Year: 2021

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Labor and strikes

National and local organizations demand Kroger stop closing stores over hero pay

April 2, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2021 Media Contacts: Pastor William D. Smart Jr. (SCLC – SoCa) 213-268-3082 wsmart50@yahoo.com John Parker (HTC) 323-899-2003 johnthompsonparker@gmail.com Los Angeles — On April 3rd, community organizations will unite to […]
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Fight racism

Community defends Echo Park homeless camp against police attack

April 2, 2021 Anthony Dawahare
On the night of March 24, at around 11 p.m., over 400 Los Angeles Police Department cops — in riot gear with batons and rifles — descended upon the unhoused encampment at Echo Park, the […]
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Around the world

Ukraine, U.S. drum up war threats against Donbass and Russia

April 2, 2021 Greg Butterfield
“The USA has the unique condition of being a flagrant violator of human rights within its own borders and in practically every region of the world. No other nation has such a systematic record. Its […]
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Elections

Axe handles and voting rights

April 2, 2021 Stephen Millies
There’s nothing new about the attack on voting rights in Georgia. In 1868, the racists in the state legislature declared its Black elected members to be ineligible. (“Black Reconstruction in America” by W.E.B. Du Bois.) […]
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Fight racism

People v. Derek Chauvin opening arguments protest

April 1, 2021 Jess Sundin
Minneapolis — Hundreds of people protested on Monday, March 29, to demand justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin. The demonstration took place after opening statements, and the first witnesses testified in court. Many […]
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Around the world

Haiti demands freedom

April 1, 2021 Stephen Millies
Haitian people and their supporters demonstrated around the world against the U.S.-imposed regime of Jovenel Moïse. Thousands marched in Haiti on March 28 against ex-president Moïse, who is still clinging to power despite his term […]
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Events

Baltimore May Day Caravan & March: Bust Racism, Not Unions

March 31, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 AT 1 PM EDT – 4 PM EDT Balto May Day Caravan & March – Bust Racism, Not Unions 2011 N Charles St, Baltimore May Day – International Workers Day Baltimore […]
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Oppressed genders

GABRIELA activist: Class analysis and anti-imperialism necessary for the women’s movement

March 31, 2021 Jo Quiambao
As we celebrate Women’s History Month and reflect on the contributions of women in society, it is critical to highlight our struggles as Filipino women with an anti-imperialist perspective. As a community organizer with GABRIELA […]
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Fight racism

Washington, D.C.: Emergency rally responds to anti-Asian murders

March 31, 2021 Brittany Tabora, chair of Anakbayan D.C.
On March 17 in Washington, D.C., grassroots organizations Total Liberation Collective, Asian and Pacific Islander Resistance and Anakbayan D.C. organized an emergency action and vigil in response to the killings of eight people in Atlanta, […]
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Around the world

Despite U.S. dirty tricks, Bolivia is finding a way to stay independent

March 31, 2021 Vijay Prashad
Sentiments in Bolivia for and against the coup d’etat of November 2019 are predictably along class lines. Those from more affluent sections felt that the socialist policies of the government of President Evo Morales (which […]