Elections
Why was the election so close?
While Trump is still trying to steal the election, he lost the popular vote by over four million ballots. Black, Indigenous and Latinx voters were key to Trump’s defeat. But why was it so damn […]
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Minnesota: 646 arrested at ‘Don’t Let Trump Steal the Election’ march
On the night of November 4, over 30 organizations and over 1000 people came together to march against Trump’s attempts to steal the election. As the community marched on to Interstate 94, the authorities moved […]
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After the election: ‘It’s time to occupy the streets’
Talk given at “Demand a People’s Mandate” rally in New York on Nov. 4, organized by the N.Y. Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. As expected, Donald Trump declared himself the winner of the presidential […]
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Lil Wayne’s support of Trump: a Black communist responds
On Oct. 29, New Orleans-born rap icon Lil Wayne announced his support for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in a Twitter post that included a photo of himself grinning and making a thumbs-up for the camera […]
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Estados Unidos celebra elecciones en condiciones que condenaría en otros países
La siguiente entrevista con Greg Butterfield de Struggle-La Lucha fue realizada en octubre por miembros del Comité Editorial Colectivo, una red de sitios de noticias comunistas en Rusia y Donbass, y publicada en ruso e […]
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U.S. holds elections in conditions it would condemn in other countries
The following interview with Struggle-La Lucha’s Greg Butterfield was conducted in October by members of the Collective Editorial Board, a network of communist news sites in Russia and Donbass, and published in Russian and English […]
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Why is Trump wrecking the census?
The 2020 U.S. census failed to count millions of people despite the best efforts of Census Bureau employees. Black, Indigenous and Latinx people — and poor people in general — were most likely to be […]
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Facebook illegally shuts down support for protest ‘If Trump steals election’
Statement from the People’s Power Assembly On the evening of Oct. 28, 2020, 14 organizers who are affiliated with the Baltimore March and Car Caravan scheduled for Nov. 4 had their Facebook pages shut down. […]
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Elections: What’s the economy got to do with it? And what we can do about it
Oct. 28 — In the final days of campaigning before the 2020 elections, every form of media is saturated with advertising for the Democratic and Republican candidates in local, state and national elections. The focus […]
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The Michigan conspiracy isn’t a joke
Thirteen fascists were arrested on Oct. 8 for plotting to kidnap and kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. There were also plans to assassinate Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Both governors are Democrats. Most of the initial […]