Author: Gregory E. Williams

Hawaii
In the U.S.

Maui: Deadliest U.S. fires in a century

August 27, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
The Aug. 8 wildfires that devastated parts of Maui are the deadliest in the U.S. since the 1918 Cloquet fire in northern Minnesota. Some two weeks after the fires, the official death toll stands at […]
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Labor and strikes

Workers at Target attacked by far-right

June 10, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
Newsflash: The anti-LGBTQ+ bigots are anti-worker The far right’s agitation around corporate brands is not limited to boycotts and outlandish social media posts. They are harassing and threatening retail workers in person. When Target pulled […]
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Cuba

Cuban socialism advances biotechnology

May 15, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
 Twentieth anniversary of the Human Genome Project April was the 20th anniversary of the official completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP). This was an international collaboration to identify all the DNA sequences comprising […]
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Cuba

A drag show In Havana

May 15, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
 May 13, Havana — Almost the moment we arrived at the corner next to the state-owned club, Cabaret Las Vegas, a car with one of our friends from the National Center for Sex Education […]
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Cuba

U.S. LGBTQ+ delegation travels to Cuba to learn about new Families Code

May 10, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
 On May 8, the U.S. Friends Against Homophobia and Transphobia delegation, led by Women in Struggle – Mujeres en Lucha, met with Cuban activists at the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) headquarters in […]
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Oppressed genders

Transgender Day of Visibility: NOLA high school students walk out, leading hundreds in the streets

April 3, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
 March 31 — On International Transgender Day of Visibility, hundreds of students at New Orleans’ Benjamin Franklin High School walked out of class. Benjamin Franklin students did the same last year in March as […]
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Oppressed genders

New Orleanians come out against anti-LGBTQ+ bigot Jeff Landry

February 15, 2023 Gregory E. Williams
Feb. 12 — Two actions were held in New Orleans against the latest attacks on LGBTQ+ people and other oppressed workers. These attacks locally are being spearheaded by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry — who […]
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In the U.S.

Follow the money: Exposing the capitalists behind attacks on abortion rights

November 21, 2022 Gregory E. Williams
On Nov. 13, the Louisiana Abortion Rights Action Committee (LARAC) made a significant contribution to the movement with their webinar, “Follow the Money: End the Capitalist War on Women.” Since the ultra-right-wing Supreme Court’s overturning […]
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Oppressed genders

New Orleans abortion rights protest blocks busy Bourbon St.

September 14, 2022 Gregory E. Williams
New Orleans, Sept. 10 — Today the Louisiana Abortion Rights Action Committee held a demonstration and march downtown. Signs and hand-outs read, “Raise the wages, lower the rent, abortion access now,” highlighting the intersection of […]
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Capitalist crisis

High prices, low pay: a Marxist analysis of inflation

August 26, 2022 Gregory E. Williams
Based on remarks at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Aug. 13. The global working class is being hit hard by inflation. But what is inflation, and how can we understand both its causes […]