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Black Alliance for Peace Calls for a Zone of Peace in Our Americas

April 1, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
MEDIA ADVISORY On the Anniversary of the Assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Alliance for Peace Calls for a Zone of Peace in Our Americas Building a People(s)-Centered Zone of […]
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Activist speaks on worst California snowstorm in four decades

March 30, 2023 Scott Scheffer
Pawel Chmielewski is a retired engineer and a long-time progressive activist who lives in the San Bernardino mountains of California. He spoke with Struggle-La Lucha about the massive snowstorms that slammed the mountain range. The […]
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Work till you drop: Wall Street wants to steal your retirement

March 20, 2023 Stephen Millies
 Since Social Security was established on August 14, 1935, capitalist opponents have said it would go broke. Yet, as limited as it is, Social Security has been the greatest factor in reducing extreme poverty […]
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The Bank Panic of 2023: If he can bail out banks, Biden can roll back prices

March 17, 2023 Gary Wilson
 The Bank Panic of 2023 isn’t over. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, the second largest bank failure in U.S. history, was followed by a landslide of banking crises.  Credit Suisse, the second […]
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Greedy landlords must be stopped

March 15, 2023 Stephen Millies
Kingston, New York, says ‘roll back the rent!’  People in Kingston, New York, have had enough with rents going through the roof. So last November, the city’s Common Council voted to roll back rents […]
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Independent autopsy reveals Tortuguita killed while seated with hands raised

March 15, 2023 Atlanta Community Press Collective
The family of slain activist Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán released the findings of the independent autopsy today that indicates Tortuguita was killed by a Georgia State Patrol (GSP) SWAT team while seated in a “cross-legged, with […]
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War buildup: Biden’s $1 trillion military budget

March 14, 2023 Gary Wilson
 The White House released its budget request for 2024. For the Pentagon, there is $824 billion. Adding armaments for military operations in Ukraine takes that figure to more than $950 billion. Add the $24 […]
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Silicon Valley Bank collapses, the bailout has begun

March 13, 2023 Gary Wilson
 March 11 — Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest in the U.S., was shut down on March 10 and put under the control of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. “The fact […]
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Why wasn’t Alex Murdaugh given the death penalty?

March 13, 2023 Stephen Millies
There’s never been a millionaire executed in the United States  Richard “Alex” Murdaugh was convicted on March 2 of murdering his spouse and youngest son. Those are horrible crimes. So why didn’t the South […]
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Students for a Democratic Society demands justice for the Tampa 4! Drop the charges!

March 10, 2023 FightBack! News
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). On March 6, Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida held a protest near their […]