Author: John Parker

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Cuba

Los Angeles: Groups protest U.S. intervention in Cuba and Haiti

July 20, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — An emergency protest by progressive organizations was held July 17 in solidarity with the people of Haiti and Cuba. The rally demanded that the U.S. end its attacks, sabotage and internal subversion […]
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Cuba

Cuba’s freedom and Assata Shakur’s

July 20, 2021 John Parker
For all of those saying that Cuba is not free, consider the freedom of our sister and former Black Panther Assata Shakur, who, like many other Black liberation fighter, was framed for murder in a […]
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Around the world

U.S. crimes in Guatemala: The hypocrisy of Biden-Harris anti-migrant policy

July 11, 2021 John Parker
The Biden administration began the month of June with further evidence of its policy of keeping to the Trump-era status quo, this time with immigration/migration policy. Vice President Kamala Harris was sent to Guatemala and […]
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Fight racism

Juneteenth, reparations and the legacy of Tulsa

June 12, 2021 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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Palestine

Los Angeles rally declares: Black and Brown solidarity with Palestine!

June 11, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — On May 22, Black and Brown organizations joined forces with the Palestinian movement across the world, demanding that Israel end the seige of Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah, an end to the illegal […]
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Palestine

Los Angeles protesters condemn Israeli war on Palestinians

May 13, 2021 John Parker
About 300 people gathered at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles May 11 to protest the genocidal war against Palestinian worshipers and homeowners soon to be evicted by racist, violent Zionist occupiers in areas of […]
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Political Prisoners

A celebration of Mumia in South Central LA

May 8, 2021 John Parker
On April 24, in celebration of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s birthday and in solidarity with the national call to save his life from the murderous attempt to kill him through medical neglect, the Los Angeles Branch of […]
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Labor and strikes

Los Angeles May Day caravan vs. Kroger

May 7, 2021 John Parker
On May 1, Los Angeles community organizations, civil rights and church organizations, and unions mobilized for a third unified demonstration — this time a car caravan. The coalition demanded the end to Kroger’s planned grocery […]
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Fight racism

Police killings = modern day lynchings

April 18, 2021 John Parker
Human-rights organizations have already done multiple studies on the existence of white supremacist gangs within police forces in this country. Perhaps this is why police refuse to hold their fellow officers or the gangs within […]
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Labor and strikes

Stop Kroger’s grocery shut-downs: ‘It’s all about greed’

April 13, 2021 John Parker
Los Angeles — Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the country. During the pandemic the company increased its profits by 56%, to $2.6 billion, while its workers risked their health and their lives to […]