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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 […]
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Ukraine: Twenty days of underground protests by Krivoy Rog miners

September 23, 2020 Olesya Orlenko
Sept. 21 — “This is not a strike, but a protest action.” Yuriy Samoilov, chairperson of the Krivoy Rog (Kryvyi Rih) organization of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, prefers to clarify this […]
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Instability in Mali caused by imperialist foreign policy

August 31, 2020 Abayomi Azikiwe
Military mutiny results in the detention of president, prime minister and other officials A mutiny by lower-ranking military officers on August 18 in the West African state of Mali has prompted the condemnation of regional, […]
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U.S.-NATO hands off Belarus!

August 29, 2020 Greg Butterfield
  Six years after the U.S. government helped to engineer a right-wing takeover of Ukraine using mass protests, another former Soviet republic — Belarus — is now in the gunsights of Washington and the European […]
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Borotba: Workers should put an end to crisis in Belarus

August 29, 2020 Borotba
Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned by the U.S.-backed government of Ukraine, issued the following statement on Aug. 25. Borotba activists continue their work from exile, in the anti-fascist Donbass republics, and underground in […]
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Turkey: People’s attorney Ebru Timtik dies on 238th day of hunger strike

August 28, 2020 Anti-Imperialist Front
Aug. 27 — Today, our comrade, a member of the People’s Law Office, Ebru Timtik, was martyred in the 238th day of a death fast hunger strike. She was assassinated by imperialism and fascism because […]