Author: John Parker

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Palestine

Exposing complicity in genocide despite detention

December 22, 2023 John Parker
 Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. After the U.S. killed the U.N. Security Council resolution for a ceasefire on Dec. 8 — and today delayed another vote […]
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Palestine

Global Conscience Convoy confronts heartless U.S. Embassy officials in Cairo

November 30, 2023 John Parker
Cairo, Nov. 29 — On Monday, U.S. participants who are part of the Global Conscience Convoy went to a scheduled meeting with the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, to encourage the embassy to do its […]
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In the U.S.

‘For All of Mankind’ and other lies

September 16, 2023 John Parker
 The Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon on August 23. It is now the fourth country to reach the moon’s surface. The data it will communicate to the scientific community is part of […]
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Fight racism

Los Angeles Black August: putting knowledge into action

September 1, 2023 John Parker
In Los Angeles, the Black Alliance for Peace held a Black August teach-in at Book Club HQ with the participation of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party and the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice. Political […]
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Around the world

The people of Niger are fed up

August 27, 2023 John Parker
The past few years have witnessed militant defensive actions and campaigns around the world defending the working-class movements that are collectively “fed up.” They are fed up with the putrid smell of the deteriorating U.S. […]
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Fight racism

Juneteenth, reparations and the legacy of Tulsa

June 19, 2023 John Parker
On June 19, 1865, the Union Army arrived in Galveston, Texas, to end slavery there. It has become the symbolic date for the ending of slavery in the United States. After the Emancipation Proclamation officially […]
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Cuba

‘Cuban health assistance could make a huge difference in South Central and East LA’

May 26, 2023 John Parker
 Statement by Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice Coordinator John Parker at the Los Angeles City Council hearing on May 24. Hello, my name is John Thompson Parker. I’m the coordinator of the Harriet […]
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Oppressed genders

Trans rights protest shuts down Hollywood traffic

April 6, 2023 John Parker
 March 31 – Members of the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice and the Socialist Unity Party joined activities on March 31 in Los Angeles demanding an end to the genocidal attacks against the […]
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In the U.S.

Roll Back Prices campaign: Shoppers outraged at inflation in food, utility costs

March 6, 2023 John Parker
On March 4, shoppers at an Albertsons grocery store in Los Angeles were greeted with flyers calling for an end to war and inflation in a campaign by the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice […]
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Fight racism

No matter the color of the lash, the whip of racism remains intact

February 9, 2023 John Parker
It’s Black History Month. Time to reflect on, hopefully, the progress made for people of African ethnicity, especially in the U.S. However, a brief history of repression by police attempts to kill our hope. Since […]