Year: 2020

Unistoten Feb8
Indigenous peoples

RCMP arrive at Unist’ot’en camp in helicopters; leave without arrests

February 9, 2020 Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee
Two helicopters brought RCMP officers to the Unist’ot’en Healing Center around 11 a.m. today, as police appeared to be ready to evict the last of three locations set up by Wet’suwet’en members fighting a gas […]
Blminschool
Fight racism

Black Lives Matter at school

February 8, 2020 Stephen Millies
New York City, Feb. 6 — Rain didn’t stop hundreds of students, parents and teachers from rallying this afternoon at the Board of Education headquarters on Chambers Street. They demanded an end to racism in […]
Boliviamas
Around the world

In spite of persecution, Bolivia’s MAS registers candidates for the upcoming elections

February 8, 2020 Tanya Wadhwa
On February 3, the presidential candidate of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), Luis Arce, and his running mate, David Choquehuanca, registered their candidacy at the office of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) for the general […]
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Events

NYC Feb. 8: Stand with ICE shooting victims

February 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST Foley Square 111 Worth St, New York, New York 10007 Merely two days after Trump’s inflammatory and hateful State of the Union speech, an […]
Daysofaction
Events

UPDATED: International Days of Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

February 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
We stand with the Wet’suwet’en Nation as they assert jurisdiction over their lands and protect the inherent rights of their people. We condemn the colonial violence carried out by the RCMP and the Coastal GasLink […]
Antiwallstreet
Elections

The movement for Bernie Sanders: Which side are you on?

February 8, 2020 Sharon Black
Why revolutionary socialists call for critical support We have no illusions about the Democratic Party. It is a billionaire and bankers’ War Party. Any notion that the Democratic Party represents the working class is a […]
Sovietarmyauschwitz4
Around the world

On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, fascism and the triumph of revolution

February 7, 2020 Lev Koufax
Over the past two weeks, the global working-class community has observed several anniversaries dating back to World War II. These anniversaries have included the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in the 1943 […]
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Venezuela

Embassy protectors will not be able to tell jury Guaido is not president, or mention international law

February 7, 2020 Ajamu Baraka and Bahman Azad
On February 4, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell issued a ruling on what the jurors will be allowed to be told in the trial of the Embassy Protectors scheduled to begin on February 11. She […]
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Indigenous peoples

Six land defenders violently arrested on Wet’suwet’en territories

February 6, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
[Breaking story, info incoming] February 6, 2020: Six people have been arrested and several others, including members of the press, have been detained and removed from Wet’suwet’en territories in an aggressive pre-dawn raid by RCMP […]
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Indigenous peoples

Breaking: Pre-dawn RCMP arrests on Wet’suwet’en territories

February 6, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
4:57 am, Feb 6, 2020: The gate at 39 km has been breached. 13 RCMP vehicles past 39 km. Road is being cleared, 1 to 4 arrests made. Story developing. 4:55am – It’s not yet […]