Month: May 2024

Cuba

Building Relations with Cuban Labor: ‘Take Cuba off terrorism list’

May 31, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein and Gary Wilson
On the eve of May Day 2024, a group of union members, their union officers, and supporters, mainly from the West Coast of the U.S., participated in a trip aptly named Building Relations with Cuban […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Primarias boricuas, cortesía de corporaciones gringas

May 31, 2024 Berta Joubert-Ceci
Una farsa corporativa para seguir robandole al pueblo Como en muchas partes de Nuestra América, en Puerto Rico también estamos en un proceso eleccionario este año. Aunque las elecciones generales son en noviembre, esta semana […]
Palestine

Detroit protests U.S.-armed Zionist attack on Rafah, Wayne State students demand divestment

May 31, 2024 Cheryl LaBash
 Hundreds gathered in Grand Circus Park on May 27 to march through downtown Detroit, protesting the recent U.S.-armed Zionist attack that set refugee tents ablaze in Rafah, adding more bodies to the tens of […]
Fight racism

White supremacy on the court: Angel Reese targeted

May 31, 2024 Lev Koufax
 Over a year ago, Struggle-La Lucha covered the media offensive against LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese. Even before the events of 2023, Reese rose to prominence in the broader basketball world not only […]
U.S. / NATO war

NATO’s escalation in Ukraine: A recipe for direct war on Russia?

May 28, 2024 Gary Wilson
 Ukraine is preparing for French military instructors’ arrival, reported Bloomberg News on May 28. This announcement resulted from a high-level phone call between Ukraine’s Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and […]
Labor and strikes

Filipino community stages sit-in for fast food workers’ rights

May 28, 2024 Justice 4 Jollibee Workers Community Support Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 27, 2024 Contact: Patrick M., J4JW Community Support Network, (240) 242-9729, j4jw.wheaton@gmail.com WHEATON, MARYLAND — During the holiday lunch rush on Monday, the Wheaton Jollibee floor grew to standing-room only […]
Palestine

People’s Conference for Palestine closes with a pledge to mobilize against Rafah invasion

May 28, 2024 Natalia Marques
The conference concluded with a commitment to intensify ending the genocide in Gaza and igniting a summer of struggle for Palestine After three days of idea exchange and relationship building, the People’s Conference for Palestine […]
Events

Los Angeles, June 22: Demonstrate Against Death Merchants

May 27, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
 
Palestine

UAW strike strengthens Gaza solidarity movement, labor joins fight against genocide

May 26, 2024 Scott Scheffer
 May 24 — As the bloody Zionist/White House genocide against the people of Gaza continues, so do protests in solidarity with Palestine.  Since mid-April, university students, faculty, and staff across the U.S. and internationally […]
Around the world

Tribunal finds U.S. and Philippine leaders guilty of war crimes

May 26, 2024 Gary Wilson
 Following a hearing on May 17-18, the International People’s Tribunal on War Crimes in the Philippines found Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., former President Rodrigo Duterte, and U.S. President Joe Biden guilty of war […]