Month: June 2021

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Indigenous peoples

#215Children: Indigenous peoples grieve after mass grave found at residential school

June 11, 2021 M. Tiahui
On May 27, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said that preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia uncovered the remains of 215 children. […]
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LGBTQ+

From Stonewall to Palestine, resistance is justified!

June 11, 2021 Socialist Unity Party
The Socialist Unity Party/Partido por el Socialismo Unido stands in solidarity with the Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans/Queer/Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S) community, not only as we celebrate Pride Month, but also as queer people continue to fight back against the systemic […]
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Palestine

Global worker solidarity: Unions mobilize to fight Israeli apartheid

June 11, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On May 18, in response to Israel’s attempted expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem, the continued attacks on the Aqsa Mosque as well as Israel’s bombing of […]
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Palestine

Los Angeles rally declares: Black and Brown solidarity with Palestine!

June 11, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — On May 22, Black and Brown organizations joined forces with the Palestinian movement across the world, demanding that Israel end the seige of Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah, an end to the illegal […]
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Venezuela

Free Alex Saab!

June 10, 2021 Stephen Millies
For thousands of years human societies have protected diplomats from harm, even during wartime. That hasn’t stopped the U.S. capitalist government from trying to seize the Venezuelan envoy Alex Saab. Sabb was Venezuela’s ambassador to […]
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Palestine

Los Angeles teachers organize to support Palestine

June 10, 2021 Palestinian Youth Movement
We are grateful to the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) educators who drafted and passed area motions in support of the people of Palestine. This motion builds on UTLA’s history and tradition of commitment to […]
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La Lucha por el Socialismo

Pedro Castillo: el hombre del Perú invisibilizado

June 10, 2021 Marco Teruggi
Desde Lima, 8 de junio: Perú vive horas históricas. Pedro Castillo, un hombre del país invisible, rural, pobre, con sombrero blanco y un liderazgo en ascenso, puede convertirse en el próximo presidente. Así lo indican […]
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In the U.S.

Bosses lie about ‘labor shortage’ to keep wages low

June 9, 2021 Gary Wilson
The May unemployment report wasn’t much better than the April disaster.   Business news site CNBC summed it up: “Job creation disappointed again in May, with nonfarm payrolls up what normally would be considered a solid […]
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Palestine

#BlocktheBoat protest for Palestine at Port of NY/NJ

June 9, 2021 Block the Boat NY/NJ Coalition
Elizabeth, N.J., June 6 — On the heels of a historic victory in Oakland, Calif., where the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) sent apartheid-profiteering Zim Shipping’s ship, the Volans, back to sea without being […]
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Political Prisoners

Turkey: Revolutionary prisoner undergoes surgery after months of protests

June 9, 2021 Anti-Imperialist Front
On May 26, the seriously ill political prisoner Ali Osman Köse was taken to the Thracian University Hospital in Edirne, near the border with Bulgaria and Greece. This came after months of protest actions in […]