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Covid-19

Capitalism & racism + Covid-19 = murder

April 11, 2020 Stephen Millies
April 11 — The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating New York City. Eighty refrigerator trucks are serving as mobile morgues to store the bodies.As of April 10, 92,384 people have been infected. Inmates in the Rikers […]
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Police brutality victim Renardo Lewis still waiting for justice

April 10, 2020 Lizz Toledo
One year after the police in Cobb County, Ga., assaulted and then arrested Renardo Lewis at an IHOP restaurant, the Lewis family is still waiting for justice. During this Covid-19 crisis, created by the capitalist […]
Covid-19

On the anniversary of Dr. King Jr’s assassination – fighting racism during the coronavirus crisis

April 7, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
On the anniversary of Rev. Dr. King Jr’s Assassination – “Fighting racism during the coronavirus crisis” Speakers include: Rebecka Jackson and John Parker, Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; Jasmine Johnson, youth activist and recent […]
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The pandemic isn’t equal: Coronavirus hits the poor at most dangerous rate

April 5, 2020 Stephen Millies
The Covid-19 pandemic is devastating New York City. Forty-five refrigerator trucks are serving as mobile morgues to store the bodies. As of April 3, 51,810 people have been infected. Inmates in the Rikers Island prison […]
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‘We condemn all forms of racism, pledge to stand together in solidarity’

March 27, 2020 People’s Power Assembly
The Peoples Power Assembly strongly condemns the racism emanating from the highest levels of the U.S. government, which seeks to demonize and blame China during a world pandemic.  Targeting of Chinese and other Asian people […]
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Janine Africa and Janet Africa

March 8, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha
Janine Africa and Janet Africa are two of the surviving MOVE 9 activists who recently won release after decades in prison. They described the hell they went through in Pennsylvania prisons. They and the other […]
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Family fights to uncover truth behind jail death

February 29, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Feb. 19, the family of Marlyn Barnes filed a petition in the Circuit Court for the city of Baltimore requesting the release of photographs and additional information from his autopsy. Barnes, an African American […]
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San Diego protests racist ban on campus speakers

February 21, 2020 Carl Muhammad
The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM), a mass organization of the African People’s Socialist Party, held a news conference on the “free speech” steps of the San Diego State University campus on Feb. 19 […]
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NY Gov. Cuomo’s war on the poor

February 12, 2020 Stephen Millies
People are protesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s vicious campaign against folks who can’t pay New York City’s $2.75 subway fare. Over a thousand people gathered at Grand Central Terminal on Jan. 31 and marched […]
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Black Lives Matter at school

February 8, 2020 Stephen Millies
New York City, Feb. 6 — Rain didn’t stop hundreds of students, parents and teachers from rallying this afternoon at the Board of Education headquarters on Chambers Street. They demanded an end to racism in […]