Month: August 2022

Around the world

Mikhail Gorbachev died

August 31, 2022 Gary Wilson
Mikhail Gorbachev died on August 30. His legacy? Under Gorbachev, the Soviet economy fell into recession as the government began to dismantle the planned economy. Under Gorbachev, socialist industry was dismantled. Russia’s GDP dropped by 40%. […]
Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican people say: Luma out!

August 31, 2022 Berta Joubert-Ceci
This week the patience of the people in the face of the abuses of the Luma Energy privatization scheme has come to an end.  Since this mafia corporation arrived in Puerto Rico, imposed by the […]
Around the world

Sri Lanka: The struggle continues

August 31, 2022 Rasika Ruwanpathirana
Recent news of people overrunning the presidential palace in Sri Lanka, followed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country, took Western media by storm. What is not reported is the ongoing police repression by the […]
John Parker

Prisoners for profit: from the Kononovich brothers to U.S. jails

August 31, 2022 John Parker
Based on remarks given at “Free the Kononovich Brothers: International Campaign Meeting” on Aug. 25. Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich are leaders of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. They were among hundreds of political […]
John Parker

‘Bitter Street’ in Lugansk – a battle line drawn with Nazi elements after 2014

August 30, 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 […]
U.S. / NATO war

Biden to name Ukraine war general

August 30, 2022 Gary Wilson
President Joe Biden is planning to declare Ukraine an official U.S. military operation, the Aug. 24 Wall Street Journal reports, making it a separate command with its own general. Should Biden do that, it would […]
Puerto Rico

FBI hands off Puerto Rican activists!

August 30, 2022 Socialist Unity Party
The Partido de Socialista Unidad/Socialist Unity Party and Mujeres en Lucha/Women in Struggle strongly condemn the McCarthyite witch hunt tactics of the FBI on the island of Puerto Rico against the Cuba Solidarity Committee (CSC) […]
Around the world

A year later, Washington continues torture of Afghanistan

August 29, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan ended a year ago. For a year leading up to the U.S. troop pullout, Afghanistan’s national army had been surrendering its weapons to the Taliban. The process was transactional – […]
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: FBI hands off Cuba solidarity activists!

August 29, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
The president of the Cuba Solidarity Committee (CSC) of Puerto Rico, Milagros Rivera, denounces the intimidation operation unleashed by federal agents through calls and visits to various members of the committee and members of the […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

¡Fuera Luma! Dice el pueblo boricua

August 29, 2022 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Esta semana la paciencia del pueblo frente a los abusos de la privatizadora Luma Energy ha llegado a su fin. Desde que esta mafia corporativa llegó a Puerto Rico impuesta por la Junta de Control […]