Year: 2022

In the U.S.

Food deserts: Grocery giant shuts down in southwest Baltimore

December 16, 2022 Lev Koufax
Over the past two years, grocery store closures have rolled across the U.S. like an epidemic. In particular, these closures have occurred in working-class communities, especially where most residents are Black or Brown.  Whether it […]
Around the world

2 days before coup, U.S. ambassador in Peru, veteran CIA agent, met with defense minister

December 15, 2022 Ben Norton
The U.S. ambassador in Peru, a veteran CIA agent named Lisa Kenna, met with the country’s defense minister just two days before democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo was overthrown in a coup d’etat and imprisoned […]
Around the world

Peru: Chronicle of a coup in slow motion

December 15, 2022 Saheli Chowdhury
Dec. 14 — The fascist right wing of Peru was finally able to do on Wednesday, December 7, what it had been trying to do for more than a year — depose Pedro Castillo, the […]
Around the world

Honduras condemns coup in Peru

December 15, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
HONDURAS Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Government of the Republic COMMUNIQUÉ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Honduras communicates to the Honduran people and the international community: […]
Labor and strikes

‘Nurses have had enough’: Largest-ever NHS strike kicks off in Britain

December 15, 2022 Jake Johnson
Tens of thousands of nurses across Britain are set to walk off the job Thursday in what’s been described as the largest-ever strike by National Health Service workers, who said they were forced to act […]
Events

Baltimore: Stop Price Rite Market closing – End food deserts! Dec. 17

December 15, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
SATURDAY, DEC 17, AT 2 PM – 3 PM Stop Price Rite Market Closing – End Food Deserts 1205 W Pratt St, Baltimore Join us in a community protest to stop the closing of the […]
Events

Baltimore picket line: Drop the charges! Support squeegee workers! Dec. 19

December 15, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022, AT 5 PM Picket Line: Drop The Charges! Support Squeegee Workers! Self-Defense Against Racism Is Not A Crime! 414 Light St, Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly, together with the Prisoner Solidarity Committee […]
Political Prisoners

U.N. rights group files brief about systemic racism in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case

December 14, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent filed an amicus brief on Dec. 6 with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lucretia Clemons regarding the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. […]
Political Prisoners

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now!

December 14, 2022 Struggle - La Lucha
Statement of Vermont AFL-CIO President David Van Deusen “The Vermont AFL-CIO declares that it is time that Mumia Abu Jamal, and all Black political prisoners in the U.S. who were engaged with organizing through the […]
Around the world

Uncertainty in Peru as the people remain in the streets

December 14, 2022 Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell
Peru is experiencing a new episode of its long history of institutional crisis. Today, a new president occupies the seat in the Government Palace, only 16 months after the country elected the leftist teacher Pedro […]