Year: 2020

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Labor and strikes

May Day 2020: Strike, don’t die for Trump and capitalism!

April 29, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
When the workers of the world awaken on May 1, 2020, they will confront a global situation that is very different from just a year ago.  Then, the latest capitalist crisis was only taking shape. […]
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Covid-19

Blaming the victims

April 29, 2020 Stephen Millies
Have any union members been seen at the recent Tea Party rallies at the state capitols? Working and poor people need jobs and income. But they’re not too keen on rolling back the absolutely necessary […]
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Cuba

North Americans call for cooperation with Cuba in #SavingLives Campaign

April 29, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
For immediate release April 29, 2020 ‘Why not in the U.S. and Canada?’ North Americans call for cooperation with Cuba in #SavingLives Campaign The U.S.-Cuba-Canada Collaboration to Fight Covid-19 announced today more than two hundred […]
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Political Prisoners

Mobilizing for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 66th Birthday in the Midst of COVID-19

April 28, 2020 Gloria Verdieu and Mary Lou Finley
All of us, every one of us, when we fight, we win. So let us fight together. Never forget the love for each and every one of you for the remarkable work you have done […]
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Cuba

Cuba’s COVID-19 medical brigades are not medical diplomacy — they are international solidarity at its finest

April 28, 2020 Bill Hackwell at Resumen
On April 26, the latest medical brigade from Cuba’s Henry Reeves contingent arrived in South Africa to join the front lines with those saving lives in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. After a 14-day […]
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Covid-19

COVID-19 pandemic is a historic event that will intensify working-class struggle worldwide

April 27, 2020 Tom Soto
April 24, 2020 — A friend and comrade, Mikol, recently explained that the COVID-19 virus pandemic is of such proportions on a world scale that it will surely intensify the struggle of the workers and […]
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Covid-19

Pandemia del Covid-19 es un hecho histórico, intensificará la lucha de la clase obrera en todo el mundo

April 27, 2020 Tom Soto
24 de abril de 2020 — Un amigo y compañero, Mikol, me explicó recientemente que la pandemia del virus Covid-19 es de proporciones tan grandes a escala mundial que seguramente intensificará la lucha de los […]
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Indigenous peoples

Set Leonard Peltier free now

April 27, 2020 Levi Rickert
Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the publisher and editor of Native News Online. Often during powwows and other Indigenous gatherings, it is common to hear elders pray for those who are incarcerated. Elders […]
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Events

New Orleans: May Day Car + Bike Rally

April 26, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
No reopening until it’s safe! Workers’ Safety Before Capitalist Profits! In the spirit of International Workers’ Day, or “May Day,” we will be having a car and bike rally on May 1, while practicing social […]
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Around the world

As Zimbabwe turns 40: End U.S. sanctions

April 25, 2020 Amadi Ajamu
On April 18, 1980, the people of Zimbabwe declared their independence from British colonizers after many years of armed struggle. Their struggle to maintain their independence continues today. Africans on the continent and in the […]