Author: Lallan Schoenstein

DharwadKarnataka
Around the world

Indian government’s anti-Muslim agenda opposed by massive protests

December 17, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
Massive protests are erupting throughout India following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) on Dec. 11. The legislation strips 200 million Indian Muslims, who account for 14 percent of the population, of their […]
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In the U.S.

20 years of fighting for the homeless in NYC

December 1, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
New York — Picture the Homeless celebrated the 20th anniversary of their organization in the Harlem State Office Building on Nov. 25. Leaders of PTH called for a renewed commitment to their work of fighting […]
VolkswagonChattanooga
Capitalism and Marxism

Tariffs: capitalist competition & class warfare

June 16, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
As the June 28 economic summit of the G20 in Osaka, Japan, approaches, President Donald Trump is stepping up threats of tariffs and technological sanctions against China that could trigger a sharp global downturn. The […]
Autoworker
Capitalism and Marxism

All signs point to deepening capitalist crisis

June 8, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
Economic indicators reported in the business pages are grim, the outcome of a long global depression. In March, this news was characterized by Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury secretary and professor at Harvard University, as […]
Taser Bland
Fight racism

4 years after mysterious death, Sandra Bland’s cell phone provides answers

May 14, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
Sandra Bland was arrested in Prairie View, Texas, in July 2015. She was driving on a rural road traveling to a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M, a historical Black university after […]
ReproductiveRights
Oppressed genders

Trump and Kavanaugh zero in on women’s reproductive rights

February 11, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
One of the vilest aspects of President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address was his attack on women’s health care. In his speech, he asked Congress for legislation that would prohibit so-called […]
Onstrikeinindia
Labor and strikes

India: Workers strike against right-wing government

January 14, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
On Jan. 8 and 9, Indian workers, 200 million strong, carried out a general strike that may be the largest in labor history. The fury of the strike took many forms, without a unified agenda. […]
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Political Prisoners

Mumia Abu-Jamal case reopened as court ruling admits bias

December 30, 2018 Lallan Schoenstein
World famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal won an opportunity to reopen his case when a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled on Dec. 27 that his appeal can be reargued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. […]