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In the U.S.

Harry Belafonte: problems faced by people of color are ‘as dire and entrenched as they were half a century ago’

May 6, 2023 Gloria Verdieu
 Harry Belafonte’s album “Calypso,” which included Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) and Jamaica Farewell, reached the top of the Billboard album chart shortly after its release in 1956 and stayed there for 31 weeks. […]
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U.S. judicial system’s bias against workers

May 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
There are various concepts of the law. One often hears reference to “Constitutional Law.” The U.S. Constitution, with the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1789, did not extend equal rights to people kidnapped from […]
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May Day 2023: Prepare for a long, hot summer of struggle

May 1, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
 It’s May Day – International Workers’ Day – and the United States is a tinderbox of combustible material waiting for a spark. Poor and working people who gather in cities and towns across the […]
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Alton Maddox Jr. fought for the people inside and outside the courtroom

April 27, 2023 Stephen Millies
 “Attorney-at-War” Alton Maddox Jr. has passed. The militant Black lawyer and defender of oppressed people died on April 23, aged 77 years old. Born in Inkster, Michigan―a suburb of Detroit―on July 21, 1945, Maddox’s […]
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Drop the charges now! Defend student activists! Justice for the Tampa 5!

April 26, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
On March 6, 2023, members of Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society held a rally on the University of South Florida campus to defend diversity in higher education. At the rally, four women activists […]
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Lessons for all workers from Tennessee expulsion of Reps. Jones and Pearson

April 20, 2023 Sharon Black
 The recent ouster of elected Tennessee House Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both young and Black, stunned and angered people everywhere, especially in the Black community. It effectively disenfranchised 200,000 voters in Memphis […]
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Fred Goldstein ¡presente!

April 19, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
Fred Goldstein, 84, died after a long illness on April 11, 2023.  He is survived by his partner of 57 years, Naomi Cohen Goldstein, and their daughter, Lila Natalie Goldstein, as well as a daughter […]
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LA students support school workers’ strike, oppose armed police

April 15, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 Jailynn Butler-Thomas is a student at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. She spoke with Struggle-La Lucha about support for the recent Los Angeles Unified Public School District (LAUSD) strike and opposition to armed […]
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Angel Reese and the long legacy of racist hypocrisy in sports

April 15, 2023 Lev Koufax
 The days following LSU’s victory in the women’s NCAA basketball championship should have been the best of Angel Reese’s young life. Those days should have been packed with praise, celebration, and love.  Instead, Angel […]
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Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago

April 8, 2023 FightBack! News
Chicago, IL – On Tuesday, April 4, Brandon Johnson won 51.4% of vote in the Chicago mayoral runoff election. Johnson’s victory is also a victory for working and oppressed people, as demonstrated by the range […]