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In the U.S.
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The reasons for attacking a disabled person are varied.
Sometimes, however, there is a direct political motive....
Posted Nov 9, 2006
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"My Name is Rachel Corrie," from the writings
of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner;
Minetta Lane Theater, New York City, Oct. 15 through Nov.
19....
Posted Nov 8, 2006
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Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old woman from the U.S., was killed
in Gaza on March 16, 2003, while trying to stop a U.S.-made
Caterpillar bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian home. Three
days later the United States began its shock-and-awe assault on
Iraq....
Posted Nov 8, 2006
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Oct. 30—Hold your
hands up high, palms out and wiggle your fingers in a silent cheer to celebrate
the victory won by Deaf people at Gallaudet University in northeast Washington,
D.C....
Posted Nov 2, 2006
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In April 2005, five Black
Somerville High School athletes were racially profiled, attacked and beaten by
white Medford, Mass. police. The cops, courts, media and school officials
carried out a campaign to frame and vilify them. The youth, however, were seen
as heroes by many in the working class and oppressed communities for defending
themselves against a brutal, unprovoked attack. ...
Posted Sep 21, 2006
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Do you want George Bush to control what TV
channels you can watch?...
Posted Aug 30, 2006
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Click to see full cartoon...
Posted Aug 16, 2006
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Come to a protest and demonstration to demand action now to
stop the killing of Lebanese and Palestinians, hold Israel
accountable for its crimes, and free all Lebanese and Palestinian
political prisoners. When: Tuesday July 18, 4:30 p.m.
Where: Israeli Mission to the UN, at 2nd Ave. between E 42nd
and 43rd Sts., New York City...
Posted Jul 18, 2006
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A statement issued
June 15 to the Southeast Social Forum in Durham, N.C., by Black Workers For
Justice based in Raleigh....
Posted Jun 20, 2006
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Supporters turned out June 7 at the start of
the trial for Isiah Anderson and Calvin Belfon, two of the defendants known as
the Somerville 5....
Posted Jun 15, 2006
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From a talk by Larry Hales— Fight Imperialism, Stand
Together (FIST) leader and Denver community organizer—at the May 13-14
“Preparing for the Rebirth of the Global Struggle for
Socialism” conference in New York....
Posted May 26, 2006
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Excerpts from an official BAYAN-USA statement presented by
Berna Ellorin at the May 13-14 “Preparing for the Rebirth of the Global
Struggle for Socialism” conference...
Posted May 26, 2006
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Twenty-two-year-old Oscar
Abraham Garcia of Tijuana, Mexico, was shot and killed by two federal agents at
the U.S.- Mexico border crossing in San Ysidro, Calif., on May 18. ...
Posted May 24, 2006
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How do we build mass revolutionary consciousness among oppressed
nationalities and working people in this nation? How do we get working people to
become conscious of themselves as an exploited and oppressed class while also
taking into consideration the deeper divisions that are centered on race and
gender? ...
Posted May 19, 2006
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We have to be clear about what is historically necessary and how our role
will be decisive, because while our comrades are fighting imperialism around the
world, they are waiting for us to kick the shit out of imperialism here....
Posted May 19, 2006
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Workers World Party (WWP) sponsored a
national conference in New York City on May 13-14 entitled, “Preparing for
the Rebirth of the Global Struggle for Socialism.” This gathering occurred
only weeks after the immigrant rights demonstrations that recently swept the
country, prompted by various repressive bills currently being debated in the
U.S. Congress that seek to criminalize undocumented workers to one degree or
another. ...
Posted May 19, 2006
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Backers of the Somerville 5
are asking for public expressions of support before the trial of two of the
youths, which is scheduled to begin on May 15....
Posted May 10, 2006
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Immigrant workers on the
march! Justice for Katrina and Rita evacuees! Organizing to stop imperialist
war! Youth and students fighting for a brighter future! What do all these
issues have in common? They are just some of the important developments and
struggles that will be major topics for discussion at the upcoming national
conference entitled, “Preparing for the rebirth of the world struggle for
socialism.” ...
Posted Apr 27, 2006
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The stresses and strains within the Bush
administration, the Pentagon and Congress have reached a new and unprecedented
level of intensity. ...
Posted Apr 20, 2006
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The signs of political and economic crisis for U.S. imperialism keep multiplying....
Posted Apr 13, 2006
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“Drag King Dreams” by Leslie
Feinberg ...
Posted Apr 13, 2006
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More than 400 disabled activists from 40 states
and the District of Columbia recently staged five days of militant action in
Nashville, the capital of Tennessee and a national headquarters of for-profit
health care. Mobilized by Amer ican Disabled for Attendant Pro grams Today
(ADAPT), they demanded an end to policies that force elderly and disabled people
to go into nursing homes for services that they should be receiving in their own
homes....
Posted Apr 1, 2006
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John Crofford, a former
activist with the New York City branch of Workers World Party, died on March 1
at age 70. John was a communist, a gay man, an artist and a disabled worker
living on Social Security. ...
Posted Mar 26, 2006
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