Author: Bill Dores

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In the U.S.

Stop the bombing! End the blockade! Let Gaza live!

August 30, 2020 Bill Dores
As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo illegally addressed the Republican national convention from Israeli-occupied Jerusalem, U.S.-made Israeli planes launched U.S.-made missiles into the Gaza Strip. Since Aug. 1, Israel’s U.S.-made, U.S.-paid for, Israeli Air Force […]
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Fight racism

Black labor and the fight for reparations

August 5, 2020 Bill Dores
This article was first published in August 2002 and has been lightly updated.   “Probably every slave imported represented, on the average, five corpses in Africa or on the high seas. The American slave trade meant, […]
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Puerto Rico

Tom Soto ¡Presente! 1943 – 2020

June 6, 2020 Bill Dores
The peoples’ movement has lost a giant. Puerto Rican revolutionary Tom Soto died on June 1 in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic, after a year-long struggle with cancer. He was 77.  Born in Brooklyn, […]
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Palestine

Palestine, marching toward return

May 23, 2020 Bill Dores
Seventy-two years ago, the majority of the people of Palestine were expelled from their homes by terror, force and massacre. Thousands of children, women and men were executed in cold blood and 530 villages were […]
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Around the world

The Soviet victory in the Battle of Berlin ended Nazi terror

May 10, 2020 Bill Dores
May 9, 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. At least 80 million people died in the Second World War, 3 percent […]
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History

Remembering May 8, 1945, massacre in Algeria

May 9, 2020 Bill Dores
On May 8, 1945, people around the world took to the streets to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. In the town of Setif in French-ruled […]
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In the U.S.

While millions here lack health care, U.S. bombs Iraq and invades Yemen

March 15, 2020 Bill Dores
The coronavirus stalks the land. Millions in the United States are without health insurance or paid sick leave. The White House has cut funds to the Centers for Disease Control. It’s also cutting food stamps. […]
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Puerto Rico

Dinner honors revolutionary activist Tomás Soto

March 13, 2020 Bill Dores
One hundred and fifteen people packed a restaurant in the Dominican Republic city of Santiago on Feb. 29 to honor the life and work of Puerto Rican revolutionary activist Tomás Soto. Reservations had been made […]
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Palestine

Palestinians, supporters: Trump-Netanyahu plan intends to cement apartheid

February 4, 2020 Bill Dores
A Palestinian flag as long as a city block was carried outside New York’s City Hall on Jan. 31 as hundreds rallied to protest “the deal of the century” that Trump and Netanyahu seek to […]
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Iran

U.S. refuses to leave Iraq, tightens siege on Iran

January 13, 2020 Bill Dores
Iraq’s parliament and prime minister have asked the U.S. to end its 16-year occupation of their country. The Trump regime, which claims it wants to “end forever wars,” is refusing to bring them home. It […]