Articles by Struggle - La Lucha

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill was fired by CNN last week after he gave a speech at the United Nations on November 29, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Hill ended the speech by […]

On Dec. 1, 160,000 people packed the Zócalo square in Mexico City to witness the inauguration of new President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known as AMLO. AMLO’s election on July 1 by an outpouring […]

News reports about U.S. airstrikes killing civilians in Afghanistan are seldom seen in this country. That’s not because they don’t continue on a regular basis. On November 28, Reuters reported that 20 Afghan civilians were […]

With a settlement in San Francisco on December 3, the largest U.S. hotel worker strike in history has won better wages and job security for 7,700 Marriott workers. Marriott workers went on strike in eight […]

Graduate student unions are making advances at Columbia University, Fordham University, Loyola University Chicago, Georgetown University, Brown University and other institutions of higher learning. Columbia University’s graduate student union agreed to a bargaining framework with […]

Chicago teachers have launched the first major charter school strike. The teachers and their union charge that the “independent” schools are overcrowded and underfunded. Charter schools are being used to create a second tier in […]

Google’s temporary, vendor and contract workers (TVCs) are demanding better pay and access to benefits. TVCs make up more than half of the company’s workforce. A letter from the TVCs to Google CEO Sundar Pichai […]