Month: May 2022

Oppressed genders

Defend Roe V. Wade: STRIKE – WALK OUT – SICK OUT – SIT DOWN – SHUT IT DOWN!

May 5, 2022 Socialist Unity Party
A leaked draft opinion outlines plans for the Supreme Court majority to strike down the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. […]
In the U.S.

Socialist Senate candidate says: Stop the attack on women!

May 5, 2022 John Parker
We must defend a woman’s right to choose whether or not she wants to be pregnant. Nor can we forget others who may become pregnant, including trans men, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. That most […]
U.S. / NATO war

Ukrainian strike on Donetsk market was a terrorist act

May 5, 2022 Eva Bartlett
When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria If the Donetsk marketplace that was hit by rocket artillery on Thursday had been in a city controlled […]
John Parker

To honor Odessa anti-fascists, stop weapons to Ukraine!

May 4, 2022 John Parker
Statement by John Parker, Socialist Unity Party candidate for U.S. Senate in California on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket, at a memorial in Moscow for victims of the 2014 Odessa Massacre on May 2. […]
Labor and strikes

Oakland teachers and dockworkers fight for their community

May 4, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
  On April 29, thousands of teachers, students and parents from Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) rallied at Oscar Grant Plaza next to City Hall in Oakland, California, then marched to the Port of […]
In the U.S.

Los Angeles on May Day: Workers gear up to fight back

May 4, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Thousands participated in a beautiful, multinational May Day commemoration in downtown Los Angeles on May 1.  Beginning with a rally at the corner of Broadway and Olympic, unionists, immigrant rights fighters, socialists, environmentalists and activists […]
Cuba

Cuba: Beautiful and united on this May Day

May 4, 2022 Alejandra Garcia
Havana’s Revolution Square looked beautiful this Sunday, as it had not been for three years. With the first morning light, thousands of Havanans, Cubans from all over our geography, and friends from other latitudes paraded […]
Events

Al-Awda: The Palestine Right To Return Coalition National Conference May 6-8

May 3, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
May 6 – 8 opening Friday, 5:30 pm The People’s Forum, 320 W. 37TH St, NYC 10018 RISING TO RETURN: Mapping strategies to advance Palestinian liberation and return; Devising tactics to dismantle zionist supremacy and […]
John Parker

Socialist Senate candidate from California attends Moscow May Day

May 3, 2022 Union of Communist Youth
Struggle-La Lucha writer John Parker, Socialist Unity Party candidate for U.S. Senate in California on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket, is on a fact-finding trip to uncover the truth about the U.S./NATO proxy war […]
Environment

Climate crisis rages as U.S. pushes war for energy profits

May 3, 2022 Scott Scheffer
For a brief period last summer, even as the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the headlines, climate change news burst to the forefront.  There were wildfires in several western U.S. states, where record-breaking droughts dried up the […]