Author: Sharon Black

PearsonandJones
In the U.S.

Lessons for all workers from Tennessee expulsion of Reps. Jones and Pearson

April 20, 2023 Sharon Black
 The recent ouster of elected Tennessee House Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both young and Black, stunned and angered people everywhere, especially in the Black community. It effectively disenfranchised 200,000 voters in Memphis […]
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Oppressed genders

International Women’s Day founder Clara Zetkin on fascism, a lesson for today

March 8, 2023 Sharon Black
On many holidays recognizing people’s struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour.  The only reason for […]
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In the U.S.

State of the Union: Biden’s honest moment “I am a capitalist”

February 13, 2023 Sharon Black
In President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Feb. 7, there was one honest moment. Biden said, “I am a capitalist.” Well, he fudged a bit; he should have said, I am […]
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Around the world

Turkey-Syria earthquake catastrophe needs global cooperation, not U.S. sanctions

February 10, 2023 Sharon Black
February 9 — The death toll from the unprecedented scale of the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Turkey and Syria is now over 23,000. As of this writing, almost 70,000 people have been injured, and some […]
Buffalosnow
In the U.S.

Buffalo’s real bomb cyclone: Racism, capitalism and poverty

January 6, 2023 Sharon Black
Capitalist government failure requires working-class organization and action As of Jan. 5, at least 60 people nationally and 39 people in Erie County, New York, have been reported dead from Winter Storm Elliott.  The majority […]
Priceritepicket
In the U.S.

‘End food apartheid in Baltimore’: Community protests closing of PriceRite Market

December 31, 2022 Sharon Black
Dec. 17 — Residents of Pigtown in Baltimore and members of the Peoples Power Assembly and Unemployed Workers Union protested in front of the closed PriceRite Market to demand an end to food deserts and […]
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Around the world

Miami hearing continues for illegally jailed Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab

December 13, 2022 Sharon Black
On Dec. 12, the U.S. federal court in Miami began hearings in the case of Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab, who has been falsely arrested and is presently imprisoned in a Miami federal penitentiary on trumped-up […]
Didyouknow
Cuba

Did you know? There are no homeless people in Cuba. No landlords, foreclosures, or evictions

September 4, 2022 Sharon Black
You heard that right. No one in Cuba is living in the streets, in tents, or sleeping in cars at Walmart parking lots — scraping by without health care, regular showers, clean water, food, or even […]
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Environment

Did you know? Greenland melts, billionaires profit

August 25, 2022 Sharon Black
Did you know? While the ice in Greenland is melting at an alarming rate, billionaires are figuring out how to make a profit out of this disaster. Global warming is exposing precious minerals that were […]
Memphis7victory
Around the world

How can we respond to U.S. crisis and threat of world war?

August 22, 2022 Sharon Black
Based on opening remarks given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Aug. 13. A discussion on the continuing danger of imperialist war must lead our political discussion.   Nancy Pelosi’s reckless and provocative actions […]