2020 – Page 62

Gov’t, bosses use pandemic emergency to escalate repression

April 3, 2020 Greg Butterfield

Measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being used as a cover by officials of the U.S. capitalist government, from the federal to the state and local levels, to heighten their control and […]

A new humanity, a new world

April 3, 2020 Owei Lakemfa

Owei Lakemfa is the former secretary general of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity, (OATUU), a coalition of trade unions in all the 54 African countries, with a total membership of about 25 million. […]

Letter from President Maduro as U.S. threatens Venezuela with war

April 2, 2020 Nicolás Maduro

To the Peoples of the World, In greeting you, with affection, I take the liberty of addressing you on the occasion of denouncing the severe events taking place against the peace and stability of Venezuela, […]

Marxism and the social character of China

April 2, 2020 Fred Goldstein

From a June 9, 2013, talk by Fred Goldstein at the Left Forum, a yearly event in New York City. The talk was focused on socialism and China in the wake of the Great Recession […]

World’s biggest drug pusher indicts Venezuela

April 2, 2020 Stephen Millies

On March 26, Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, said that Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, was “flooding” the United States with cocaine. Three days later, President Trump claimed that health care workers risking their lives […]

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Venezuela Never Involved in U.S.-Colombia Drug Circuit: Ex-U.N. Anti-Drugs Chief

April 2, 2020 teleSUR

“There is no illegal drug trade between Venezuela and the United States, except in the ill fantasy of Trump and his associates,” the seasoned anti-drug expert said. Former vice secretary of the United Nations and […]

Baltimore Housing Authority blocks elderly and disabled from receiving food

March 31, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Peoples Power Assembly For Immediate release 3/30/20 Contact Persons: Reverend Annie Chambers at 443-768-7682 or text or call her team at 410-996-4848 Today, Monday, March 30, at 12 p.m., the Housing Authority of Baltimore City […]

Baltimore Amazon workers organize in defense of workers’ lives

March 31, 2020 Sharon Black, former Amazon worker

UPDATE March 31: Worker at Baltimore warehouse tests positive for virus. At the time of this writing, workers from eight different Amazon warehouses have tested positive for Covid-19. This includes two separate sites in New […]

Watch national webinar: Defending people during coronavirus crisis

March 31, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Did you miss the March 28 webinar, “Defending People During Coronavirus Crisis”? Now you can watch the entire event. Hear from groups organizing on the front lines from Los Angeles to New Orleans, Chicago to […]

‘Ending blockade of Cuba would strengthen world science and health’

March 31, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

Graduates from Cuba’s University of Medical Sciences.The following letter was sent to H. Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of Science magazine, by marine biologist and Cuba solidarity activist Mark Friedman. Hello editor Thorp, I write to you […]