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‘The message for ICE is to get out of our city!’

May 19, 2025 Chris Fry
Opposition to 1850 Fugitive Slave Act shows the way May 8, Worcester, Mass. – Ferreria de Oliveira, a migrant from Brazil, screamed for help. Her two daughters, one of whom was carrying her own newborn […]
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The failure of tariffs in a declining empire

May 15, 2025 Gary Wilson
Speaking to Congress after 100 days in office, President Donald Trump claimed that the new tariffs on imports are about reindustrialization, “making America rich again and making America great again,” he said. Every declining empire […]
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From Freddie Gray to free Palestine: activists link struggles against state violence and oppression

May 13, 2025 Jace Carter
Jace Carter addressed the Baltimore Hands Off Our Students Protest & March that gathered at Penn Station, April 27, 2025. Over a hundred students from many of the area campuses attended. Good afternoon, sisters, brothers […]
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Fascism is capitalism in crisis: Socialist author urges revolutionary readiness at LA book talk

May 10, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
On May 3, the Struggle for Socialism Party Los Angeles branch discussed the new book, “Against fascism: reclaiming populism’s legacy for today’s class struggle, compiled by Louisiana socialist Gregory Williams. Following is the opening presentation […]
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Republicans want to kill all trans people — and many Democrats would let them

May 5, 2025 David Forbes
What Can History Teach Us About Resisting Queer Genocide? “Never forget conservatives want to kill you and liberals want you to die quietly.” Note from Mady Castigan: This article was written by writer and journalist […]
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New Orleans nurses and immigrant workers stand together

May 3, 2025 Gregory E. Williams
Nurses at New Orleans’ University Medical Center went on strike on May 1. After voting to unionize in December 2023, they’ve been in contract negotiations since March 2024 and went on strike in October 2024 […]
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Tariffs are a step toward military mobilization

May 2, 2025 Gary Wilson
The Trump administration’s April 2 “emergency” executive order reveals that military readiness and defense industrial capability — not merely economic protectionism — are the primary objectives. The administration has explicitly positioned these policies as necessary […]
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The Billionaire-Military Complex

April 30, 2025 Gary Wilson
Military spending surges while domestic programs face the DOGE axe In case you didn’t notice, the only thing on Trump’s budget so far is military expansion. On April 7, Trump announced plans for a $1 […]
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The ‘fare ain’t fair’ in New York City

April 22, 2025 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau
Transit fares have gone up 58 times since 1948 April 21 — The Fare Ain’t Fair campaign held a news conference this morning across from City Hall in lower Manhattan, demanding a rollback in subway […]
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Free them all: protest outside ICE prison in Jena, Louisiana

April 19, 2025 Workers Voice Socialist Movement
People traveled from across the Deep South on Tuesday to take part in a protest at an ICE prison in Jena, Louisiana. On any given day, as many as 2,000 people are caged at the […]