Month: December 2024

Around the world

Syria: U.S., Israel, and Turkey behind terrorist takeover

December 15, 2024 Lev Koufax
Both corporate Western media and so-called progressive media have been positively giddy with celebration in the wake of the U.S. and Turkish-backed terrorist takeover of what was formerly the Syrian Arab Republic.  Articles and statements […]
In the U.S.

From the Jena 6 to immigrant rights: Fight for others as you’d fight for yourself

December 15, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
This December marks 18 years since the start of the case of the Jena 6 — Robert Bailey, Mychal Bell, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Jesse Ray Beard, and Theo Shaw.  These six Black teenagers from […]
Korea

Was South Korea’s coup an attempt to restart the Korean War?

December 14, 2024 Ju-Hyun Park
Opposition lawmakers are alleging the full scope of President Yoon’s coup involved a months-long plot to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea As South Korea’s political crisis continues following President Yoon’s failed attempt to […]
Indigenous peoples

Day of Mourning protest against genocide and theft of land

December 14, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
2024 National Day of Mourning was commemorated on Nov. 28 at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. United American Indians of New England have kept this annual tradition since 1970 to mourn their ­ancestors. As shown […]
Political Prisoners

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

December 14, 2024 Stephen Millies
Revolutionary journalist jailed for 43 years People marched through downtown Philadelphia on Dec. 9, demanding freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners. It was the 43rd anniversary of Mumia’s arrest by Philadelphia police, who […]
Fight racism

Justice for Jordan Neely!

December 14, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Killer of homeless Black man goes free Black Lives Don’t Matter was the message given by a New York City court as the killer of Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny, was set free on Dec. 9. […]
Palestine

Born Jewish in Nazi Europe: My Journey to Become Anti-Zionist

December 13, 2024 Lev Koufax
The term “holocaust survivor” usually renders a specific type of image in one’s mind. It’s easy to picture an ancient Bubbe or Zayde (Yiddish for “Grandmother” and “Grandfather”) trembling over a walker at the front […]
In the U.S.

From the Jena 6 to today: Ruling class imprisons youth abandoned by capitalism

December 13, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
This December marks 18 years since the start of the case of the Jena 6 — Robert Bailey, Mychal Bell, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Jesse Ray Beard, and Theo Shaw.  These six Black teenagers from […]
In the U.S.

Class hatred erupts: Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO highlights health care injustice

December 12, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
Prosecutors in New York City have charged 26-year-old Luigi Mangione with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione was arrested in a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Charges include second-degree murder and illegal possession […]
Korea

Korean community in U.S. stands up against martial law

December 12, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Los Angeles bureau
In nearly back-to-back rallies, the Los Angeles Korean community turned out to protest the decree of martial law by White House-backed South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol. Nodutdol, the youth activist organization based in the […]