Author: Sharon Black

KevinZeese
In the U.S.

Kevin Zeese, ¡presenté!

September 10, 2020 Sharon Black
Struggle-La Lucha newspaper and the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido send our heartfelt condolences to Kevin Zeese’s family, loved ones and friends, especially his life partner Margaret Flowers. His sudden death on Sept. 6 […]
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Political Prisoners

A salute to the heroic Attica Rebellion

September 9, 2020 Sharon Black
“We are men! We are not beasts, and we do not intend to be driven or beaten as such!”  — Elliot L.D. Barkley, a 21-year-old leader of the Attica Rebellion who was murdered by the […]
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Fight racism

Socialists reach out at D.C. anti-racist march

September 5, 2020 Sharon Black
Washington, D.C. — On Aug. 28, Struggle-La Lucha newspaper and the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido participated in the national “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks” on the 57th anniversary of the […]
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Fight racism

Never forget Katrina – Black lives matter!

September 4, 2020 Sharon Black
Struggle-La Lucha salutes the people of New Orleans and the Katrina diaspora!  It has been 15 years since Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, beginning on Aug. 29, 2005. Over 1,800 mostly Black and poor people lost […]
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Capitalist crisis

Unemployed Workers Committee launched to stop evictions and utility shutoffs

August 14, 2020 Sharon Black
The Peoples Power Assembly is launching an Unemployed Workers Committee to Stop Evictions, Foreclosures and Utility Shutoffs. Its slogan is, “Through solidarity we can protect each other against capitalism and injustice.” Here is the list […]
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Capitalism and Marxism

‘State and Revolution’ by V.I. Lenin, a guide for today’s movement against police terror

August 2, 2020 Sharon Black
“The State and Revolution” was written by V.I. Lenin in 1917 during the Russian Revolution on ”the most urgent problem of the day … the problem of explaining to the masses what they will have […]
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In the U.S.

As Sanders ends campaign, ‘Don’t mourn, organize’: Build a movement to fight for socialism!

April 19, 2020 Sharon Black
On April 8, Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. More recently, in a move that was widely expected, Sanders endorsed Joe Biden as the presumed Democratic nominee. While this moment is very painful for […]
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Palestine

Miranda Etel interview: Palestinian Prisoners Day

April 19, 2020 Sharon Black
On April 17, Palestinian Prisoners Day, Struggle-La Lucha interviewed Miranda Etel, a young Jewish activist who organized a car caravan from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., to support Palestinian-led protests against the American Israel Public Affairs […]
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Venezuela

Leonardo Flores interview: U.S. threatens Venezuela during pandemic

April 16, 2020 Sharon Black
Leonardo Flores was a staff member of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C., when it was under the control of its rightful owner, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He was born in Venezuela and is […]
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Covid-19

Maryland grocery worker who wanted to help seniors dies of Covid-19

April 8, 2020 Sharon Black
Twenty-seven-year-old Leilani Jordan told her mother, Zenobia Shepard, “Mommy, I’m going to work because no one else is going to help the senior citizens get their groceries.” Jordan worked at the Giant Food at the […]