Year: 2023

China

Chinese military bases in the Middle East – threat to whom?

November 10, 2023 Drago Bosnic
United States President Joe Biden recently stated that his country is not only “the most powerful in the world” but also supposedly “in the history of mankind.” And while that assertion is highly debatable to […]
LGBTQ+

Call to action: Trans Day of Remembrance 2023

November 9, 2023 Coalition to Protect Trans Lives
Trans Day of Remembrance 2023:  MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING! The Coalition to Protect Trans Lives calls on trans and queer people and our allies to come out in force for […]
LGBTQ+

Capitalists behind anti-trans social media barrage

November 9, 2023 Sally Jane Black
 On Nov. 2, a hate group called PragerU spent what is reported to be a million dollars to promote anti-trans lies on the social media site “X” (formerly Twitter), owned by right-wing billionaire Elon […]
Around the world

Dagestan: Western powers feign concern after attempted anti-Jewish pogrom

November 9, 2023 Lev Koufax
 Late on the night of Oct. 29, a group of over 300 people stormed the airport terminal and ransacked a nearby hotel in Makhachkala, the regional capital of the Dagestan region of Russia. The […]
Palestine

U.S. arms shipment to Israel blocked at Port of Tacoma

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 The Port of Tacoma in Washington state was shut down by a picket line shortly before 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. Protesters swarmed the entrance with signs and chants: “No aid for Israel” and […]
Palestine

U.S. military ship’s supplies for Israel stalled by protest at berth in Oakland, Calif.

November 8, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 As the sun rose on Nov. 3, protesters began to pour into a site near Berth 20 in the Port of Oakland in California, where the U.S. military vessel MV Cape Orlando was preparing […]
Palestine

New Orleans port protest: Cut ties with Israel!

November 8, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
 Nov. 3, New Orleans – About 100 pro-Palestine protesters gathered on Canal Street downtown, outside the Sheraton Hotel, where the annual State of the Port address was happening. This is an elite event for […]
Puerto Rico

Uprising in Puerto Rico in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle commemorated

November 8, 2023 Berta Joubert-Ceci
This past Monday, October 30, the Puerto Rican independence movement commemorated, like every year on this date, the Jayuya Insurrection of 1950 led by the Nationalist Party. Although the Grito de Lares of 1868 is […]
Events

🇵🇸 Thursday all out – Baltimore shut it down for Palestine

November 6, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Shut It Down for Palestine Baltimore Thursday, November 9th, 3 pm gather at MLK Blvd & W. Mulberry Street Shut It Down for Palestine – Banner Drop & More Thursday, November 9th, 3 p.m. gather […]
Labor and strikes

UAW knocks out Big Three auto companies

November 6, 2023 Stephen Millies
 Dumping cutbacks by fighting back  The strike of the United Auto Workers against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (Chrysler and Jeep) is a big step forward for all workers and poor people. The tentative […]