Month: April 2023

Oppressed genders

#LetHerSpeak: Rep. Zooey Zephyr and supporters defy anti-trans bigots

April 28, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 On April 26, the far-right-dominated Montana state legislature in Helena censured the state’s first elected trans representative, Zooey Zephyr, after silencing her for several days and threatening her with expulsion.  Zephyr will not be […]
China

Tucker Carlson and the U.S. war on China

April 28, 2023 Gary Wilson
 Why was Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News? Not for any of his known offensives, even though that’s a very long list. Carlson is the millionaire (net worth $420 million) son of the director […]
Political Prisoners

San Diego mobilizes to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home

April 28, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 On the weekend of his 69th birthday celebration, the San Diego Coalition to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and All Political Prisoners held a meeting to honor the world-famous political prisoner, revolutionary journalist, and author. The […]
Around the world

Ben Dupuy, quintessential Haitian revolutionary leader, dead at 91

April 28, 2023 Kim Ives
Benjamin Dupuy, arguably Haiti’s greatest communist leader and ideologue from the 1970s to the 2010s, passed away in a Miami Beach nursing home on Apr. 23 at the age of 91. He had been extremely […]
Political Prisoners

How to free Mumia? Shut it down!

April 27, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 On April 23, a day before Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th birthday, protesters marched down 52nd Street in West Philadelphia to a rally at the OneArt Community Center. A glorious mural demanding Mumia’s freedom marks the […]
In the U.S.

Alton Maddox Jr. fought for the people inside and outside the courtroom

April 27, 2023 Stephen Millies
 “Attorney-at-War” Alton Maddox Jr. has passed. The militant Black lawyer and defender of oppressed people died on April 23, aged 77 years old. Born in Inkster, Michigan―a suburb of Detroit―on July 21, 1945, Maddox’s […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Gobierno de PR, lacayo sumiso del neoliberalismo

April 27, 2023 Berta Joubert-Ceci
El gobierno de Puerto Rico liderado por Pedro Pierluisi y su partido que quiere la estadidad con los EUA, el Partido Nuevo Progresista, está corriendo como locomotora desbocada tratando de implantar todos los proyectos neoliberales […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Corporate magazine describes and bemoans the ‘end of capitalism’

April 27, 2023 Chris Fry
An April 5th article from the aptly-named pro-capitalist magazine website, Fortune.com, carried the title:  “‘We may be looking at the end of capitalism’: One of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks warns ‘Greedflation’ has gone […]
Events

San Diego May Day: Power in the Hands of the Working Class, May 1

April 26, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Monday, May 1, 2023 Chicano Park Kiosk 4:30 pm: Tabling & Rally 5:35 pm: March Join San Diego labor unions and movement organizations for a rally and march towards our collective liberation. On this year’s […]
Events

Rally for one Korea – April 29 NYC

April 26, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
For over 70 years, Korea’s division has been a tragedy for the Korean people. Today, Korea is on the frontline of the U.S.’s New Cold War against China. Now is the time to revive the […]