Author: Lev Koufax

Fightfor15
In the U.S.

Where’s our $15 minimum wage?

April 12, 2021 Lev Koufax
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed a “historic” relief bill for the U.S. population. This bill’s goal was allegedly to soften the social and economic blow dealt to working people as a result of […]
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Fight racism

Hank Aaron: Remembering a hero of the anti-racist struggle

February 9, 2021 Lev Koufax
The world lost a revered baseball hero and an icon of the Black liberation struggle on Jan. 21: Hank Aaron. In 1974, Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record of 714 career home runs. At the time, […]
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Political Prisoners

The trials and tragedy of Duryea Green

December 25, 2020 Lev Koufax
In 2004 in the Baltimore neighborhood of O’Donnell Heights, two teenagers playing basketball were shot. To this day, it is unclear what exactly happened.  What is clear is that this was a frame-up and the […]
Trumplawyers
Elections

Trump’s lawyers howl: Debunking their conspiracy theories

December 5, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Nov. 19, President Donald Trump’s legal team, led by racist former New York City Mayor Rudy Guliani, held a news conference to discuss the results of the recent U.S. presidential election. What ensued was […]
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Fight racism

Killer cop sues Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend

November 7, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Oct. 30, the attorney for one of the police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor announced that his client had filed a lawsuit against Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker.  Jonathan Mattingly was part of a squad […]
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Korea

Seventy years later: Remember Chinese solidarity against U.S. invasion of Korea

November 2, 2020 Lev Koufax
Seventy years ago, beginning on Oct. 25, 1950, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu River into the Korean Peninsula in defense of the Korean Revolution. Earlier that month, a coalition of United […]
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Palestine

Trump normalization scheme emboldens Israel’s genocidal policies

October 31, 2020 Lev Koufax
In mid-October, the apartheid Zionist government of Israel announced that it would be building 2,000 more units of settlement housing in the occupied and oppressed West Bank of Palestine. The development went relatively uncovered in […]
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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous Peoples Day demonstration at Malcolm X Park in Washington

October 22, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Oct. 17, a coalition of Indigenous peoples and their allies held an Indigenous Peoples Day demonstration at Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C.  The host organizations and activists included Chief Billy Tyac of the […]
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Fight racism

Baltimore takes to the streets for Breonna Taylor

October 7, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Sept. 26, hundreds of people and dozens of cars took to the streets of Baltimore to demand justice for Breonna Taylor and the end of the racist U.S. police state. The march and caravan […]
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In the U.S.

Rally for housing justice in Baltimore

September 21, 2020 Lev Koufax
On Sept. 14, activists with the Peoples Power Assembly and delegates of the Baltimore public housing Resident Advisory Board marched and rallied for housing justice. The demonstrators demanded increased funding for public housing and an […]