Year: 2023

In the U.S.

Inflation, layoffs, and the $1 trillion war budget

February 11, 2023 Scott Scheffer
In January, tech companies laid off 97,020 workers, more than double the layoffs in the first month of last year. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google were responsible for most of the January cuts – 18,000, 10,000, […]
Around the world

Turkey-Syria earthquake catastrophe needs global cooperation, not U.S. sanctions

February 10, 2023 Sharon Black
February 9 — The death toll from the unprecedented scale of the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Turkey and Syria is now over 23,000. As of this writing, almost 70,000 people have been injured, and some […]
Oppressed genders

Stop trans genocide: Now is the time to fight back!

February 10, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row] On Feb. 6, hundreds of trans people and supporters flooded the Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ahead of right-wing Gov. Kevin Stitt’s state of the state […]
Events

Brooklyn, NYC: Justice for Tyre & Manny! Feb. 11

February 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Brooklyn, NYC: Justice for Tyre & Manny! Speakout Against All Police Murders Saturday, February 11 – 2:00 p.m. Herbert Von King Park (near the great lawn), 670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Hosted by New […]
Events

Thursday, February 16: Free Mumia Abu Jamal!

February 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
This is the hour to fight for Mumia’s freedom. On Thursday, Feb. 16th, longshore workers in ILWU Local 10 will shut down the Ports of Oakland and San Francisco to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. […]
Events

Boston Free Mumia rally – Feb. 18

February 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Saturday, February 18, 12 Noon Park Street T Station, Boston MA Mumia Abu Jamal is an internationally recognized political prisoner in the United States serving a life sentence for which he did not receive a fair trial. […]
Events

Washington, D.C.: Trans Day of Vengeance, March 31-April 1

February 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Organizers of the Washington D.C. march scheduled for April 1 have called off the action due to credible threats of fascist violence. The Trans Day of Vengeance protest became a flashpoint for far-right […]
Events

New York City: International U.S.-Cuba Normalization Conference – March 11-12

February 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
In person at the Fordham University School of Law and live streamed on Zoom throughout the US, Canada and the world! REGISTER to attend in-person or online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5nXJTCwMJ0cxaA7xZjE5ucngbsaVMb864Etyo2_ICN4-JJg/viewform To endorse the Conference email: endorse@us-cubanormalizationconference.org The […]
Fight racism

No matter the color of the lash, the whip of racism remains intact

February 9, 2023 John Parker
It’s Black History Month. Time to reflect on, hopefully, the progress made for people of African ethnicity, especially in the U.S. However, a brief history of repression by police attempts to kill our hope. Since […]
U.S. / NATO war

The far right sets a trap for the anti-war movement

February 9, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
The history of the working class and oppressed peoples is full of positive and negative lessons about the intertwined struggles against war and fascism. Unfortunately, since the destruction of the USSR and the socialist camp […]