In the U.S.

In the U.S.

Congress will do nothing for us without struggle

October 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
Eighty-one million people voted last year against Trump and racism. For nearly 50 years, poor and working people have suffered from frozen wages and cutbacks. People want action now. Yet Congress is failing to pass […]
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Wages cut by inflation: Building Back Better or return to austerity?

October 5, 2021 Gary Wilson
Wages are being cut by inflation — the worst round of inflation in 30 years. The dollar store is officially dead. Dollar Tree, the last of the big dollar-store chains selling items for $1 or […]
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Solidarity with longtime anti-war activist Joe Lombardo!

October 3, 2021 Committee to Stop FBI Repression
On the heels of its defeat in Afghanistan, the United States government has made it clear it is now once again setting its sights on anti-war activists in the United States. Their latest target is […]
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New Orleans day of action demands real hurricane relief

October 1, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
On Sept. 26, several revolutionary and progressive organizations came together for a day of action in downtown New Orleans. Organizers were responding to the horrible conditions affecting working class and oppressed communities following Hurricane Ida, […]
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Texas lawmakers: Why you gotta be so cruel?

September 24, 2021 Gloria Verdieu
In September, 666 laws passed by Texas lawmakers went into effect — laws that are so repressive and restrictive that it’s mind-boggling. Some background on this writer I came to Texas from California in January […]
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Trump-inspired California recall effort stopped

September 21, 2021 John Parker
California voters got another taste of the national effort by the Republican Party to disenfranchise the votes of working and poor people, especially the votes of people of color. But this time, regarding their initiative […]
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Is Sirhan guilty? Unanswered questions about RFK’s assassination

September 17, 2021 Stephen Millies
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy had just won California’s Democratic presidential primary when he was shot in Los Angeles shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. He died early the next morning, less than five years […]
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Crowd cheers removal of racist monument in Richmond, Va.

September 10, 2021 Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality
After 131 years of lording it over Richmond, Va., and much of the country, the towering statue of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has finally been removed from his perch, to the cheers of […]
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Hurricane Ida blows away illusions

September 5, 2021 Gregory E. Williams
I am from a small town in Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish, now living in New Orleans. Professionally, I am a cook and am training to be a biological lab technician. When I first began to understand […]
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Austin protests Texas governor’s attack on women

September 4, 2021 FightBack! News
Austin, Texas – Around 100 people rallied at the Texas State Capitol on September 1 to protest against the statewide abortion ban that went into effect that same day. Texas abortion clinics have been forced […]