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Waupaca, Wis., protest demands equality and builds unity

August 14, 2020 Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement
Waupaca, Wis., Aug. 9, 2020 — Dozens from across Wisconsin came to defend Black Lives Matter community activists while building a broad based People’s United Front to oppose racism and raise other people’s demands. A […]
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Never forget Delbert Africa, soldier for the people

August 14, 2020 Stephen Millies
Two hundred people marched in Philadelphia on Aug. 8 to protest police terror and honor the memory of Delbert Africa. It was the 42nd anniversary of the police assault on the MOVE house in the […]
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‘Feds get out’: Portland movement fights to put power into the hands of the people

August 14, 2020 Scott Scheffer
Struggle-La Lucha spoke with Cody Urban of the International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) about the protests against racist police terror in Portland, Ore., and the violent federal agents dispatched by the Trump administration to […]
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A. Philip Randolph wanted a $16.88 minimum wage

August 14, 2020 Stephen Millies
The anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is approaching. The historic event is best remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. What the […]
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Drop the charges against Minnesota uprising defendants

August 13, 2020 Steff Yorek
Two months ago Minneapolis rose up against police crimes in the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd.  Now the system seeking to reassert itself ad bring down political repression to silence the uprising […]
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: Slavery, reparations and ‘apologies’

August 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Res. 194: An apology for the enslavement and racial segregation of African Americans In July 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 194, apologizing for slavery and racial segregation of African Americans. The […]
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¡Reparaciones ahora!

August 11, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Por Partido de Socialismo Unido – Caucus Negro Introducción Este sistema prospera ocultando el valor creado por los trabajadores, especialmente cuando se trata de la cantidad de riqueza creada por el trabajo esclavo africano, esencial […]
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Reparations now!

August 8, 2020 Socialist Unity Party – Black Caucus
Introduction This system thrives on hiding the value that workers create, especially when it comes to the amount of wealth created by African slave labor, essential to capitalism’s growth.  If this is allowed to continue, […]
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The Heroes of San Rafael: Black August 1970

August 7, 2020 Fred Goldstein
In the momentous political event that marked “Black August,” freedom fighter Jonathan Jackson, at the age of 17, burst into a San Rafael, Calif., courtroom, armed, to free his brother, George Jackson, along with Fleeta […]
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Black labor and the fight for reparations

August 5, 2020 Bill Dores
This article was first published in August 2002 and has been lightly updated.   “Probably every slave imported represented, on the average, five corpses in Africa or on the high seas. The American slave trade meant, […]