In the U.S.

In the U.S.

Charlene Mitchell presente!

January 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
Charlene Mitchell, an extraordinary African American leader, died on Dec. 14 in New York City. She was 92 years old. The story of her life’s achievements evokes profound respect. The daughter of a trade unionist, […]
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Proud Boys get out of Jackson Heights! Defend Drag Story Hours!

December 31, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dec. 29 ― At least 400 people turned out this afternoon in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, to say no to transphobia and all forms of bigotry.  They were guarding the Drag […]
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‘End food apartheid in Baltimore’: Community protests closing of PriceRite Market

December 31, 2022 Sharon Black
Dec. 17 — Residents of Pigtown in Baltimore and members of the Peoples Power Assembly and Unemployed Workers Union protested in front of the closed PriceRite Market to demand an end to food deserts and […]
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Super bigot Tucker Carlson is our enemy, not an ally

December 28, 2022 Stephen Millies
Tucker Carlson spews hate like a flamethrower on Fox News five nights a week. He told millions of viewers that the Black Lives Matter movement is “poison.” Carlson hates the anti-racist movement that brought 26 […]
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Human rights crisis as U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million

December 28, 2022 Carlos Martinez
While the United States is failing to provide global leadership in such areas as ecological protection and the pursuit of peace, it has established itself as something of a COVID-19 trailblazer, with by far the highest […]
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Los Angeles activists tell Biden: Roll back prices now!

December 22, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Los Angeles: Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice founder John Parker addressed shoppers and passers-by Dec. 18 in the first of a planned series of street meetings about the national wave of price-gouging by oil […]
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December 12th Movement International Secretariat celebrates 35 years in the struggle

December 17, 2022 Daleel Jabir Muhammad
In the People’s Republic of Brooklyn, well-wishers and comrades came out to honor one of the premier movements for self-reliance, self-determination, liberation, reparations, and many of the struggles for Black people in America and in […]
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Food deserts: Grocery giant shuts down in southwest Baltimore

December 16, 2022 Lev Koufax
Over the past two years, grocery store closures have rolled across the U.S. like an epidemic. In particular, these closures have occurred in working-class communities, especially where most residents are Black or Brown.  Whether it […]
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48,000 student-workers in California strike for their rights

December 4, 2022 Scott Scheffer
Los Angeles – Striking University of California workers – 48,000 strong — rallied throughout the state on Monday, Nov. 28. This highly exploited workforce is represented by Auto Workers Local 2865. This is the biggest […]
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The wage price spiral refuted

December 2, 2022 Michael Roberts
Do ‘excessive’ wage rises lead to rising inflation and thus drive economies into a wage-price spiral?  Back in 1865, at the International Working Men’s Association, Marx debated with IWMA Council member Thomas Weston.  Weston, a […]