Author: Bayani

LGBTQ+

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. […]
Palestine

Labor coalition demands D.C. ceasefire resolution

June 14, 2024 Bayani
At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, dozens of rank-and-file union members, labor activists, and community organizers rallied in front of Washington, D.C.’s City Council.  The dedication of these workers was such that they planned […]
Palestine

Baltimore’s May Day joins student encampment for Gaza

May 13, 2024 Bayani
 This year, the Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly held its annual International Workers’ Day celebration at the newly established Palestine solidarity encampment at Johns Hopkins University. About a hundred already supporting the encampment were joined […]
Around the world

Ukrainians granted Temporary Protected Status by the U.S., the country that displaced them

March 20, 2022 Bayani
On March 3, the Department of Homeland Security designated Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.  What is Temporary Protected Status? TPS gives exemption from deportation, eligibility to apply for work authorization, and […]
Around the world

Philippines: Revolutionary artist Parts Bagani murdered in police and military raid

August 27, 2021 Bayani
The art of Parts Bagani is world-renowned, undeniably distinct, and always in service of the masses. Spend enough time among the anti-imperialist forces in the world and you will inevitably see his work, whether decorating […]
Cuba

Baltimore joins world demand to end Cuba blockade

July 1, 2021 Bayani
Baltimore City Council Member Sharon Middleton, at the request of the Baltimore Cuba Resolution Committee, introduced City Council Bill No. 21-0048R, “Request for Federal Action — End the Embargo Against Cuba,” on June 8, 2021. […]
In the U.S.

Maryland public-sector workers, forced back into line of fire, fight back

April 9, 2021 Bayani
Though there’s no end to the pandemic in sight, including new mutations being confirmed at the University of Maryland College Park campus, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered public-sector workers back to work.  Of course, most […]
Labor and strikes

Young workers are losing access to pensions — why?

March 12, 2021 Bayani
Do you know what a pension is? Millennials and zoomers — have you heard of pensions? Have you ever had a job that offered one? Some of us have, but we may be the exceptions.  […]
Around the world

Three typhoons rock the Philippines, militant students strike

November 25, 2020 Bayani
As if extrajudicial killings, the worst COVID-19 infection rate in Southeast Asia and a renewed government effort of red-tagging weren’t enough, the Filipino people were struck by three typhoons within the space of three weeks. […]
Around the world

Nigerian youth fight back against police terror

November 10, 2020 Bayani
Several reports say it started on Oct. 3 with this tweet: an eyewitness report of a young man in Nigeria shot and left for dead by an officer of SARS, who then drove away with […]