in 1948, when it cost a nickel. Transit systems in Baltimore, Chicago and […]

Trump, China, TikTok, Tulsa. Free speech?

August 25, 2020 Jasmine Johnson

On Aug. 5, President Donald Trump announced that he’s planning on banning TikTok due to “security risks” and the fact that the app collects data of the users. There are lots of people happy (mostly […]