Month: February 2024

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Events

Saturday, March 2: Rally for Palestine!

February 28, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
Rally for Palestine! Saturday, March 2, 4 PM Jackson Square, New Orleans Join us and millions of people across the world on Saturday, March 2, as we take to the streets to demand liberation for […]
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LGBTQ+

Nex Benedict’s death must be a turning point in the fight for trans lives!

February 28, 2024 Coalition to Protect Trans Lives
 Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old transgender Choctaw student, was brutally beaten in an Owasso, Oklahoma, high school bathroom on Feb. 7 and died the next day. The school did not call an ambulance for Nex […]
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Palestine

Honor Aaron Bushnell, free Palestine!

February 28, 2024 John Parker
 Statement of Peace and Freedom Party congressional candidate John Parker. U.S. Air Force soldier Aaron Bushnell self-immolated on Feb. 25 in Washington, D.C., to protest the U.S.-Israeli war on Gaza. He did so in […]
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U.S. / NATO war

Ukraine continues attacks on civilians after capture of Avdeevka

February 28, 2024 Nahia Sanzo
Feb 21 — “The reality of Donetsk,” Alexander Kots, a correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda, wrote yesterday in the city after his visit to the recently captured town of Avdeevka. “In cafes there are almost always […]
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Palestine

Hundreds rally in Jackson Heights: ‘Bangladesh stands with Palestine’

February 28, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Hundreds of people rallied for Palestine in the Jackson Heights section of Queens, New York City, on Feb. 24. They gathered in Diversity Plaza, the center of a South Asian community. “Honor Our Martyrs” was […]
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Palestine

U.S. soldier self-immolates outside Israeli embassy to protest Gaza genocide

February 26, 2024 The Cradle
‘Free Palestine’ the active-duty airman yelled before collapsing to the ground An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on 25 February in an […]
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PDF

Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – February 26, 2024

February 25, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
Get PDF here Palestinians barred from Al-Aqsa Mosque Crawfish in the coal mine: Climate disruption is here Stop the attack on Rafah! Students in New York mobilize for Gaza The links between East Palestine, Ohio, […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Unsustainable war machine: U.S. imperialism in crisis

February 25, 2024 Gary Wilson
 General Smedley Butler said, “War is a racket.” Wikipedia explains that he was referring to the war profiteers and the “imperialist motivations for U.S. foreign policy and wars.” A Guardian headline on Feb. 18 […]
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Cuba

NNOC & BAP statement on AFRICOM airstrike killing 2 Cuban doctors

February 25, 2024 U.S.-Cuba Normalization Committee
The National Network on Cuba, Black Alliance for Peace, and Lowcountry Action Committee strongly condemn the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) airstrikes in Somalia reported to have killed 2 Cuban doctors. We mourn the loss of […]
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Palestine

Palestinians’ use of force to resist foreign oppression ‘well founded’ in international law: China

February 25, 2024 Riyaz ul Khaliq
Addressing the International Court of Justice, China on Thursday said the Palestinians’ use of armed struggle to gain independence from foreign and colonial rule was “legitimate” and “well founded” in international law. “In pursuit of […]