Year: 2020

Stop voter suppression
Elections

The Electoral College serves to protect the interests of Big Capital

November 9, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Reprinted from “The Capital News,” in London, Nov. 8, 2020. On November 3 presidential elections were held in the USA. The results have not been confirmed yet. But the vote has already become possibly the […]
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Elections

On the defeat of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections

November 9, 2020 Communist Party of the Philippines
The American people deserve praises for voting against US President Donald Trump in the recently concluded presidential elections and preventing another four years of Trumpian fascism, militarism, racism, misogyny and bigotry. While the electoral contest […]
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Elections

Trump the loser

November 8, 2020 Gary Wilson
Donald Trump made racism the core of his campaign from the very beginning. He whipped up his campaign rallies with calls against Black Lives Matter protests, for expanding the racist police. He added a racist […]
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Elections

Why was the election so close?

November 8, 2020 Stephen Millies
While Trump is still trying to steal the election, he lost the popular vote by over four million ballots. Black, Indigenous and Latinx voters were key to Trump’s defeat. But why was it so damn […]
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1917

Throwing door open for oppressed people: Bolshevik Revolution changed the world forever

November 7, 2020 Stephen Millies
One-hundred-and-three years ago, on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. The world hasn’t been the same since. Two million soldiers in the Russian army had died in World War […]
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Fight racism

Killer cop sues Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend

November 7, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Oct. 30, the attorney for one of the police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor announced that his client had filed a lawsuit against Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker.  Jonathan Mattingly was part of a squad […]
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Palestine

Victory for Maher al-Akhras: Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike, to be released 26 November

November 7, 2020 Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes Maher al-Akhras and the Palestinian people on the occasion of his victory after 103 days of hunger strike. His steadfastness and commitment to struggle, with his very life on […]
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Around the world

Philippines: Mass mobilization for disaster response and recovery

November 7, 2020 Communist Party of the Philippines
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has mobilized all its forces in the Bicol and Southern Tagalog provinces where supertyphoon Rolly slammed today resulting in massive floods, landslides, destruction of property, displacement, injuries and […]
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Around the world

Protest mass arrests of activists in Turkey

November 7, 2020 Clara Fidan
Intimidation and repression against progressive, left socialist forces and organizations of the people in Turkey continue with full speed. Since Oct. 28, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, […]
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Elections

Minnesota: 646 arrested at ‘Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election’ march

November 5, 2020 Jae Yates
On the night of November 4, over 30 organizations and over 1000 people came together to march against Trump’s attempts to steal the election. As the community marched on to Interstate 94, the authorities moved […]