Month: August 2024

In the U.S.

Supreme Court millionaires criminalize being homeless

August 19, 2024 Scott Scheffer
On June 28, the unelected U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson case that the U.S. Constitution does not protect people against cruel and unusual punishment for sleeping outside even if […]
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Struggle ★ La Lucha PDF – August 19, 2024

August 19, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
Get PDF here 2024 Olympics: Racism, misogyny & transphobia Remembering the DNC 1968—2024 Same struggle, same fight 405 years of ‘Black Jobs’ An evening vigil in San Diego honoring Sonya Massey Rally demands justice for […]
Venezuela

Venezuela: Far-right’s ‘great international protest’ fails

August 18, 2024 Orinoco Tribune
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—Caracas and several cities in Venezuela witnessed a new round of demonstrations supporting the Bolivarian Revolution as well as a few small far-right demonstrations called by those who got defeated in the presidential elections […]
Around the world

Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha: End colonialism and neocolonialism!

August 18, 2024 Maggie Vascassenno
Statement from Maggie Vascassenno of Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha presented to the International Conference for the Eradication of Colonialism, which was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from August 12-13, 2024. Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha […]
Cuba

Cuba’s parallel reality in Paris

August 16, 2024 Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Miserable is a society that imposes repudiatory practices of inquisition and falsehood. Miserable are those who deny Cuba the joy of its nine Olympic medals, the same number won by Denmark, a country without a […]
Around the world

John Parker in Nigeria: We will win in spite of imperialism

August 16, 2024 John Parker
From the Aug. 16 Vanguard newspaper in Abuja, Nigeria, on the International Conference for the Eradication of Colonialism, which was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from August 12-13, 2024: “The conference, which included delegates of colonized […]
Puerto Rico

Consequences of colonialism in Puerto Rico (Borikén)

August 16, 2024 Berta Joubert-Ceci
From the Aug. 16 Vanguard newspaper in Abuja, Nigeria, on the International Conference for the Eradication of Colonialism, which was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from August 12-13, 2024: “It pointedly reminded those who are free […]
In the U.S.

Remembering the DNC 1968 – 2024 Same struggle, same fight

August 16, 2024 Sharon Black
In August of 1968, I was barely 19 years old and several months pregnant when I embarked on a trip with other activists to attend the protests at the Democratic Party Convention.   It was a […]
In the U.S.

405 years of ‘Black Jobs’

August 16, 2024 Stephen Millies
Make the Trumps pay reparations! What does Trump mean by the term “Black Jobs”? The billionaire bigot has used the phrase repeatedly since his debate with Genocide Joe Biden on June 27. Superstar gymnast Simone […]
In the U.S.

AI bubble burst? Tech stock plunge sparks recession fears amid military-industrial AI expansion

August 15, 2024 Gary Wilson
The AI boom tumbled on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, shaken by losses in Big Tech. The world’s 10 richest people — all men — lost just over $45 billion in the Aug. 2 market fall.  […]