Author: Lallan Schoenstein

Ourbodiesourchoice
In the U.S.

What right does the Supreme Court have to rule?

June 27, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
The following article was first published Dec. 7, 2021.  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 […]
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Labor and strikes

Clarence Thomas speaks in NYC – ‘Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March’

May 25, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
This May, Clarence Thomas, a retired member of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 10 in San Francisco, is touring the East Coast to broadcast his book’s claim: “It is the time to advance […]
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Labor and strikes

Oakland teachers and dockworkers fight for their community

May 4, 2022 Lallan Schoenstein
  On April 29, thousands of teachers, students and parents from Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) rallied at Oscar Grant Plaza next to City Hall in Oakland, California, then marched to the Port of […]
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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 […]
Ourbodiesourchoice
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 […]