Month: November 2022

Indigenous peoples

National Day of Mourning 2022: From Landback to bodily autonomy, Indigenous leadership is key

November 29, 2022 Mahtowin Munro
Opening remarks at the 2022 National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 24. Since 1970, Indigenous people and their allies have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill to commemorate a National Day of […]
Indigenous peoples

Leonard Peltier: ‘The world now faces the challenges our people foretold’

November 29, 2022 Leonard Peltier
Statement by Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier for the 2022 National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Nov. 24. Greetings my relatives, friends, loved ones and supporters. First, I want to say how deeply […]
Indigenous peoples

Indigenous people persevere, resist myth of Thanksgiving

November 29, 2022 Kimimilasha James
Remarks given at the 2022 National Day of Mourning on Nov. 24 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Since 1970, Indigenous people and their allies have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill to commemorate a National Day of […]
In the U.S.

Crocodile tears for Ukraine as millions of U.S. families suffer utility shutoffs

November 28, 2022 Stephen Millies
“Kyiv Readies for Brutal, Cold, Dark Winter” is a typical headline in the capitalist media these days. The Nov. 21 Associated Press article—reprinted by Voice of America, the official U.S. propaganda outlet—tells of electrical outages […]
Russia

Moscow: United Communist Party activists attend opening of monument to Fidel Castro

November 28, 2022 United Communist Party of Russia
In Moscow, on Nov. 22, 2022, on Fidel Castro Square, the grand opening of the monument to the great commander and leader of the Cuban Revolution took place. Following Cuban President and First Secretary of […]
Cuba

Cuban president: Causes of Ukraine conflict must be found in aggressive U.S. policy and NATO expansion towards Russia’s borders

November 28, 2022 Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
Speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian […]
Around the world

In latest election, Nicaraguans decisively reject attempted U.S. subversion

November 25, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won big in Nicaragua’s municipal elections on Nov. 6. The party won every mayoral race nationwide with 73% of voters turning out. The high turnout was in spite of […]
Cuba

Biden, everyone knows Cuba is not a terrorist country!

November 23, 2022 Cheryl LaBash
The Biden administration certainly must have gotten the message after the United Nations General Assembly condemned the U.S. starvation blockade on Cuba by a vote of 185 to 2 and for the 30th consecutive year. […]
U.S. / NATO war

Democrats show true colors with allegiance to war and enabling of fascism

November 22, 2022 John Parker
If anyone needs further proof that the Democrats are just as willing as the Republicans to recklessly push the world into crises, the letter from some Democratic congresspersons renouncing a previous, very weak plea delivered […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

La lucha del pueblo vs. gobierno en Puerto Rico

November 22, 2022 Berta Joubert-Ceci
La crisis causada por la privatización de la energía en Puerto Rico, expone cuáles son los alineamientos en la lucha de clases aquí. Por un lado está el pueblo y sus organizaciones de base, incluyendo […]