Month: April 2021

Fight racism

Community defends Echo Park homeless camp against police attack

April 2, 2021 Anthony Dawahare
On the night of March 24, at around 11 p.m., over 400 Los Angeles Police Department cops — in riot gear with batons and rifles — descended upon the unhoused encampment at Echo Park, the […]
Around the world

Ukraine, U.S. drum up war threats against Donbass and Russia

April 2, 2021 Greg Butterfield
“The USA has the unique condition of being a flagrant violator of human rights within its own borders and in practically every region of the world. No other nation has such a systematic record. Its […]
Elections

Axe handles and voting rights

April 2, 2021 Stephen Millies
There’s nothing new about the attack on voting rights in Georgia. In 1868, the racists in the state legislature declared its Black elected members to be ineligible. (“Black Reconstruction in America” by W.E.B. Du Bois.) […]
Fight racism

People v. Derek Chauvin opening arguments protest

April 1, 2021 Jess Sundin
Minneapolis — Hundreds of people protested on Monday, March 29, to demand justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin. The demonstration took place after opening statements, and the first witnesses testified in court. Many […]
Around the world

Haiti demands freedom

April 1, 2021 Stephen Millies
Haitian people and their supporters demonstrated around the world against the U.S.-imposed regime of Jovenel Moïse. Thousands marched in Haiti on March 28 against ex-president Moïse, who is still clinging to power despite his term […]