Author: Scott Scheffer

Around the world

Capitalist climate crisis: Fossil fuel industries seizes helm of COP28

December 2, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 Delegates from around the world are gathered in Dubai preparing for the opening of the 28th annual Conference Of the Parties (COP28), to be held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. The leadership is […]
Cuba

Why Cuba leads the world in confronting climate crisis

November 30, 2023 Scott Scheffer
COP28, the next annual international conference where countries plan and set goals to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), will take place in Dubai from Nov. 30 through Dec. 12. Increasingly, the conferences have […]
Cuba

‘Cuba in Africa’ cheered at Los Angeles showing

October 11, 2023 Scott Scheffer
“Cuba in Africa,” a new documentary film by Negash Abdurahman, was shown at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles on Sept. 24. The meeting, which included reports from a recent delegation […]
Around the world

Libya, devastated by U.S./NATO bombing, unprepared for extreme storm floods

September 17, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 Blame for the horrible flooding that has killed nearly 20,000 people in the city of Derna, with many thousands still unaccounted for in northeastern Libya, belongs squarely on the doorstep of Western capitalism and […]
No Picture
Cuba

Los Angeles protesters: Take Cuba off ‘Terror’ list

July 3, 2023 Scott Scheffer
A hundred or more people joined a June 25 protest in Los Angeles to demand that the White House take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list. The turnout included a broad range […]
Cuba

State sponsor of peace: Cuba and the Colombia ceasefire

June 28, 2023 Scott Scheffer
The bipartisan nature of imperialist aggression toward Cuba has never been more evident as President Joe Biden carries forward the Trumpist assault on Cuba via the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.  In the […]
Korea

South Korean prisoners of conscience: ‘They are still warriors’

June 7, 2023 Scott Scheffer
Beginning in 1905, the Empire of Japan occupied Korea. Korean resistance fighters throughout the nation were highly organized. By the time World War II was concluding, the guerilla army led by Kim Il Sung had […]
Labor and strikes

Guerrilla tactics, solidarity fuel Writers Guild strike

May 27, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 May 25 – The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is in its 24th day, holding strong and gaining support from other unionized workers and allies, not only in the entertainment industry but even […]
China

Biden drops ‘One China’ policy, uses Philippines for war drive over Taiwan

May 20, 2023 Scott Scheffer
Pentagon strategists have been beefing up their military presence in Asia and building alliances in preparation for an all-out war against China. In recent months Taiwan has increasingly come into focus as the likely excuse […]
In the U.S.

LA students support school workers’ strike, oppose armed police

April 15, 2023 Scott Scheffer
 Jailynn Butler-Thomas is a student at Dorsey High School in Los Angeles. She spoke with Struggle-La Lucha about support for the recent Los Angeles Unified Public School District (LAUSD) strike and opposition to armed […]