Author: Maggie Vascassenno

Palestine

Gaza under siege: Kamal Adwan Hospital torched, patients and staff forced out

January 2, 2025 Maggie Vascassenno
Los Angeles, Dec. 27 — It was drizzling outside when dozens took to the streets at the Los Angeles Times newspaper headquarters in an emergency action to save Kamal Adwan Hospital. Kamal Adwan was the […]
Around the world

Nigeria’s economic crisis deepens: Children facing death penalty for protesting cost of living

November 3, 2024 Maggie Vascassenno
In Nigeria, 29 children aged 14 to 17 could face the death penalty after being arraigned in Abuja on Nov. 1 with 76 others for participating in protests against the country’s severe cost-of-living crisis.  The […]
Palestine

L.A. protesters shut down Wilshire Boulevard in solidarity with Lebanon

September 30, 2024 Maggie Vascassenno
On Sept. 24, hundreds of demonstrators shut down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The march was in response to the over 500 people killed in one day in Lebanon by the U.S.-backed and supplied Israel. […]
Palestine

Protest at LAUSD: Teachers refuse to be silenced on Palestine

August 26, 2024 Maggie Vascassenno
“Free Palestine!” and “Stop the genocide!” chants rang out from the steps of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) headquarters on Aug. 8. LAUSD employees, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) Human Rights Committee, […]
Around the world

Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha: End colonialism and neocolonialism!

August 18, 2024 Maggie Vascassenno
Statement from Maggie Vascassenno of Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha presented to the International Conference for the Eradication of Colonialism, which was held in Abuja, Nigeria, from August 12-13, 2024. Women in Struggle-Mujeres en Lucha […]
Cuba

Let Cuba Live Coalition builds solidarity in Los Angeles

September 10, 2023 Maggie Vascassenno
The Let Cuba Live Coalition (LCLC) in Los Angeles is gathering steam for a fall offensive to take Cuba #OFFTHELIST and end the criminal U.S. blockade of Cuba.  The local group is organizing to get […]
Im/migrants and refugees

Japanese Americans rally to resist Trump concentration camps

July 18, 2019 Maggie Vascassenno
Los Angeles On June 27, nearly 1,000 Angelenos, including children, adults and elders, gathered at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) to demand an end to the brutal U.S. policy of separating migrant and refugee […]