Events
Year: 2020
Covid-19
A people’s response to COVID-19
We place no confidence in the anti-science, climate-change deniers of the Trump administration, the pathetically inadequate for-profit U.S. health care system, or Big Pharma and Wall Street to address the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) crisis. The […]
Puerto Rico
Rafael Cancel Miranda, fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico
Official statement on the death of our beloved national hero Rafael Cancel Miranda: Rafael Cancel Miranda, national hero and fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico, has died The last survivor of the nationalist group […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo
Rafael Cancel Miranda, luchador por la independencia de Puerto Rico
Comunicado oficial sobre el fallecimiento de nuestro querido héroe nacional Rafael Cancel Miranda: Fallece Rafael Cancel Miranda, Héroe Nacional y luchador por la Independencia de Puerto Rico El último sobreviviente del comando nacionalista que […]
Around the world
How the Pentagon poisons the world
Despite climate change deniers like Donald Trump, there is a high level of awareness about the growing threat to our planet. If you’re in the age bracket that is now raising children or will soon, […]
Fight racism
Family fights to uncover truth behind jail death
On Feb. 19, the family of Marlyn Barnes filed a petition in the Circuit Court for the city of Baltimore requesting the release of photographs and additional information from his autopsy. Barnes, an African American […]
Capitalism and Marxism
How do we get socialism?
Why is capitalism so f@*d up? Well, the short and loosely accurate answer is that it’s like one of those driverless cars that still don’t quite work the way they are supposed to — because […]
Oppressed genders
Women resist poverty: Interview with Rev. Annie Chambers
Struggle-La Lucha interviewed the Rev. Annie Chambers for International Working Women’s Day. Chambers is a resident and housing rights leader at Douglas Homes, a public housing project in Baltimore which is threatened by privatization. She […]
Labor and strikes
Trump’s war on unions: Stand with federal workers!
On Feb. 21, the Federal Register published a disgraceful anti-worker memo issued by President Donald Trump attacking union rights for civilian workers in the Department of Defense. The memo effectively gives Secretary of Defense Mark […]
Covid-19
China buys time for world but Trump, Wall Street can’t cope with COVID-19 crisis
The White House held a rare press conference Feb. 26, trying to calm financial markets after fear of a COVID-19 outbreak caused the largest stock market tumble in years. President Donald Trump painted a rosy […]