Year: 2022

La Lucha por el Socialismo

Estados Unidos y su rol en el golpe de Estado en Perú

December 14, 2022 Vijay Prashad y José Carlos Llerena Robles
El 7 de diciembre de 2022, Pedro Castillo se sentó a trabajar en su despacho, durante el que sería su último día como presidente de Perú. Sus abogados revisaban los documentos que mostraban que Castillo […]
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The U.S. egged on the coup in Peru

December 13, 2022 Vijay Prashad and José Carlos Llerena Robles
On December 7, 2022, Pedro Castillo sat in his office on what would be the last day of his presidency of Peru. His lawyers went over spreadsheets that showed Castillo would triumph over a motion […]
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Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia back Peru’s President Castillo, condemn ‘anti-democratic harassment’

December 13, 2022 Ben Norton
The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Bolivia released a joint statement supporting Peru’s democratically elected President, Pedro Castillo, saying he is the victim of “anti-democratic harassment.” Castillo was overthrown in a coup d’etat on December 7, […]
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Five killed by police during anti-coup protests in Peru

December 13, 2022 Tanya Wadhwa
Dec. 12 — Since December 7, tens of thousands of Peruvians have been protesting in different parts of the country in rejection of the parliamentary coup that took democratically elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo out of […]
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Miami hearing continues for illegally jailed Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab

December 13, 2022 Sharon Black
On Dec. 12, the U.S. federal court in Miami began hearings in the case of Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab, who has been falsely arrested and is presently imprisoned in a Miami federal penitentiary on trumped-up […]
Labor and strikes

Retired railroad worker Stephen Millies on Biden & Congress collaborating against railroad workers

December 13, 2022 Stephen Millies
Labor and strikes

To hell with the railroad barons: The railroads belong to the people!

December 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Nobody should be surprised by President Joe Biden’s strikebreaking role in imposing a contract on railroad workers. The agreement had already been voted down by workers in several unions. The imposed contract fails to address […]
Labor and strikes

Baltimore supports railroad workers’ right to paid sick leave

December 11, 2022 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
December 8 — A rush-hour protest in downtown Baltimore showed support for railroad workers under attack. The newly formed Ad Hoc Committee To Support Railroad Workers called the action. Protesters expressed their outrage at the […]
China

Zero COVID: Don’t be deceived by U.S. reports on the protests in China

December 11, 2022 Scott Scheffer
The opportunism of the major U.S. media was on full display in late November over the protests against China’s anti-COVID lockdowns. The protests began in the Xinjiang city of Urumqi after a terrible fire took […]
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Peru: Was it a coup?

December 11, 2022 Katu Arkonada
When Professor Pedro Castillo won the presidential election against Keiko Fujimori — in the second round and by a very narrow margin of 50.125% against 49.875%, a difference of just over 40 thousand votes in […]