Author: Melinda Butterfield

Cuba

Cuba’s Families Code shows: Queer people need a socialist revolution!

January 26, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Talk given by Melinda Butterfield, Struggle-La Lucha co-editor, at the webinar “What We Can Learn from Cuba’s ‘Code of Freedom’ for Families,” hosted by Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha on Jan. 22. Good afternoon siblings, […]
Oppressed genders

50 years since Roe v. Wade: The struggle continues!

January 22, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Jan. 22, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion. It was a hard-fought victory made possible by the militant struggles of the women’s, LGBTQ2S […]
U.S. / NATO war

‘Anti-war movement must be built on foundation of solidarity’

January 17, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Talk given by Melinda Butterfield at “People Speak Out to Stop Racism, Poverty and World War III” at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York, Jan. 13. Good evening friends, siblings and comrades. Tonight […]
U.S. / NATO war

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: Unite to fight racism, fascism and war

January 5, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
  As 2023 begins, it’s undeniable that a dangerous, virulent fascist movement is spreading through U.S. society. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, “The bombs dropped on Vietnam explode at home.” Malcolm […]
U.S. / NATO war

$113 billion for U.S. proxy war against Russia: Congress lauds Ukrainian war criminal while bombs rain on Donbass

December 28, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row] On Dec. 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington, D.C., to rally support for war against Russia – and especially for billions of dollars more in […]
LGBTQ+

New York trans community defies police repression, shuts down hate rally

November 19, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
More than a hundred trans people and supporters came out to New York City Hall on Nov. 14 to protest a hate rally featuring British TERF Kellie-Jay Keen. It was the final stop on her […]
In the U.S.

Mass layoffs at Twitter, Facebook: Demand worker-community control of social media

November 16, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Billionaire bigot Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover of Twitter, with more than half of the company’s 7,500 workers fired and locked out, along with Facebook/Meta’s subsequent announcement of mass layoffs, highlights the urgent need for worker-community […]
U.S. / NATO war

Resist U.S. war, extend solidarity to the people of Donbass!

October 20, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Remarks given by Melinda Butterfield, Struggle-La Lucha co-editor, at the “No to NATO, War and Racism” protest in the Bronx, New York, on Oct. 15. I think it’s important to bring up the struggle of […]
U.S. / NATO war

Respect the referendum! Hands off Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson

October 16, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On Sept. 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the leaders of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions officially signed a treaty of accession uniting these areas with the Russian Federation.  […]
Cuba

Open letter to LGBTQ+ activists: Learn from Cuba! End the blockade!

October 9, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
In September, Serena Brennerman, a 16-year-old white trans woman, was found drowned in Salem, Oregon. Serena’s death was ruled a suicide by the police. But her friends and community don’t believe it. She was physically […]