Month: February 2023

Political Prisoners

We have the best chance in a very long time to actually achieve Mumia’s freedom: Angela Davis writes to Irvin Jim

February 17, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
(From February 16 to March 16, trade unions and people’s movements across the world are organizing a campaign to demand the release of US political prisoner, militant and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been in […]
Around the world

Neruda was assassinated with a biological weapon, nephew denounces

February 17, 2023 Juan M. Garcia
Rodolfo Reyes, a lawyer, and nephew of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, charged on Tuesday that the reports from two laboratories in Canada and Denmark confirm the assassination of the Nobel Prizewinner for Literature with a […]
Around the world

Hundreds of thousands take to the streets of Madrid in defense of public health care

February 17, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
A group of pensioners chanted, “Cutting back on health care is a criminal act,” during the demonstration in Madrid in defense of public health care. These six words sum up the feelings of hundreds of […]
In the U.S.

Train wrecks, earthquakes and profits

February 16, 2023 Stephen Millies
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row] What’s the connection between the earthquake in Syria and Turkey with the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio? More than 41,000 people, including thousands of children, […]
China

Balloon shootout: Pretext for war with China

February 15, 2023 Chris Fry
A stealth F22 fighter, costing some $350 million, managed to shoot down its first aircraft on February 4, a large Chinese balloon off the South Carolina coast. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) stated that […]
Oppressed genders

New Orleanians come out against anti-LGBTQ+ bigot Jeff Landry

February 15, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
Feb. 12 — Two actions were held in New Orleans against the latest attacks on LGBTQ+ people and other oppressed workers. These attacks locally are being spearheaded by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry — who […]
Political Prisoners

Marshall ‘Eddie’ Conway, ¡presente!

February 15, 2023 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Former Black Panther Party leader and political prisoner Marshall “Eddie” Conway died Feb. 13 in Long Beach, California. He was a leading member of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party and was falsely […]
In the U.S.

Speaker of the House chaos highlights neo-fascist extremists

February 15, 2023 Lev Koufax
As 2023 began, a political whirlwind ended as the Republican party elected Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House of Representatives, often considered the second most powerful position in the federal government. However, the fanfare was […]
In the U.S.

State of the Union: Biden’s honest moment “I am a capitalist”

February 13, 2023 Sharon Black
In President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Feb. 7, there was one honest moment. Biden said, “I am a capitalist.” Well, he fudged a bit; he should have said, I am […]
Around the world

U.S. troops out of the Philippines!

February 13, 2023 Stephen Millies
Filipinos and their supporters protested the Pentagon’s war buildup in the Philippines on Feb. 11 in New York City. People rallied at the Times Square military recruiting station on a busy Saturday night in the […]