In the U.S. – Page 46

JoAnn Watson, beloved Detroit leader, dies

July 26, 2023 Cheryl LaBash

Cuba lost a good friend on July 10 when the Rev. Dr. JoAnn Watson joined the ancestors. Watson originated the call “Doctors for Detroit” with the late Rev. Lucius Walker, founder of the Interreligious Foundation […]

Tampa 5 solidarity: ‘Protesting is not a crime’

July 14, 2023 Struggle-La Lucha New York bureau

New Yorkers answered the call from Students for a Democratic Society for a national day of action for the Tampa 5 on July 12. They gathered during the evening rush hour outside New York City […]

The Supreme Court has no compassion for working-class families

July 10, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha

The following was presented as part of a discussion of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights, and student loans. The Court outlawed affirmative action against racism, endorsed discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, […]

Report shows how military-industrial complex sets media narrative on Ukraine

July 7, 2023 Bryce Greene

The Quincy Institute—whose own start-up funding came mainly from George Soros and Charles Koch—looked at 11 months of Ukraine War coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, from March 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023, and […]

The secrets that the Pentagon Papers didn’t reveal

July 5, 2023 Stephen Millies

The death of Daniel Ellsberg on June 16 should be a reminder that every big business war requires wholesale lying. In 1971 it was Ellsberg, along with Anthony Russo, who brought the Pentagon Papers into […]

Indigenous activists respond to gutting of affirmative action

July 1, 2023 Jean-Luc Pierite and Mahtowin Munro

Boston – Indigenous activists in Boston reaffirm their commitment to overcome historic barriers to higher education for students in light of today’s ruling delivered by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) that guts […]

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Organizers assemble conference to resist DeSantis, establish Emergency Committee to Defend the Tampa 5

June 29, 2023 Joe Nohava

Tampa, Florida — On June 24, over 130 people packed the Maureen Gauzza Library in Tampa early Saturday morning to join in the fight to defend the Tampa 5, activists charged with felonies, some facing […]

Good riddance to Pat Robertson: Preacher of bigotry came from the ruling class

June 25, 2023 Stephen Millies

Does anyone care that hate preacher Pat Robertson croaked on June 8? Those inheriting his $100 million fortune must have been waiting for the 93-year-old to die. The loot came from Robertson’s broadcasting empire, African […]

The Rosenbergs were heroes

June 19, 2023 Stephen Millies

70th anniversary of their execution In his funeral eulogy for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, W.E.B. Du Bois declared, “They died because they would not lie.” The Rosenbergs were executed by the U.S. government on Juneteenth, […]

Debt ceiling deal means austerity for workers and the poor

June 17, 2023 Chris Fry

With tremendous media fanfare, President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy agreed to allow the so-called “debt ceiling” to be raised until 2025. Despite assuring the public that cutting money to federal […]