Month: May 2022

Cuba

Beyond abortion, a struggle to win our future

May 17, 2022 Cheryl LaBash
Havana, Cuba — When you have touched a woman you have struck a rock, says a South African proverb. It continues, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed. The U.S. Supreme Court justices […]
John Parker

Fact-finding trip to Donbass: A front-line shelter in Rubizhne

May 17, 2022 John Parker
Part One: Fact-finding trip to Donbass: A front-line shelter in Rubizhne Part Two: Ukraine and Russia without the lens of Facebook & corporate media Part Three: ‘Bitter Street’ in Lugansk – a battle line drawn […]
Palestine

Stop lying about Zionist murder! Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated

May 16, 2022 Stephen Millies
Hundreds protested on short notice outside the headquarters of the New York Times on May 13, 2022. They came to protest the coverage by the capitalist media about the murder of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen […]
U.S. / NATO war

Baltimore commemorates 8-year anniversary of Odessa massacre

May 16, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
On May 2, the 8-year anniversary of the Odessa House of Trade Unions massacre was commemorated in Baltimore. The anniversary is particularly important this year as the U.S. corporate media continue to spread war lies […]
U.S. / NATO war

How a century of political violence in Ukraine is linked to the atrocities of today

May 15, 2022 Olga Sukharevskaya
Troops shot in the legs screaming in pain. Others dying from blood loss and shock. With no one around to provide medical assistance. A Russian soldier crucified on an anti-tank barrier, chained to a metal ‘hedgehog’ and then burned […]
Around the world

Why ‘Bolivia is the center of the world’ for people’s movements

May 14, 2022 Rogelio Mayta
Humanity finds itself at a crucial moment. It’s not only war and climate change that threaten life on our planet. Ideologies and some people do too. We know that money and the production of wealth […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Bolivia: ‘somos el centro del mundo’

May 13, 2022 Rogelio Mayta
La humanidad se encuentra en un momento crucial. No solamente la guerra y el cambio climático amenazan la vida en nuestro planeta. Las ideologías y algunas personas también. Sabemos que el dinero y la producción […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Los héroes del Saratoga

May 13, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Primero, la explosión. El edificio, de seis pisos, vibró, se saltaron unos cables después, con la fuerza de un latigazo. Acto seguido, se desplomó más de la mitad de la fachada sin dar tiempo, sin […]
Fight racism

Never forget the MOVE bombing

May 13, 2022 Stephen Millies
“Let the fire burn.” That was the order that Philadelphia police commissioner Gregore Sambor gave to firefighters as a residential home blazed on May 13, 1985. Philadelphia police, with assistance from the Pentagon and FBI, […]
Cuba

The heroes of Hotel Saratoga

May 13, 2022 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
At first, there was an explosion. The six-story building vibrated, and a few wires snapped with the force of a whiplash. Immediately afterward, more than half of the facade collapsed without any warning, with each […]