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Haiti and Bastille Day

July 14, 2020 Stephen Millies
July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a hated prison called the Bastille and began the French Revolution. The continual intervention of poor […]
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Free the Basque Country! Spain refuses to act on death squad ties

July 10, 2020 Iña Martinez
In mid-June, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency disclosed documents revealing that former prime minister of Spain, Felipe González, was the head of a terrorist paramilitary group.  According to the CIA, González, prime minister of Spain […]
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Basque political prisoner on hunger strike for prisoners’ health

June 11, 2020 Iña Martinez
“The Basque Country? How come I’ve never heard of it?” Someone in this country asked me that question several years ago after she detected my foreign accent and I told her where I came from.  […]
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African Liberation Day 2020: Solidarity key to people’s victory

May 24, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Message of solidarity for African Liberation Day 2020: A Virtual Event from May 23 to May 25, called by the Maryland Council of Elders, the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party and others. This year’s African Liberation […]
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Borotba: Everyone to the defense of the Turkish comrades!

May 14, 2020 Borotba
Struggle-La Lucha is sharing this statement from the banned Ukrainian Marxist organization Borotba (Struggle).  May 14 — Before our eyes, we are witnessing an unequal confrontation between the Turkish state and our comrades, the communist […]
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Hamburg: Refugees, supporters demand COVID-19 protection

May 11, 2020 No Pasarán Hamburg
On May 7, activists from the Lampedusa Group in Hamburg, Germany, gathered in front of the city hall to demand basic human rights that have been denied them since their arrival in the city in […]
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Michael Lucas, immigrant organizer and friend of Soviet people

May 11, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Michael Lucas, editor of Northstar Compass and leader of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with the Soviet People, died in Toronto on May 4. He was 94. Lucas was a fixture of the […]
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The Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin ended Nazi terror

May 10, 2020 Bill Dores
May 9, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. At least 80 million people died in the Second World War, 3 percent […]
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Turkey: Political prisoners continue fight as Grup Yorum member perishes

May 7, 2020 Greg Butterfield
May 7 — Today, musician and political prisoner Ibrahim Gökçek died in Istanbul, Turkey, after a nearly yearlong hunger strike against the repressive NATO government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Two days earlier, Gökçek had […]
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As Zimbabwe turns 40: End U.S. sanctions

April 25, 2020 Amadi Ajamu
On April 18, 1980, the people of Zimbabwe declared their independence from British colonizers after many years of armed struggle. Their struggle to maintain their independence continues today. Africans on the continent and in the […]