Month: June 2024

Around the world

U.S. bets on a losing candidate to be able to claim Venezuelan elections illegitimate

June 11, 2024 Nino Pagliccia
The preparations for the upcoming Venezuelan presidential elections scheduled for July 28 are progressing as expected, with active political campaigning in the country. However, there is a sense of ominous anticipation of interference from the […]
Indigenous peoples

Q&A: Former Federal Judge Kevin Sharp on Leonard Peltier’s June 10 parole hearing

June 11, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
As Leonard Peltier’s parole hearing approaches on June 10, there is renewed hope and vigorous debate about his potential release. Convicted for the killing of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Oglala […]
Palestine

People’s red line surrounds the White House

June 11, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Stop Biden’s mass murder in Gaza!  One hundred thousand people surrounded the White House on June 8 to stop the genocide in Gaza. They held a two-mile-long red banner that stretched around the White […]
Around the world

Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic election as Mexico’s first woman president

June 11, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to be elected president of Mexico, won by a large margin of 60%. She will begin a six-year term on Oct. 1. Until then, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador […]
Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican primaries, courtesy of gringo corporations

June 11, 2024 Berta Joubert-Ceci
A corporate sham to keep stealing from the people As in many parts of Our America, in Puerto Rico we are also in an election process this year. Although the general elections are in November, […]
Palestine

Nuseirat: Civilians shot execution style during ‘near perfect’ Gaza rescue op

June 10, 2024 The Cradle
Testimony from Palestinians indicates Israeli forces deliberately executed civilians in their homes with gunfire and indiscriminately bombed civilians from the air as part of the military operation in Gaza to rescue captives held by Hamas. […]
Palestine

U.S. army aided Israel in bloody military op launched from Gaza ‘Aid Pier’

June 8, 2024 The Cradle
The operation saw the mass killing of over 200 Palestinians, with health officials describing the inside of Al-Aqsa Hospital as a ‘slaughterhouse’ A video shared widely by Hebrew Telegram channels on 8 June shows that […]
Around the world

Class struggles and economic inequality: Modi’s BJP faces major setback in Indian elections

June 8, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 In capitalist countries, free elections are said to be an expression of democracy, meaning that the people select their own government. In fact, these elections are anything but democratic. The unexpectedly weak performance of […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Pierluisi y sus millonarios pierde primaria

June 8, 2024 Berta Joubert-Ceci
La semana pasada les comentaba sobre las primarias de los dos partidos coloniales en Puerto Rico y cómo los contratistas privados que sangran las arcas del pueblo junto a los millonarios extranjeros que se mudan […]
U.S. / NATO war

Resist NATO’s D-Day lies: Join the Counter-Summit in Washington

June 6, 2024 Gary Wilson
The U.S.-NATO powers are exploiting the 80th anniversary of D-Day to justify an imperialist agenda, including escalating their war against Russia and arming the genocide in Gaza. This commemoration, while claiming to honor the sacrifice […]