Month: March 2021

Capitalism and Marxism

Karl Marx on the Paris Commune

March 18, 2021 Karl Marx
March 18, 2021, marks 150 years since the beginning of the Paris Commune, the first time in history that the working class seized power in its own name and established its own form of government. […]
Cuba

Cambridge, Mass., calls to end the embargo on Cuba

March 18, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
The U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, unanimously approved a resolution Monday calling for an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba, still in force despite widespread rejection in the United States and abroad. Policy Order […]
Iran

Biden bombs Iraq and Syria, continues 30-year war to control world’s oil

March 17, 2021 Bill Dores
Blood and Oil and Trump and Biden, part 2 Blood and oil and Trump and Biden, part 1: Trump seeks war on Iran to save U.S. fracking industry. It was called the highway of death.  […]
Political Prisoners

To: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner: Stop defending Mumia Abu-Jamal’s unjust conviction

March 17, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Please sign the Color of Change petition to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner: Stop Defending Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Unjust Conviction Dear Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, We, the signers of this petition, declare: Mumia Abu-Jamal is […]
Around the world

New York protest condemns massacre in Philippines

March 17, 2021 Greg Butterfield
Chanting “Activism is not a crime!” and “Long live international solidarity!,” a rally outside the Philippine Consulate on New York’s swanky Fifth Avenue March 15 condemned the recent massacre dubbed Bloody Sunday. The action was […]
Political Prisoners

Spain punishes anti-monarchy speech: Free Pablo Hasél

March 17, 2021 Iña Martinez
Monarchies, monarchies … what are they good for? Let’s talk about the kingdom of Spain, for example. The Spanish monarchy had been abolished by public demand almost a century ago. In 1936 there was a […]
Cuba

Zimbabwe-Cuba to build pharmaceutical plant

March 16, 2021 Wallace Ruzvidzo
Cuba and Zimbabwe have set in motion a plan to set up a local state-of-the-art pharmaceutical plant, in a development expected to improve local drug supplies in the long term. Cuban Ambassador to Zimbabwe Carmelina […]
Events

Harlem, New York: Support Alabama Amazon Union, March 20

March 16, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Harlem, New York: Support Alabama Amazon Union Saturday, March 20 – 2:00 p.m. Amazon’s Whole Foods, Malcolm X Blvd. & 125th St., Harlem 6,000 (mainly Black) Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., are fighting to unionize at […]
Covid-19

‘Free the vaccine’ protest hits Pfizer profiteering

March 15, 2021 Stephen Millies
More than a hundred people gathered outside Pfizer’s midtown Manhattan headquarters on March 11 to demand the drug company provide its COVID-19 vaccine to poor countries.  Under current schedules, it won’t be until 2024 that […]
Political Prisoners

Philadelphia: Free Mumia! Free them all!

March 15, 2021 Stephen Millies
Righteously angry people protested outside the office of Philadelphia’s “progressive” District Attorney Larry Krasner on March 12. They demanded the immediate release of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and all other incarcerated fighters for the […]