Month: April 2023

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Events

Norfolk, VA: NATO Parade of Nations Protest, April 22

April 16, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2023, AT 9:30 AM NATO Parade of Nations Protest Town Point Park, Norfolk, VA On Saturday, April 22, Norfolk will hold a parade to honor NATO, the North American Treaty Organization, which […]
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Events

Brooklyn, NYC: Fire Killer Cops Emergency Action, April 17

April 16, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
New York Community Action Project  will be hosting an emergency response action for the elderly man shot and killed by the police in Bed-Stuy on Monday, April 17th at Herbert Von King Park by the […]
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In the U.S.

LA students support school workers’ strike, oppose armed police

April 15, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 Jailynn Butler-Thomas is a student at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. She spoke with Struggle-La Lucha about support for the recent Los Angeles Unified Public School District (LAUSD) strike and opposition to armed […]
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In the U.S.

Angel Reese and the long legacy of racist hypocrisy in sports

April 15, 2023 Lev Koufax
 The days following LSU’s victory in the women’s NCAA basketball championship should have been the best of Angel Reese’s young life. Those days should have been packed with praise, celebration, and love.  Instead, Angel […]
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Around the world

U.S. out of the Philippines!

April 15, 2023 Stephen Millies
 New York City’s Times Square was packed on April 10 with a protest against the U.S. military’s latest incursion on Philippine sovereignty. The Pentagon has sent over 12,000 troops to the Philippines for the […]
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Oppressed genders

Christynne Lilly Wood: Trans women are a threat to no one

April 14, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 The March 21 Santee School Board meeting was my first time seeing Christynne Lilly Wood in action. Wood — mother, grandmother, auntie, retired health care worker, and community activist — was on the list […]
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Cuba

Help send a LGBTQ+ delegation to Cuba

April 13, 2023 Bob McCubbin
Dear friend, We are asking for your help to send an important LGBTQ+ delegation to Cuba this May to learn about the inclusive new Families Code and the impact of the U.S. blockade. We’re all […]
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Environment

While Biden unleashes climate bomb in Alaska, Cyclone Freddy ravages eastern Africa

April 13, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 The U.S. corporate-controlled media are concealing the climate crisis’s severity and breadth. Coverage of extremely destructive weather is so slanted, biased, and Eurocentric that people in the United States and Europe may not even […]
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Palestine

Hands off Al-Aqsa!

April 13, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
In dozens of cities across the United States, people took to the streets on April 8 to stand with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and say, “Hands off Al-Aqsa!” They expressed outrage at the Zionist […]
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Events

Los Angeles: Queer Liberation Party for LGBTQ+ Cuba Trip, April 23

April 12, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023 AT 5:00 PM PDT Queer Liberation Party for LGBTQ+ Cuba Trip Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice – L.A. A celebration fundraiser to help send Jordan David on the LGBTQ+ delegation […]