Month: September 2021

La Lucha por el Socialismo

En Puerto Rico, sigue la lucha del pueblo

September 7, 2021 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Mientras la dictadura de la Junta de Control Fiscal impuesta por el congreso de EUA y sus lacayos en el gobierno local hacen todo por destruirnos como país y hundirnos en la pobreza y la […]
Around the world

How Reagan’s war drive exploited a tragedy: The real story of Korean Air Lines Flight 007

September 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
Thirty-eight years ago, 269 people were killed when Korean Air Lines flight 007 was shot down over the Soviet Union on Sept. 1, 1983.  President Ronald Reagan called it “an act of barbarism.” U.S. cops […]
Labor and strikes

Happy Labor Day — now drop dead

September 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
At least 7.5 million workers will lose all their unemployment benefits on Sept. 6. Another 3 million workers will lose part of their income. That’s how the capitalist government celebrates Labor Day. Two million workers […]
Around the world

Los Angeles protest: Peru’s will must be respected!

September 6, 2021 Jefferson Azevedo
On August 26, Peru Libre — the Free Peru national political party – organized a demonstration in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. A group formed by people from Peru, other South American countries, Mexico […]
China

Vietnam resists Washington’s anti-China campaign

September 6, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
Vietnam and China fought an unfortunate border war in February and March of 1979, egged on by U.S. imperialist interference in the region. Nevertheless, relations between the two countries have steadily improved, based on a […]
Events

Cuba, COVID, and Ending the U.S. Blockade: What can we do? Sept. 19

September 5, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 AT 3 PM EDT – 5:30 PM EDT Cuba, COVID, and Ending the U.S. Blockade: What can we do? Join us to learn about the impact of U.S. blockade on Cuba […]
In the U.S.

Hurricane Ida blows away illusions

September 5, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
I am from a small town in Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish, now living in New Orleans. Professionally, I am a cook and am training to be a biological lab technician. When I first began to understand […]
Oppressed genders

‘Woke’ imperialism, women’s liberation and Afghanistan

September 5, 2021 Sharon Black
There is no greater hypocrisy than the deceitful lies of imperialist propaganda. One of the most damaging, since it rests on 20 years of destructive war and occupation, is that the U.S. war on Afghanistan […]
In the U.S.

Austin protests Texas governor’s attack on women

September 4, 2021 FightBack! News
Austin, Texas – Around 100 people rallied at the Texas State Capitol on September 1 to protest against the statewide abortion ban that went into effect that same day. Texas abortion clinics have been forced […]
Cuba

The money that never arrives in Cuba

September 4, 2021 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
With the money she earns cleaning houses in the morning and an office at night, Virgen Elena Pupo, a 47-year-old Cuban migrant, has managed to raise her family in Washington, D.C., but has not been […]