Year: 2021

Demandjustice
Events

Aug. 13 – Demanding justice: International resistance against U.S. imperialism in Cuba, Haiti & Puerto Rico

August 11, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
In Honor Of Both The Black August 13, 1926 Birthday Of Cuba’s Revolutionary Leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz And; The Black August 22, 1791 Beginning Of The Great Haitian Revolution…… The Rochester, New York, Black […]
Battleofideas
Events

Fidel: the untold story, Aug. 14

August 11, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
SATURDAY AUG. 14 AT 6 PM EDT – 8 PM EDT See film Fidel: the Untold Story Online Event You must register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudeiupjgrGd3ss2DMZuwueP-lfzSqlCtR Fidel: The Untold Story is an inspiring documentary by Estela Bravo. The […]
Stopthehate
Events

ALL OUT! – 8/10/21 STOP HATE RALLY, MANITOWOC, WIS.

August 9, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/17uVIpTPz **EMERGENCY!**    STOP THE HATE RALLY!  TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021  2902 LINDBERGH DRIVE, MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN 6 P.M.  The Manitowoc Human Rights Coalition is calling a rally immediately before our next school board meeting […]
RedTony
Venezuela

Venezuela: Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as ‘Socialist Kellogg’

August 9, 2021 FightBack! News
Maracay City, Venezuela — In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words “Together […]
FritoLayStrike
Labor and strikes

Frito-Lay workers win strike against ‘suicide shifts’

August 9, 2021 Scott Scheffer
Workers at the Frito-Lay factory in Topeka, Kansas, held their ground and won a favorable union contract after a solid three-week walkout. Frito-Lay is owned by PepsiCo and operates 30 other manufacturing centers throughout the […]
NWRO1968
In the U.S.

Welfare Rights conference in New Orleans: ‘Imagine a world where no one goes without food or affordable housing’

August 9, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
During the first week of August, the National Welfare Rights Union (NWRU) convened in New Orleans. The meeting brought together activists from around the country to study both history and current conditions, as well as […]
Tokyo Olympics Athletics
Around the world

Sports sovereignty in Puerto Rico

August 8, 2021 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Translated by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews. A few days ago, athlete Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won a gold medal for PR in the 100-meter hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics. You may wonder how, being a colony of […]
Tokyo Olympics Athletics
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Soberanía deportiva en PR

August 8, 2021 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Hace unos días la atleta Jasmín Camacho-Quinn ganó una medalla de oro para PR en los 100 metros con valla en las olimpiadas de Tokio. Se preguntarán cómo siendo una colonia de los EUA, PR […]
Stopevictions3
In the U.S.

Evict Cuomo not tenants!

August 8, 2021 Stephen Millies
Chants of “Housing is a human right!” filled Manhattan’s Third Avenue as more than a hundred angry tenants came to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s local office on Aug. 4.  They demanded an end to […]
March for Independence 08 15 2021 NY
Events

March for decolonization Aug. 15

August 8, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha