In the U.S.

In the U.S.

Trump’s racist, sexist, anti-trans,anti-science cabinet: A declaration of war on the working class

November 15, 2024 Stephen Millies
Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are a declaration of war against the entire working class. These choices are a domestic version of the Pentagon’s “shock and awe” invasion tactics and are meant to smash any opposition. […]
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Stop Trump’s fascist agenda

November 11, 2024 Stephen Millies
Mass struggle can defeat capitalist reaction Millions of people are angry, depressed, and disgusted at Trump winning the capitalist election. Many are terrified. They have a right to be. Trump says “no price tag” will […]
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From Baltimore to Palestine: resist police occupation!

November 11, 2024 Colby Byrd
Good afternoon, sisters, brothers, and siblings in the struggle, I’d like to open with some words from Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary thinker and writer, whose words describing the fight of the FLN against French colonialism […]
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Why we should commemorate Nov. 11

November 11, 2024 Stephen Millies
Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour […]
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Trump and Musk’s anti-worker agenda

November 9, 2024 Gary Wilson
Donald Trump is a fascist and must be fought by any means necessary. Trump’s brand of fascism is rooted in the Confederacy and the slave-owning system, the overturn of Reconstruction, and the terror of the […]
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Working class activists and U.S. President cross paths in Baltimore

November 7, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
Oct. 31 — We and President Joe Biden had very different Tuesdays. But somehow, we crossed paths in Baltimore City, Maryland.  In the first place, Biden and these writers are very different kinds of people. […]
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From Cuba to Louisiana: Two paths after slavery’s end

November 4, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
Part 1: Populists fought the ruling class Part 2: Populism or fascism? Part 3: The history of Black Populism Part 4: Two paths after slavery’s end Part 5: A Cuban perspective on race and revolution […]
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Black and Palestinian liberation movements find common ground in Oakland

October 30, 2024 Lara Kiswani
The following are the introductory remarks by Lara Kiswani, Executive Director of AROC (Arab Resources Organizing Center), on Oct. 26, 2024,, in Oakland, California. The occasion was author Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Dena Takruri […]
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Justice for Jordan Neely! Vigilante killings must be stopped!

October 21, 2024 Stephen Millies
Oct. 21 — A hundred people came to the Criminal Courts Building in lower Manhattan this morning to demand justice for Jordan Neely. The 30-year-old Black man was strangled to death by the white vigilante […]
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Gov. Jeff Landry, lawmakers to spend millions on juvenile detention center expansions

October 21, 2024 Julie O’Donoghue | Louisiana Illuminator, Verite News
Oct. 16 — Louisiana officials expect to put tens of millions of dollars over the next two months into expanding juvenile detention centers that house children and teenagers accused of crimes. At the beginning of the […]