Author: Sharon Black

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‘Not welcome’: Italy rejects ICE role at Winter Olympics

January 27, 2026 Sharon Black
The Trump administration’s plan to embed agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the security detail for the U.S. delegation at next month’s Winter Olympics in Italy has triggered international outrage, uniting […]
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José Martí: Building a revolutionary movement for Cuban independence

January 26, 2026 Sharon Black
José Julián Martí Pérez (Jan. 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) is often sanitized in bourgeois histories as a gentle poet or a generic patriot. To understand Martí, however, is to recognize him as a […]
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Around the world

Kalaallit Nunaat (aka Greenland) vs. Trumpland: the fight for sovereignty in the geopolitical Arctic

January 17, 2026 Sharon Black
“Finance capital in general strives to seize the largest possible amount of land of all kinds in all places, and by every means, taking into account potential sources of raw materials and fearing to be […]
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Labor and strikes

NYC nurses in historic strike: From ‘heroes’ to ‘disposable’ in the eyes of hospital profiteers

January 13, 2026 Sharon Black
New York, Jan. 13 — Do you remember when New York City nurses were heroes? When they showed up every day at the height of the pandemic, risking their lives to save thousands from a […]
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In the U.S.

A mile from George Floyd Square, Trump’s ICE thugs execute a legal observer

January 7, 2026 Sharon Black
Less than a mile from where Minneapolis police lynched George Floyd in 2020, the U.S. government has claimed another life in the same streets. On a quiet residential block, in the middle of protests against […]
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Venezuela

At Army–Navy game, activists confront Trump over Venezuela

December 14, 2025 Sharon Black
Baltimore, Dec. 13 — Activists shifted the spotlight from the pageantry of the Army–Navy game, using Donald Trump’s attendance as a platform to center a powerful demand: “No war on Venezuela.” Hundreds lined the streets […]
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Around the world

Japan and the U.S. move toward open military confrontation over Taiwan

November 27, 2025 Sharon Black
Japan’s ultra-rightwing prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, ignited a political storm when she declared that any Chinese move to reunify Taiwan with the mainland would threaten Japan’s very survival — and that Tokyo would be ready […]
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Around the world

Is the U.S. orchestrating protests in Mexico to pave the way for war on Venezuela?

November 22, 2025 Sharon Black
The evidence is clear: Washington is actively attempting to destabilize Mexico. The target is not only the progressive government of President Claudia Sheinbaum but the very sovereignty of the nation, a move that aligns with […]
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In the U.S.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike: Here’s why it matters

November 17, 2025 Sharon Black
Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson, in a fiery speech to a quarter million people at the recent “No Kings Protest” that went viral, declared: “If my ancestors, as slaves, can lead the greatest general strike in […]
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In the U.S.

Zohran Mamdani’s win: a vote against racism, a mandate for class struggle

November 6, 2025 Sharon Black
Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory for New York City mayor against billionaire-backed Andrew Cuomo was a vote against racism — and a direct rebuke to Trump’s “Make America White Again.” The unabated Islamophobia in […]