Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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Around the world

South Africa’s National Union of Metalworkers will join call for Mumia’s freedom

February 11, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
ILWU attends South African Conference commemorating the 1973 Durban strikes Representatives from the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) gathered with union leaders from Namibia and South Africa at a Jan. 26 – 28, 2023, […]
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Events

Jan 22 Webinar: What we can learn about Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families

January 18, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
On Sunday, Jan. 22, a webinar panel will report on “What we can learn from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families.” The people of socialist Cuba voted by a two-thirds margin for the new Code […]
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In the U.S.

Charlene Mitchell presente!

January 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
Charlene Mitchell, an extraordinary African American leader, died on Dec. 14 in New York City. She was 92 years old. The story of her life’s achievements evokes profound respect. The daughter of a trade unionist, […]
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Around the world

U.S. sanctions Haiti

December 10, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Crime has played a dominant role in Haiti since the Taíno and Arawakan people were decimated by Spanish and French colonialists, and its earliest workers were kidnapped from their homes in Africa and exploited with […]
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Around the world

Report from Honduras on the new government of Libre Party leader Xiomara Castro

December 9, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Honduran Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Gerardo Torres was introduced by a teacher, Lucy Pagoada — Coordinator of D19: Libre Party USA-Canada and Costa Rica, which is coordinated in Honduras by former President Manuel Zelaya […]
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Labor and strikes

Dockworkers fight for a decent contract

November 5, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Early in the morning on Nov. 2, dockworkers, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Locals 10, 34, and 91, walked off the job in a one-day work stoppage, closing down the Port of […]
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Political Prisoners

Demand buried evidence in Mumia’s case be heard

October 29, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Protesters rallied in Philadelphia at a Pennsylvania court on Oct. 26, demanding the release of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Protesters inside the court supported his lawyers, Judith Ritter and Samuel Spital.  The lawyers argued that […]
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Around the world

Fighting for the rights and sovereignty of Iranian women

October 3, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
The solidarity movement of the Iranian women evoked by the brutal death of Mahsa Amin can serve to encourage women in the U.S. to fight back against the combined repression of the state and the […]
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Around the world

The Queen’s diamonds: Why has the monarchy survived?

September 9, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
“The Queen is dead. Long live the King.” On September 8, Buckingham Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the succession of the Prince of Wales, now King Charles  III. During the official […]
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Labor and strikes

Juneteenth and ILWU: All workers win when slavery ends!

July 1, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Holding signs and chanting “Black Lives Matter, honor Juneteenth as a workers’ holiday!”, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and several other organizations rallied at the waterfront in Seattle on Monday, June 20, the […]