Month: May 2025

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In the U.S.

New Orleans nurses and immigrant workers stand together

May 3, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
Nurses at New Orleans’ University Medical Center went on strike on May 1. After voting to unionize in December 2023, they’ve been in contract negotiations since March 2024 and went on strike in October 2024 […]
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Puerto Rico

The blackout in Puerto Rico

May 3, 2025 Berta Joubert-Ceci
April 17 — This past Wednesday of Holy Week, Puerto Rico experienced — for the second time in just three months — a general blackout. The first was on New Year’s Eve. Since the privatization […]
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In the U.S.

Tariffs are a step toward military mobilization

May 2, 2025 Gary Wilson
The Trump administration’s April 2 “emergency” executive order reveals that military readiness and defense industrial capability — not merely economic protectionism — are the primary objectives. The administration has explicitly positioned these policies as necessary […]
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Cuba

May 1: Cuba’s determination and resistance are on full display

May 1, 2025 Bill Hackwell and Cheryl LaBash
Havana, May 1 — The massive outpouring filled the emblematic Plaza of the Revolution in Havana this morning to show their resolve that they will not go back or give in to the maximum pressure […]
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Cuba

May Day message from Cuba’s CENESEX

May 1, 2025 CENESEX
By CENESEX (Cuban National Center for Sex Education) This May Day occurs at a difficult time for just causes around the world. We see how rights are being rolled back in several countries, and revolutionary […]