Month: December 2021

Environment

Protecting the waters of Moanalua (underneath U.S. Navy’s Pearl Harbor fuel storage tanks)

December 7, 2021 Shelley Muneoka, Kepoʻo Keliʻipaʻakaua, and Wayne Chung Tanaka
The waters of what is now known as the Moanalua-Waimalu aquifer have long sustained the life of the plants, animals and people of the region. Straddling the traditional boundary between the moku of Kona and […]
In the U.S.

How Congress loots the Treasury for the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

December 7, 2021 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
Despite a disagreement over some amendments in the Senate, the United States Congress is poised to pass a $778 billion military budget bill for 2022. As they have been doing year after year, our elected […]
In the U.S.

Who gets to claim self-defense?

December 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
How did Kyle Rittenhouse justify killing anti-racist activists Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, as well as wounding Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin? This white racist vigilante who worships Trump and the police claims that he […]
Imperialism and global politics

World War II: U.S. expanded, and so, Pearl Harbor

December 6, 2021 Vince Copeland
Dec. 7, 2021, marks the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i. The anniversary is being used to ramp up propaganda for the current U.S. military buildup […]
Around the world

U.S. hands off Ethiopia and Eritrea

December 6, 2021 Bill Dores
In more than 50 cities in the United States and hundreds around the world, marchers rallied on Nov. 21 to protest U.S. sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea and U.S. support for insurgents trying to overthrow […]
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Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – December 6, 2021

December 6, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Get PDF here Who killed Malcolm X and why? Climate change and the Global South Protests slam racist Rittenhouse acquittal National Day of Mourning 2021: ‘Don’t give up. We can fight!’ Peltier’s Message of struggle: […]
Labor and strikes

Why John Deere strike victory is a win for all workers

December 4, 2021 Scott Scheffer
Ten thousand John Deere workers in five states, represented by the United Auto Workers, have won their five-week strike against the giant equipment manufacturer. The victory is unequivocal.  Their strike began during what was popularly […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Corrupción, privatización y colonialismo

December 4, 2021 Berta Joubert-Ceci
El neoliberalismo ha impuesto las privatizaciones de servicios esenciales alrededor del mundo y Puerto Rico no es la excepción. Es más, al ser una colonia dependiente del líder neoliberal, Estado Unidos, Puerto Rico ha servido […]
Indigenous peoples

National Day of Mourning 2021: ‘Don’t give up. We can fight!’

December 3, 2021 Mahtowin Munro
Talk given by the co-leader of United American Indians of New England at the 52nd National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 25, 2021. So much has happened in the past year. We […]
Indigenous peoples

Peltier’s message of struggle: ‘We made things better for our people’

December 3, 2021 Leonard Peltier
The following message from Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier was read at the 52nd National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 25, 2021. For more information about his case, visit WhoIsLeonardPeltier.info. Greetings relatives, […]