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Aug. 27 Jacksonville, Florida, March on the RNC: We Can’t Breathe!

July 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT Duval County Courthouse 501 W. Adams St, Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Members of the Coalition to March on the RNC have applied for permits from […]

Juneteenth Webinar: ILWU workers, reparations, capitalism and fighting police terror

July 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Speakers on this webinar, held on June 21, included: Clarence Thomas speaking on the June 19 West Coast longshore worker port shutdown for Juneteenth. He is a retired, third-generation longshore worker, past secretary-treasurer of International […]

Stonewall Webinar: Rebellion against anti-LGBTQ2S bigotry, police terror and racism

July 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Speakers on this webinar, held on June 28, included: Andre Powell, a leader in the LGBTQ2S movement. He was a founder of Labor for Reparations and traveled to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, […]

Free the Basque Country! Spain refuses to act on death squad ties

July 10, 2020 Iña Martinez

In mid-June, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency disclosed documents revealing that former prime minister of Spain, Felipe González, was the head of a terrorist paramilitary group. According to the CIA, González, prime minister of Spain […]

Tell Atlanta officials: Hands off the Rayshard Brooks memorial!

July 10, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Return Wendy’s to community control Sign the petition 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 […]

Cleveland City Council says: End U.S. blockade of Cuba

July 10, 2020 Cheryl LaBash

On July 1, the City Council of Cleveland in the state of Ohio unanimously adopted a resolution calling for “an end to the U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.” The body, which represents […]

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July 4, 2020: A day of Black self-determination

July 9, 2020 Roger Wareham

The People’s Declaration of ‘Frederick Douglass Square’ On July 4th, the People’s Republic of Brooklyn rocked as the December 12th Movement led the community in a people’s street renaming. To loud cheers and applause from […]

Atlanta July 11: March for Rayshard Brooks – Take Back the Wendy’s

July 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

This Saturday, July 11, at 2 p.m. – March for Rayshard Brooks and community control – They Say Get Back – We Say Fight Back. We won’t let the Atlanta elite just change the narrative […]

Black voter suppression near 1950s level

July 8, 2020 Gary Wilson

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 6 that states can penalize members of the Electoral College who do not support the winner of their state’s popular vote in a presidential election. The court’s ruling is […]

Philadelphia protest: Free Mumia! Free them all!

July 7, 2020 Stephen Millies

Over 500 people came to Philadelphia’s City Hall on July 4 to demand that Mumia Abu-Jamal be freed. It was the largest action inside Philadelphia for the imprisoned revolutionary Black writer in years. Every July […]