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After tragic Beirut explosion: Imperialist vultures pounce on Lebanon

August 22, 2020 Greg Butterfield
A powerful explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, on Aug. 4. At least 171 people have died and thousands were injured, including many Syrian and other non-Lebanese workers. Hundreds of thousands were […]
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Bolivian movements and trade unions propose to hold elections on October 11

August 13, 2020 Peoples Dispatch
On August 12, Bolivian social movements and trade unions, which have been mobilizing against postponement of general elections for the past ten days, issued an official statement and proposed to hold elections on October 11. […]
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Condemn assassination of Philippines peasant leader Randall Echanis

August 13, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Following is a statement from the Socialist Unity Party: We of the Socialist Unity Party and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper in the United States are shocked and appalled by the cruel and cowardly murder of Randall […]
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Philippines: Condemn the cold-blooded murder of Randall Echanis by Duterte’s death squads

August 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the cold-blooded murder of Randall Echanis, Chairperson of the Anakpawis party-list and peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). […]
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Turkey: Hunger striking lawyers defy Erdoğan’s repression

August 11, 2020 Greg Butterfield
Aug. 10 — The lives of political prisoners and people’s lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal hang in the balance as the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, a member of the U.S.-dominated […]
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U.S. crimes against humanity at home and abroad

August 10, 2020 Alicia Jrapko and Bill Hackwell
This month marks the second year since former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced to the world a campaign promoted by a group of Latin American writers and academics to declare August 9 as International […]
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EE.UU: Crímenes contra la Humanidad en casa y en el extranjero

August 10, 2020 Alicia Jrapko y Bill Hackwell
8 de Agosto, 2020 Desde el año 2017 se lleva a cabo una campaña mundial promovida por un grupo de escritores y académicos latinoamericanos para declarar el 9 de agosto como Día Internacional de los […]
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Beirut explosion: Lebanese Communist Party requests a prompt investigation

August 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
August 5 — A massive explosion rocked Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut, on Tuesday, killing dozens of people, injuring thousands and blowing out windows in buildings across the city. According to reports, the was felt in […]
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Bolivia: Roadblocks against the dictatorship setting up around the country

August 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
The indefinite general strike with roadblocks called by the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and the Unity Pact, which brings together the country’s social movements, is massing on the roads from La Paz to Cochabamba to […]
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‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia

July 29, 2020 Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano
What role did billionaire Elon Musk and his thirst for lithium play in the coup in Bolivia? On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second US “government stimulus package is not in […]