El 15 de mayo marca el 65º aniversario del inicio de lo que los/as palestinos/as y sus partidarios/as llaman el Nakba, “el desastre”, que fue el resultado de la fundación ilegal en 1948 del estado de Israel con la plena cooperación del imperialismo internacional. La fundación del estado israelí estuvo acompañada de masacres y del [...]
Afroamericanos/as más vulnerables a los propuestos recortes federales
La administración Obama propone recortes masivos en programas federales esenciales. El cambio del cálculo (“chained”) del Índice de Precios al Consumidor afectaría el Seguro Social y otros beneficios, mientras que $400 mil millones se tomarían, en más de 10 años, de Medicare, Medicaid y otros programas de salud para los/as pobres y ciudadanos/as de la [...]
Free Lynne Stewart now!
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Dolores Cox May 20, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The lifesaving struggle to free Lynne Stewart, “the people’s lawyer,” continues. Following a full-house rally on May 9 at St. Mark’s Theatre in New York City, a vigil was held in Foley Square on May 15. The latter activity was held near the Manhattan federal courthouse where, in 2010, Stewart was unjustly convicted and sentenced [...]
National Network on Cuba condemns U.S. ‘terrorist’ bounty on Assata Shakur
The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata Shakur … as a “terrorist,” placing her name as the first woman on the most-wanted terrorist list, with obvious alternative motives, but supposedly for the false charges 40 years ago. This act is doubly scurrilous [...]
Boston Bolivarians celebrate Maduro election
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Boston Bolivarianos May 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
On May 5, a meeting called by the Boston Bolivarians celebrated the legitimate victory of the first working-class and Chavista president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moro. The well-attended event was held in the office of the International Action Center, together with Team Solidarity, a group to which several members of the United School Bus Workers [...]
Oakland, Calif., vigil for police victim
Oakland, Calif. — More than 150 people came out to honor the memory of young Alan Blueford on May 5, the one-year anniversary of his killing by Officer Miguel Masso of the Oakland Police Department. Masso, who also shot himself in the foot, has yet to be fired, tried or held responsible in any way [...]
South Africa: Platinum monopoly threatens mining jobs
A major struggle is unfolding in the Republic of South Africa with the recent announcement that the Anglo American Platinum Corporation (Amplats) will lay off thousands of workers. Amplats, whose parent company is the Britain-based Anglo American, is the world’s largest producer of platinum. South Africa has deposits of 80 percent of the world’s known [...]
Thousands in Haiti provide escort for Aristide
Haiti’s judicial police headquarters had banned demonstrations in support of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. So, on May 8, tens of thousands of Haitians marched alongside Aristide’s motorcade after he gave testimony in the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. They escorted him home. Aristide provided testimony about Jean Dominique, a popular journalist who was assassinated [...]
Drone base picketed
Niagara Falls, N.Y. — Activists rallied at the gate of Niagara Falls Air Base on Mothers’ Day, May 12, to oppose plans to operate Predator and Reaper drones from the base. About 50 people from the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, including No Drones Niagara and the Western New York [...]
On the picket line
Hundreds of fast food workers strike in Detroit Hundreds of workers went on strike May 10 at more than 60 fast food restaurants in Detroit, demanding the right to form a union and a wage increase to a minimum of $15 an hour. McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Dollar Tree, Little Caesar’s, Domino’s, Long John Silver’s [...]
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