Lallan Schoenstein

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

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 […]