Month: September 2023

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Cuba

Cuban soldiers in the Russian Army?

September 8, 2023 Raúl Antonio Capote
Havana, Sept. 7 — The “news” that Cuban troops are participating in combat actions on the Russian side in Ukraine, which comes well seasoned with melodramatic stagings, is grabbing headlines in the main counterrevolutionary media […]
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Fight racism

After Ta’Kiya Young shooting: What will it take to stop racist police terror?

September 7, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
Police in Ohio released bodycam footage of 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young on Sept. 1, seven days after she was fatally shot by police on Aug. 24. Young, a pregnant mother of two, was killed while inside […]
Mauifireaftermath
In the U.S.

Maui fires: Biden’s request to Congress shows priorities

September 7, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
On Aug. 10 – two days after the Maui fires – President Biden asked Congress for another $21 billion in aid to the Ukrainian government as Washington’s proxy-war with Russia drags on; if approved, this […]
Intellectual Property
Around the world

Is intellectual property turning into a knowledge monopoly?

September 7, 2023 Prabir Purkayastha
The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, Graham Bell—had […]
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Elections

New York City: 79 Minutes for Leonard Peltier

September 6, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, September 9 – 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Bronx Hub, 149th St. & Third Ave., Bronx Tuesday, September 12 – 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Union Square, 14th St. & Broadway, Manhattan
INTERACTIVE US military presence around the world
U.S. / NATO war

Imperialism and the new Cold War

September 5, 2023 Gary Wilson
War and Lenin in the 21st century, part 4  In a 1917 preface to “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism,” Vladimir Lenin says,  “I trust that this pamphlet will help the reader to understand […]
BPPWay
In the U.S.

A gathering of heroes: Harlem street naming honors Black Panthers

September 5, 2023 Bill Dores
African drums and the words “All power to the people” echoed in Harlem, New York, on Sunday, Aug. 20, as the blue flag emblazoned with a black panther flew again.   On that day, veterans of […]
LaJunta
La Lucha por el Socialismo

A 7 años de Junta de Control Fiscal dictatorial

September 5, 2023 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Esta semana se cumplieron 7 años de la imposición en Puerto Rico de una Junta de Control  Fiscal por el gobierno de Barack Obama que fue avalada tanto por Republicanos como por Demócratas estadounidenses.  Una […]
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Cuba

Cuba: New actions against the island are being prepared

September 5, 2023 Arthur Gonzalez
The war that the United States is waging against Cuba is broad and covers politics, economy, culture, sports, health, education, and everything they can do to hinder the development of the island, with the purpose […]
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Around the world

African Union suspends Gabon after military coup ousts President Ali Bongo

September 5, 2023 Tanupriya Singh
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) on Thursday, August 31, suspended Gabon from all its activities, organs and institutions. The announcement followed a day after a military-led coup ousted Gabonese President […]