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Philippines: Mass mobilization for disaster response and recovery

November 7, 2020 Communist Party of the Philippines
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has mobilized all its forces in the Bicol and Southern Tagalog provinces where supertyphoon Rolly slammed today resulting in massive floods, landslides, destruction of property, displacement, injuries and […]
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Protest mass arrests of activists in Turkey

November 7, 2020 Clara Fidan
Intimidation and repression against progressive, left socialist forces and organizations of the people in Turkey continue with full speed. Since Oct. 28, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, […]
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Against the right-wing disinformation campaign on Bolivian elections!

November 2, 2020 Colectivo Kawsay
Statement from Colectivo Kawsay, an organization of Bolivian diaspora and descendants in the District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, campesinos and working-class peoples.  Following the news of the overwhelming victory of Bolivian presidential […]
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Bolivia votes for socialism

October 25, 2020 Cheryl LaBash
Bolivia’s Movement toward Socialism (MAS) victory in the Oct. 18 election overturned a U.S.-backed coup. Eleven months ago, false charges of electoral irregularities and subsequent death threats drove MAS leader and Indigenous Bolivian President Evo […]
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Protests in Indonesia fight to stop further exploitation of workers

October 23, 2020 Bayani
In the second week of October, the Indonesian Parliament approved the Job Creation Law. This law amended 79 previous laws and is nominally intended to help President Joko Widodo’s efforts to attract more foreign investment […]
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Armenia-Azerbaijan: Why capitalism fuels national conflicts in former Soviet Asia

October 7, 2020 Bill Dores
Fighting erupted on Sept. 27, 2020, between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. So far, 360 people have been killed in the fighting, including at least 47 […]
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Election threats for Bolivia

October 5, 2020 Marco Teruggi
The presidential elections in Bolivia are scheduled for October 18. With only a few weeks to go, and with polls showing disputed results in favor of MAS candidate Luis Arce, there are statements from Bolivia […]
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Philippines: Outrage as U.S. Marine pardoned for murdering transwoman

October 3, 2020 Bayani
All of Jennifer Laude’s friends called her “Ganda” or “Beauty” in Filipino. Laude’s friends described her as selfless, generous and confident about her sexuality. She was murdered for being a transwoman, and her murderer was […]
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‘Never again to martial law!’ Groups hold tribute vigil, lobby for Philippine Human Rights Act at the U.S. Capitol

October 2, 2020 Jon Melegrito
On Sept. 21, Malaya Movement DMV and BAYAN USA-DMV, together with several progressive Filipino organizations, community members, and allies, held a vigil in front of the U.S. Capitol to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the […]
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No to dictator Duterte!

September 26, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Sept. 22 — Activists gathered across from the United Nations headquarters in New York City this afternoon to denounce Filipino dictator Rodrigo Duterte, who had spoken to the U.N. General Assembly. Duterte has unleashed a […]