Author: Melinda Butterfield

Cuba

Cuba says yes to ‘code of freedom’ for families

October 3, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Sept. 27 – Two days after the historic referendum approving Cuba’s new Code of Families, diplomats held a special briefing at the Cuban Mission to the United Nations in New York City.  The evening gathering […]
U.S. / NATO war

The Donbass referendum and the blood on Biden’s hands

September 23, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On Sept. 21, U.S. President Joe Biden stood before the 77th United Nations General Assembly and said with a straight face: “If nations can pursue their imperial ambitions without consequences, then we put at risk […]
U.S. / NATO war

‘Washington doubles down on proxy war in Ukraine’

September 12, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Talk given on behalf of the Socialist Unity Party at the international meeting “200 Days of War: Stop the War of U.S./NATO Imperialism Against Russia! Stop U.S. Preparations of War Against China!” on Sept. 10. […]
Oppressed genders

New York clinic defenders block anti-abortion bigots

September 6, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On Sept. 3, abortion rights activists mobilized to counter a monthly protest of the Planned Parenthood Manhattan Health Center by anti-abortion forces. In August, the New York Police Department had attacked the clinic defenders, arresting […]
U.S. / NATO war

Donetsk besieged by U.S. proxy war

August 22, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Based on remarks at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Aug. 13. For eight and a half years, people living in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have endured shelling, bombings, landmines, drone attacks, […]
LGBTQ+

Struggle for trans rights and socialism go hand in hand

August 22, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Based on remarks at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Aug. 13. On Aug. 12, the state of Florida announced new guidelines to end all gender-affirming care for trans adults and children who receive […]
LGBTQ+

What’s behind the escalating attacks on trans people?

July 25, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Thirty-one members of the white supremacist Patriot Front from across the U.S. were detained after preparing an assault on a Pride festival in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 12. On the July 4 weekend in Camden, […]
Oppressed genders

Supreme Court coup demolishes rights: Mass resistance can stop them!

July 2, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court by 6 to 3 overturned the right to abortion established almost 50 years ago in the Roe v. Wade decision. Over half the states had abortion bans ready […]
In the U.S.

After Roe: From rage to revolution

July 2, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
As the parent of two young African American women, I’m outraged that their futures have been put in jeopardy by the attack on reproductive rights and civil rights. As a trans woman, I’m outraged that […]
U.S. / NATO war

As NATO warlords gather in Madrid: Defend Donetsk from Ukraine terror attacks

June 21, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
U.S. President Joe Biden and other heads of state of the NATO war alliance are preparing to meet in Madrid, Spain, from June 28-30 to plan the next phase of their proxy war against the […]