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Filipino Women Against Modern Day Slavery

The Atlantic magazine published an article in the June 2017 issue entitled, “My Family’s Slave,” by journalist Alex Tizon.  His…

June 6, 2017

Welcome to New York, Oscar!

Members of the Boricua [Puerto Rican] Diaspora and many supporters of the cause of Puerto Rican liberation are celebrating the…

June 5, 2017

Labor defends Puerto Rican Day Parade

The following statement was issued by the Workers World Party Labor Fraction. Contact wwplabor@gmail.com. Despite a major political attack on…

June 5, 2017

What is Trump’s line toward China?

Having abandoned its futile attempt to stifle China economically, U.S. imperialism is ratcheting up military pressure. But China is not…

June 5, 2017

Filipino groups condemn martial law

BAYAN-USA, Anakbayan-USA and GABRIELA USA issued a statement on May 23 condemning the imposition of martial law in Mindanao by…

June 5, 2017

Portuguese revolutionary Miguel Urbano Rodrigues, 1925 – 2017

The following obituary about the life of Miguel Urbano Rodrigues was published on May 27 by the editors of the…

June 5, 2017

Massive protests in Brazil demand ouster of president and direct elections

May 29 — In one of the largest demonstrations in decades in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia, some 150,000 workers, farmers,…

June 2, 2017

WHO Public Health Prize goes to Cuba

At its 70th World Assembly in Geneva on May 26, the World Health Organization unanimously bestowed its Public Health award…

June 2, 2017

Homeland Security threatens to expel Haitians

John Kelly, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has told the 58,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary…

June 2, 2017

After 40 days of #DignityStrike, Palestinian prisoners declare victory

The Palestinian prisoners’ movement and its supporters celebrated victory on May 27. A series of concessions by both the Israeli…

June 2, 2017