Year: 2021

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In the U.S.

The boom isn’t happening: Jobs report shows unemployment worsening

May 10, 2021 Gary Wilson
  No matter how you look at it, the Labor Department’s April jobs report is miserable — unless you’re on Wall Street. The stock market hit record highs after the report was released. Business Insider […]
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Labor and strikes

Unemployed workers demand their rights

May 10, 2021 Andre Powell
May 7 — Baltimore activists held a news conference to announce a campaign to win justice for unemployed workers who have not received their benefits.   Several workers discussed their hardships and interactions with the Maryland […]
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Palestine

Brooklyn rally declares: Palestine will win!

May 10, 2021 Stephen Millies
Hundreds of people rallied in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 8 to denounce the latest atrocities against the Palestinian people. Mobs of Zionist settlers screaming “death to Arabs” are trying to […]
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Palestine

Palestinians defy Israeli repression to save homes

May 9, 2021 Lev Koufax
On May 7, 80,000 Palestinians congregated at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of  Jerusalem to mark the last Friday of Ramadan. Palestinians call the ancient city Al-Quds, the Holy.  The large attendance was […]
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Palestine

Take action! #SaveSheikhJarrah and defend Jerusalem: Boycott Israel, support Palestinian resistance

May 9, 2021 Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
As we approach the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, the Zionist colonization of Palestine and the forced expulsion of Palestinians, the Nakba is continuing. This is apparent everywhere in Palestine, but perhaps is most clear in […]
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Fight racism

Atlanta killer cop reinstated: This rotten system has no shame!

May 9, 2021 Lizz Toledo
Less than a year after the murder of Rayshard Brooks and the glorious summer of rebellion here in Atlanta and across the country, killer cop Garrett Rolfe has been reinstated by the Atlanta Civil Service […]
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Labor and strikes

Killing workers for profit: Why Workers’ Memorial Day is necessary

May 9, 2021 Stephen Millies
Starting in 1930, Union Carbide hired 5,000 people to build the Hawks Nest Tunnel In West Virginia. It became a deathtrap for the workers, most of whom were Black. Cutting through three miles of sandstone, […]
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Around the world

Repression in Colombia: Made in USA

May 8, 2021 Greg Butterfield
May 7 — For the past 10 days, the people of Colombia have flooded the streets of their cities, towns and villages to demand that their most basic needs be met amidst the pandemic and […]
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Palestine

Al Quds Day: Palestinian resistance can never be defeated!

May 8, 2021 Bill Dores
Statement on behalf of Struggle-La Lucha for the International Day of Quds Online Event. On this International Day of Al Quds, May 7, 2021, we stand in solidarity with the heroic people of Palestine in […]
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Labor and strikes

Community groups file injunction to stop Kroger store closings

May 8, 2021 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau
May 5 — Today community and social-justice organizations held a news conference announcing the filing of an injunction to stop the closing of Kroger-owned grocery stores in Los Angeles County. The coalition is first trying […]