Month: January 2023

In the U.S.

Cases reopened: Maryland’s former chief medical examiner covered up police killings

January 7, 2023 Lev Koufax
A little over two years ago, David Fowler stepped onto the witness stand during the prosecution of George Floyd’s murderers, including Derek Chauvin. The defense called Fowler as an expert witness. His purpose at this […]
Around the world

Peru: Nationwide Strike Against Boluarte Reaches Third Day

January 7, 2023 teleSUR
The strongest protests are taking place in the southern part of the country. Journalists report traffic blockades on the Interoceanic Highway and the Pan-American Highway. On Friday, Peruvians stage the third consecutive day of protests […]
Labor and strikes

Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

January 7, 2023 Stephen Millies
The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions to reject it. That is how little real democracy there is in the United States. […]
Events

Honor Dr. King: Protest to End Food Apartheid in Baltimore, Jan. 16

January 6, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 AT 2 PM – 3 PM Honor Dr. King Protest to End Food Apartheid in Baltimore Gay and Fayette Streets, Baltimore WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOOD DESERTS Residents in […]
In the U.S.

Buffalo’s real bomb cyclone: Racism, capitalism and poverty

January 6, 2023 Sharon Black
Capitalist government failure requires working-class organization and action As of Jan. 5, at least 60 people nationally and 39 people in Erie County, New York, have been reported dead from Winter Storm Elliott.  The majority […]
Political Prisoners

Reflections on the passing of Wadiya Jamal

January 6, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
When I read the email message from Black Alliance for Peace on Dec. 27 stating Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wife, Wadiya Jamal, had transitioned, I was deeply saddened.  I recovered from my state of shock, reading the […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

‘Retemos las justificaciones para esta guerra de Estados Unidos’

January 6, 2023 John Parker
Charla pronunciada en “Pushback Against Empire”, una fiesta navideña y recaudación de fondos para la revista CovertAction en la ciudad de Nueva York el 1 de diciembre. Si le gustan las historias de terror,  aquí […]
U.S. / NATO war

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war

January 5, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
  As 2023 begins, it’s undeniable that a dangerous, virulent fascist movement is spreading through U.S. society. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, “The bombs dropped on Vietnam explode at home.” Malcolm […]
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican prisoner of conscience, Ana Belén Montes, to be released

January 5, 2023 Peoples Dispatch
Puerto Rican political prisoner Ana Belén Montes is set to be released from a federal prison in Texas on January 8, 2023. This upcoming release marks a victory for the movement to free Puerto Rican […]
Around the world

‘They shot them down like animals’: massacre in Peru’s Ayacucho

January 5, 2023 Zoe Alexandra
On December 15, 2022, while helicopters flew overhead, members of Peru’s national army shot down civilians with live bullets in the outskirts of the city of Ayacucho. This action was in response to a national strike and […]