Scott Scheffer – Struggle

In Los Angeles, holiday weekend in solidarity with Gaza

September 4, 2025 Scott Scheffer

Even though many Los Angeles activists had traveled to Detroit to attend the People’s Conference for Palestine during the holiday weekend, those who remained in Southern California joined a great action to show their support […]

L.A. fights back: Mass resistance erupts against ICE raids and military occupation

June 10, 2025 Scott Scheffer

Los Angeles, June 9 — For three straight days, furious protests rocked Los Angeles as federal ICE gangs terrorized working-class communities. Sunday saw the largest crowds yet, reflecting mounting outrage among broader layers of the […]

Los Angeles: A Night of Witness and Art

June 4, 2025 Scott Scheffer

On May 24, the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles hosted a fundraising exhibit to support the people of Gaza. The event was titled “A Night of Witness and Art.” The art […]

Free Jay Burton: Fighting for justice against LA’s neo-Nazi Sheriff’s gangs

May 18, 2025 Scott Scheffer

On Aug. 29, 1970, some 25,000 people gathered for the Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles to protest the brutal U.S. imperialist war against the Vietnamese people. Early in the historic protest, L.A. County Sheriff’s […]

Stop funding wars, start funding climate action

January 22, 2025 Scott Scheffer

Unprecedented twin infernos have devastated Los Angeles, with Pacific Palisades and Altadena bearing the brunt. The blazes – the city’s most destructive ever – have claimed 27 lives, left dozens missing, and turned 12,000 homes […]

Farewell to a revolutionary: Rochester’s Lydia Bayoneta

December 24, 2024 Scott Scheffer

Lydia Bayoneta, 79, of Rochester, New York, died on Dec. 18 after a long illness. Revolutionary struggle was her life’s work, and for years, she could be spotted at any progressive action on the street […]

People over profit: How China tackled climate change

December 1, 2024 Scott Scheffer

It’s so fitting that just after the 75th anniversary of China’s revolution on Oct. 1, a milestone in China’s efforts to deal with greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) has emerged in the narrative surrounding global warming. […]

Capitalism’s climate catastrophe: How fossil fuel giants fueled the storm crisis

October 18, 2024 Scott Scheffer

On Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene hit near Tampa, Florida, and tore north and then northwest through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, even reaching the eastern part of Tennessee. Helene stretched about 400 miles across […]

Supreme Court millionaires criminalize being homeless

August 19, 2024 Scott Scheffer

On June 28, the unelected U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson case that the U.S. Constitution does not protect people against cruel and unusual punishment for sleeping outside even if […]

Protesters rally against sales of stolen Palestinian lands in Los Angeles

July 25, 2024 Scott Scheffer

A rally held on July 22 near the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass protested sales of Palestinian lands stolen by the Zionist regime. Organizers of the event include Al-Awda, Unmute Humanity, Yalla […]

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