Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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Historic 103-mile march demands freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal

December 11, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Frackville, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 — Mumia says it’s about love. What else could have given 17 people the passion to hike 103 miles for 12 days across Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia to the Mahanoy prison in […]
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Palestine

International workers build ‘people’s embargo’ against Israeli genocide

December 3, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
From the docks of Oakland to the ports of Morocco, from Italian logistics hubs to South African coal mines, an international movement is taking shape to do what governments have refused: Cut off the flow […]
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Around the world

Whose news is it — and who decides what we see?

November 18, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Fidel Castro was one of the great communicators. He focused on the problems of raising the cultural level so that people could gain control of their own destiny. Castro warned that the great media corporations […]
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In the U.S.

Does capitalism work? Depends on who you ask

November 13, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
A heated discussion about capitalism arose during a recent family gathering. It began with a defense of the capitalist system: Capitalism is the only system that works, they said, because it is based on the […]
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Labor and strikes

Teamsters at a crossroads: Rank-and-file challenge takes on O’Brien’s alliance with Trump

November 3, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
The upcoming election for the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — one of the largest and most powerful unions in the United States — could reshape the direction of the labor movement itself. […]
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Political Prisoners

Marching for Mumia: a 12-day journey for justice

November 3, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Activists will launch a 12-day March to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal on Nov. 28, walking from Philadelphia to SCI Mahanoy prison in Frackville, Pennsylvania. Their purpose is urgent: to demand medical care, dignity, and freedom for […]
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China

World leaders unite in China to build alternative to U.S.-led financial system

September 11, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, was attended by 25 heads of state representing nearly half of humanity.  There were 10 SCO members — Belarus, China, […]
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Around the world

Trump and China in Brazil

July 26, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a new 50% tariff on all Brazilian products starting on Aug. 1. According to a July 17 New York Times Op Ed,  Trump sent a bellicose letter […]
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Cuba

Statue of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the struggle

July 25, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Once again, bronze statues are taking the front line in an ideological war. The statues of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, both dressed in combat garb (one might say looking very Mexican), have been seated […]
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LGBTQ+

Mumia embraces the LGBTQ+ movement

June 3, 2025 Lallan Schoenstein
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a brilliant and empathetic revolutionary journalist known as “the Voice of the Voiceless,” hailed as a leader of people working for peace and justice. He is a father, a grandfather, and a […]