Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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Labor and strikes

Teamster Chris Silvera speaks on the history of class warfare

July 8, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Dockworkers commemorate Bloody Thursday 2024 On July 5, 1934, San Francisco port bosses pulled out all stops trying to break a two-month West Coast dock strike over the favoritism and racism of the “shape-up” hiring […]
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Labor and strikes

ILWU retiree Clarence Thomas on labor’s role in Palestinian solidarity

July 4, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
On May 23, 2024, Clarence Thomas was interviewed by brother Husayn Karimi. Karimi is one of the organizers of the successful People’s Conference for Palestine held in Detroit, Michigan, from May 24-26. Thomas’ statement on […]
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Labor and strikes

‘Peace is union business’

June 21, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Support for Palestine and Cuba wins unanimous approval at the ILWU 39th convention  “Solidarity at the ILWU Convention was not an empty slogan,” reports retired dockworker Clarence Thomas. Thomas participated in the 39th Convention of […]
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La Lucha por el Socialismo

Venezuela pide apoyo contra ataques de EEUU a elecciones

June 17, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
El 13 de junio, Yván Gil Pinto, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Venezuela, habló ante una multitudinaria recepción en el Foro del Pueblo de Nueva York. Manolo de los Santos, director ejecutivo del Foro del […]
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Around the world

Venezuela calls for support against U.S. attacks on elections

June 16, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
On June 13, Yván Gil Pinto, ­Venezuela’s foreign minister, spoke to a packed reception at the People’s Forum in New York. Manolo de los Santos, the People’s Forum executive director, welcomed Pinto and helped frame […]
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Around the world

Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic election as Mexico’s first woman president

June 11, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to be elected president of Mexico, won by a large margin of 60%. She will begin a six-year term on Oct. 1. Until then, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador […]
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Around the world

Class struggles and economic inequality: Modi’s BJP faces major setback in Indian elections

June 8, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 In capitalist countries, free elections are said to be an expression of democracy, meaning that the people select their own government. In fact, these elections are anything but democratic. The unexpectedly weak performance of […]
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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci tours U.S., exposing colonial crimes and crises

April 20, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 Berta Joubert-Ceci began her U.S. tour speaking on the conditions and crises facing the people of Puerto Rico. The first stop, on April 10, was a presentation to Latin American students at Hostos Community […]
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Palestine

San Francisco ceremony on U.S. military vessel foiled by protest for Gaza

April 1, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
An action to block U.S. military supplies for the Zionist campaign of genocide in Gaza shut down the Embarcadero, a major roadway on the eastern waterfront of the Port of San Francisco, on March 29. […]
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In the U.S.

Bombs over babies: What about the children?

March 7, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
News reports show that funds for early childhood education and welfare are drying up at every level of the U.S. government. The cutback is raising issues about the continued maintenance of child care centers. Many […]