Month: July 2023

In the U.S.

The Supreme Court has no compassion for working-class families

July 10, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
The following was presented as part of a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights, and student loans. The Court outlawed affirmative action against racism, endorsed discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, […]
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Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – July 10, 2023

July 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Get PDF here Global heat soars, wildfires spread toxic smoke Not a spy balloon, but the propaganda sticks Queer Liberation March defends trans lives Longshore worker on meaning of Juneteenth Slavery and the fourth of […]
Around the world

Ukraine: Biden again escalates

July 9, 2023 Moon of Alabama
The Washington Post says that the U.S. will now give cluster munition to Ukraine. Biden approves cluster munition supply to Ukraine President Biden has approved the provision of U.S. cluster munitions for Ukraine, with drawdown […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Una colonia con soberanía deportiva

July 9, 2023 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Si hay algo que une a este pueblo, es el deporte y nuestra bandera. Tanto anexionistas, como estadolibristas, e independentistas siguen fielmente a sus atletas, enorgulleciéndose de sus triunfos y su participación. Entonces se desprenden […]
Environment

Deadly hazards of capitalist profit system

July 8, 2023 Gary Wilson
Global heat soars, wildfires spread toxic smoke UPDATED July 7 The beginning of July saw the hottest days on record globally. Daily heat records were set on July 3, 4, 5, and 6. Each day […]
In the U.S.

Report shows how military-industrial complex sets media narrative on Ukraine

July 7, 2023 Bryce Greene
The Quincy Institute—whose own start-up funding came mainly from George Soros and Charles Koch—looked at 11 months of Ukraine War coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, from March 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023, and […]
Political Prisoners

Mutulu Shakur, Black Liberation Movement elder and stepfather to Tupac, dies at 72

July 7, 2023 Bruce C.T. Wright
‘The struggle was never about me, but for the will of the people,’ the longtime political prisoner once wrote. Mutulu Shakur, the Black liberation movement elder and stepfather to the late rapper and actor Tupac […]
U.S. / NATO war

Communist activists Aleksander and Mikhail Kononovich are facing death threats in Ukraine

July 7, 2023 Peoples Dispatch
Communist youth leaders Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail, who are under house arrest in Ukraine, have said they are facing death threats. Left and progressive organizations across the world have condemned the persecution of […]
U.S. / NATO war

#FREEKONONOVICH: We will not leave you behind

July 7, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
As we approach 500 days since the kidnapping of our comrades Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich by the Security Service of the reactionary regime of Ukraine, their situation continues to worsen. In the last hours, we […]
Palestine

EXPLAINER: How Palestinian unity, resistance thwarted Israel’s Jenin invasion

July 6, 2023 Palestine Chronicle
Why did Israel invade Jenin? And did it succeed in achieving its objectives? what are the Israeli objectives anyway? And why is the Palestinian Resistance claiming victory for the refugee camp over the massive Israeli […]