In the U.S. – Page 54 – Struggle

New Orleans day of action demands real hurricane relief

October 1, 2021 Gregory E. Williams

On Sept. 26, several revolutionary and progressive organizations came together for a day of action in downtown New Orleans. Organizers were responding to the horrible conditions affecting working class and oppressed communities following Hurricane Ida, […]

Texas lawmakers: Why you gotta be so cruel?

September 24, 2021 Gloria Verdieu

In September, 666 laws passed by Texas lawmakers went into effect — laws that are so repressive and restrictive that it’s mind-boggling. Some background on this writer I came to Texas from California in January […]

Trump-inspired California recall effort stopped

September 21, 2021 John Parker

California voters got another taste of the national effort by the Republican Party to disenfranchise the votes of working and poor people, especially the votes of people of color. But this time, regarding their initiative […]

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Is Sirhan guilty? Unanswered questions about RFK’s assassination

September 17, 2021 Stephen Millies

Senator Robert Francis Kennedy had just won California’s Democratic presidential primary when he was shot in Los Angeles shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968. He died early the next morning, less than five years […]

Crowd cheers removal of racist monument in Richmond, Va.

September 10, 2021 Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality

After 131 years of lording it over Richmond, Va., and much of the country, the towering statue of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has finally been removed from his perch, to the cheers of […]

Hurricane Ida blows away illusions

September 5, 2021 Gregory E. Williams

I am from a small town in Louisiana’s Tangipahoa Parish, now living in New Orleans. Professionally, I am a cook and am training to be a biological lab technician. When I first began to understand […]

Austin protests Texas governor’s attack on women

September 4, 2021 FightBack! News

Austin, Texas – Around 100 people rallied at the Texas State Capitol on September 1 to protest against the statewide abortion ban that went into effect that same day. Texas abortion clinics have been forced […]

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World Economic Forum targets Detroit

September 3, 2021 David Sole

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced plans to open a “Global Center for Urban Transformation” in Detroit in October 2021. The WEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself as aiming to […]

Supreme Court says drop dead to 11 million tenants

August 28, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha

We have to fight back! Six judges on the U.S. Supreme Court have overturned the federal ban on evictions. The Aug. 26 ruling threatens to throw 11 million families — with 30 million people — […]

The growing poverty of the U.S. working class

August 28, 2021 Stephen Millies

Millions of working-class families in the United States are so poor they can’t afford to shop at grocery stores any more. They’re buying food at 99 cent stores instead. Ohio resident Kyle Dishman told the […]