Year: 2023

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Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – January 9, 2023

January 9, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Get PDF here Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war SoCal fights to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal home ‘End food apartheid in Baltimore’: Community protests closing of […]
In the U.S.

Fighting inflation trickery: Capitalists cut jobs rather than bring down prices

January 7, 2023 Gary Wilson
The year 2022 will be remembered as a year of inflation shock. Energy (oil, gas, electricity) prices are up a painful 17.6%. Food-at-home prices have increased by 10.9%. Eggs are now 25.6% more expensive than […]
U.S. / NATO war

Zelensky complicit in corporate takeover of Ukraine: ‘It’s an investment’

January 7, 2023 John Parker
“Your money is not charity, it’s an investment.” That’s what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address to the U.S. Congress while visiting Washington on Dec. 21. He came asking for more billions to […]
In the U.S.

Nuclear fusion hype: A boost for U.S. armaments, not clean energy

January 7, 2023 Scott Scheffer
Jennifer Granholm, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, led a press event on Dec. 13 to announce a major scientific breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  There, researchers had aimed an array of the world’s […]
In the U.S.

Cases reopened: Maryland’s former chief medical examiner covered up police killings

January 7, 2023 Lev Koufax
A little over two years ago, David Fowler stepped onto the witness stand during the prosecution of George Floyd’s murderers, including Derek Chauvin. The defense called Fowler as an expert witness. His purpose at this […]
Around the world

Peru: Nationwide Strike Against Boluarte Reaches Third Day

January 7, 2023 teleSUR
The strongest protests are taking place in the southern part of the country. Journalists report traffic blockades on the Interoceanic Highway and the Pan-American Highway. On Friday, Peruvians stage the third consecutive day of protests […]
Labor and strikes

Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

January 7, 2023 Stephen Millies
The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions to reject it. That is how little real democracy there is in the United States. […]
Events

Honor Dr. King: Protest to End Food Apartheid in Baltimore, Jan. 16

January 6, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2023 AT 2 PM – 3 PM Honor Dr. King Protest to End Food Apartheid in Baltimore Gay and Fayette Streets, Baltimore WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOOD DESERTS Residents in […]
In the U.S.

Buffalo’s real bomb cyclone: Racism, capitalism and poverty

January 6, 2023 Sharon Black
Capitalist government failure requires working-class organization and action As of Jan. 5, at least 60 people nationally and 39 people in Erie County, New York, have been reported dead from Winter Storm Elliott.  The majority […]
Political Prisoners

Reflections on the passing of Wadiya Jamal

January 6, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
When I read the email message from Black Alliance for Peace on Dec. 27 stating Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wife, Wadiya Jamal, had transitioned, I was deeply saddened.  I recovered from my state of shock, reading the […]