In the U.S. – Page 44 – Struggle

King Day in LA: For justice, against police terror and U.S. war

January 18, 2023 John Parker

Activists from the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, CodePink, Socialist Unity Party, Young Communist League, Organization US, and community activists joined a street meeting for justice and against police terror and U.S. war along […]

Fighting inflation trickery: Capitalists cut jobs rather than bring down prices

January 7, 2023 Gary Wilson

The year 2022 will be remembered as a year of inflation shock. Energy (oil, gas, electricity) prices are up a painful 17.6%. Food-at-home prices have increased by 10.9%. Eggs are now 25.6% more expensive than […]

Nuclear fusion hype: A boost for U.S. armaments, not clean energy

January 7, 2023 Scott Scheffer

Jennifer Granholm, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, led a press event on Dec. 13 to announce a major scientific breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. There, researchers had aimed an array of the world’s […]

Cases reopened: Maryland’s former chief medical examiner covered up police killings

January 7, 2023 Lev Koufax

A little over two years ago, David Fowler stepped onto the witness stand during the prosecution of George Floyd’s murderers, including Derek Chauvin. The defense called Fowler as an expert witness. His purpose at this […]

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 […]

Charlene Mitchell presente!

January 3, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein

Charlene Mitchell, an extraordinary African American leader, died on Dec. 14 in New York City. She was 92 years old. The story of her life’s achievements evokes profound respect. The daughter of a trade unionist, […]

Proud Boys get out of Jackson Heights! Defend Drag Story Hours!

December 31, 2022 Stephen Millies

Dec. 29 ― At least 400 people turned out this afternoon in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, to say no to transphobia and all forms of bigotry. They were guarding the Drag […]

‘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 […]

Super bigot Tucker Carlson is our enemy, not an ally

December 28, 2022 Stephen Millies

Tucker Carlson spews hate like a flamethrower on Fox News five nights a week. He told millions of viewers that the Black Lives Matter movement is “poison.” Carlson hates the anti-racist movement that brought 26 […]

Human rights crisis as U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 100 million

December 28, 2022 Carlos Martinez

While the United States is failing to provide global leadership in such areas as ecological protection and the pursuit of peace, it has established itself as something of a COVID-19 trailblazer, with by far the highest […]