In the U.S.
GM and Intel aren’t heroes
President Biden wants to be seen as a dragon slayer of wealthy Russian oligarchs. But he praised immensely richer and more powerful U.S. oligarchs in his March 1 State of the Union speech. While conducting […]
In the U.S.
In the U.S.
Stop the landlord attack!
Rents are going through the roof while a tidal wave of evictions has begun. Average rents increased by 14% last year across the United States. Rents went up in Austin, Texas, by 40%, while in […]
In the U.S.
President Zelensky and Mayor Goode
While landlords are raising rents by 40%, the capitalist media wants you to hate Russia. They are trying to turn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into a folk hero. Zelensky is a professional clown. He played […]
In the U.S.
Plan to build ballpark at the Port of Oakland threatens thousands of union jobs
On Feb. 17, Struggle-La Lucha interviewed Clarence Thomas, a third-generation longshore worker, retired past secretary-treasurer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and author of “Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March.” […]
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A victory! Professor Rabab Abdulhadi wins second grievance at SFSU
A faculty panel has unanimously sided with Professor Rabab Abdulhadi at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in a grievance she filed through her union, the SFSU chapter of the California Faculty Association. Dr. Abdulhadi’s grievance reiterated […]
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Biden’s promise to appoint first Black woman to Supreme Court
During a Democratic presidential debate on March 16, 2020, candidate Joe Biden said: “If I am elected president and have an opportunity to appoint someone to the courts, I would appoint the first Black woman […]
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NYC student advocates mark National Transit Equity Day
Feb. 4 – Parents to Improve School Transportation (PIST NYC) convened education, disability, and labor advocates to expose multiple facets of New York City’s chronic student transportation failures and to propose solutions via a School […]
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After a year of Biden, why do we still have Trump’s foreign policy?
Joe Biden and the Democrats were highly critical of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, so it was reasonable to expect that Biden would quickly remedy its worst impacts. As a senior member of the Obama administration, Biden […]
In the U.S.
Blaming the victims: The Bronx fire tragedy wasn’t an accident
Seventeen people died in the Jan. 9 apartment building fire that broke out in the Bronx, New York. Eight of those killed were children. Ousmane Konteh was just 2 years old when he perished. Haouwa […]
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Brooklyn, N.Y., teachers demand ‘safety not swagger’
Around 100 teachers, students and parents rallied at the Barclays Center sports arena in downtown Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 5 to demand real health and safety protections for public school communities throughout New York City. […]