Author: Lallan Schoenstein

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U.S. / NATO war

Will U.S./NATO militarization bring peace to Ukraine?

April 4, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
From the Emergency Campaign to Stop the War Lies street meeting in New York City’s Herald Square April 2. When I woke up this morning, I thought about the protest today and I asked myself: […]
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Oppressed genders

Three indomitable women: Rosa Luxemburg, Manuela Sáenz and Harriet Tubman

March 8, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Standing up against war fever Rosa Luxemburg, born in 1871, was a Polish and naturalized German revolutionary socialist. She taught Marxism and economics for the German Social Democratic Party in Berlin. Her rhetorical skill was […]
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Around the world

Whose interest does it serve?

March 4, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
Proverb: a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. There are a couple of simple proverbs that have borne the wisdom of their meaning through the ages. Although […]
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In the U.S.

Plan to build ballpark at the Port of Oakland threatens thousands of union jobs

February 23, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
On Feb. 17, Struggle-La Lucha interviewed Clarence Thomas, a third-generation longshore worker, retired past secretary-treasurer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and author of “Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March.” […]
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Political Prisoners

Labor leader calls for action to free Mumia Abu-Jamal

December 12, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On Dec. 9, the Free Mumia webinar began with a message from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been unjustly imprisoned in the U.S. for 40 years. Mumia, a journalist who was Minister of Information […]
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In the U.S.

What right does the Supreme Court have to rule?

December 7, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the arguments from U.S. state attorneys supporting Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. A state law was passed in Mississippi in 2018 that would make most abortions illegal after […]
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Labor and strikes

Mobilizing in our own name

October 18, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
An interview with author and labor activist Clarence Thomas This season is being called #Striketober. Workers are showing their power by striking, and demanding better conditions. The release of the anthology, “Mobilizing in Our Own […]
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Labor and strikes

Angela Davis’ Juneteenth speech becomes a reality

June 26, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On June 19, at a Juneteenth membership meeting, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 in the San Francisco Bay Area inducted Angela Davis as an honorary member. Local 10 President Trent Willis […]
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In the U.S.

Wealth taxes? We could do better than taxing the rich

June 22, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
A message to those who leaked the tax records of the extremely wealthy who do not pay taxes: Whoever leaked this report deserves a reward for revealing the information. Access to these tax reports is […]
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Palestine

Global worker solidarity: Unions mobilize to fight Israeli apartheid

June 11, 2021 Lallan Schoenstein
On May 18, in response to Israel’s attempted expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem, the continued attacks on the Aqsa Mosque as well as Israel’s bombing of […]