Year: 2024

Johnandfriendinnigeria
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Simone biles
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 […]
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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.  […]
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Palestine

U.S. reaffirms its support for Israeli genocide with another $20B in arms

August 15, 2024 Steven Almeida
Palestinian resistance continues despite Zionist assassinations As the genocide in Gaza marked its 300th day of bloodshed, Israel continues to demonstrate its intentions to prolong the genocide while provoking a possible regional war.  In a […]
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Palestine

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, honors Ismail Haniyeh

August 13, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Brooklyn, New York, Aug. 11 – A hundred people gathered in the Bay Ridge neighborhood to honor the late Ismail Haniyeh. The Palestinian leader was assassinated in Tehran by the Zionist apartheid regime on July […]
Caracas
Venezuela

U.S. fails in attempts to create a coup in Venezuela

August 12, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 Defying news of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s election victory, verified by the U.S. National Lawyers Guild, among many others, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued a press release on Aug. 1 which stated: […]
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In the U.S.

Free the UHURU 3: Defend anti-imperialist organizing

August 12, 2024 Cheryl LaBash
 We are told that a hallmark of “democracy,” capitalism style, is freedom of speech. Turns out though you’d better not speak up against the war machine, or else militarized SWAT teams will knock down […]
Kursk
U.S. / NATO war

Behind Ukraine’s military incursion in southeast Russia

August 12, 2024 Nahia Sanzo
 Kursk: A new grey area Aug. 8 – For months, especially after the failure of the 2023 ground offensive, which prevented Ukraine from breaking through the Zaporozhye front in the direction of Crimea, Kiev […]