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Targeted by fascism, united by struggle: Bob McCubbin on defending trans rights and building class solidarity

June 1, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
Following is part one of an interview with gay communist activist Bob McCubbin, who has organized and written political analysis since the 1960s. He is the author of the 2019 book, The Social Evolution of […]
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Montana conservatives flood Indigenous Billings-area trans woman with terroristic, political violence promoting fliers

November 26, 2024 Adria L. Jawort
White nationalist conservatives, the”National Park Patrol,” named themselves after 2000-era Neo-Nazis charged with felonies after beating up minorities in what they dubbed “Park Patrols.” Early Sunday morning around 2 a.m., I laid down, exhausted from […]
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Anti-trans campaign incites violence, as Congress seeks federal restroom ban

November 22, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Nancy Mace, a far-right representative from South Carolina, has been the figurehead for a move to ban transgender people from using restrooms on Capitol Hill that correspond to […]
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Beyond the ballot: Trans community calls for united resistance

October 30, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
Since mid-September, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign reportedly spent more than $30 million on television ads promoting anti-transgender hate. These have aired primarily in contested “swing states” and during high-viewership national sports broadcasts, including the World […]
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How imperialism erased Indigenous LGBTQ+ communities

June 21, 2024 Bayani
Since the resurgence of the Palestine solidarity movement following the heroic Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people of all ages have taken up the struggle for a free Palestine. […]
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First pro-Palestine contingent in Baltimore’s Pride Parade makes history

June 16, 2024 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau
June 15 — Dozens of activists made history as the first pro-Palestine contingent in the Baltimore Pride Parade. A huge Palestine flag along with the banners: “No Pride in Genocide, $$ for Gender-Affirming Healthcare, not […]
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From Palestine to Pride: Louisiana Northshore shows solidarity with all oppressed

June 12, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
 June 1, Mandeville, Louisiana – Despite increasing attacks on the community from well-funded, far-right organizations, the Northshore region of Louisiana held its first-ever Pride Parade this June. Around 500 people marched, and an impressive […]
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Pride 2024: Solidarity with Gaza

June 1, 2024 Melinda Butterfield
 Meet danger with resistance LGBTQIA+ people greet Pride Month this year with a mixture of joy, fear, and anger.  Joy at the annual celebration of our vibrant, diverse community and our struggle for liberation, […]
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Cisgender activists speak: Why is supporting trans rights important?

June 1, 2024 Struggle - La Lucha
 Andre Powell, retired AFSCME leader, longtime gay activist  A mere decade after the Stonewall Rebellion, as the LGBTQIA+ community was winning some victories, the right wing began mobilizing to take them away. It began […]
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On May Day, New Orleans celebrates diverse working class

May 10, 2024 Gregory E. Williams
New Orleans, May 1 – Immigrant-worker organization Unión Migrante led a march to celebrate the international workers’ holiday, which has been revived across the country in recent years by immigrant activists.  The march began on […]