Interview by Marco Teruggi with Venezuelan economic analyst Luis Salas Rodríguez published July 16 in Sputniknews.com. Translation by Michael Otto. “In order to understand the Venezuelan economic situation, it is necessary to get out of this black-and-white movie about good and evil,” says Luis Salas Rodríguez, master of sociology, researcher . . .
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By Sean Orr Caracas, Venezuela Reprinted from Fight Back! News From July 25 to 28, over 1,000 delegates gathered for the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, Venezuela. Historically the largest gathering of the Latin American left, the Forum was transformed this year by its hosts into an assembly of . . .
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As 20 Democratic Party presidential candidates took to the stage of the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit on July 30 and 31, mass demonstrations took to the streets outside. Service Employees International Union members join environmentalists. On the first day, thousands rallied and marched on the Fox. Their main demand . . .
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The foremost motivation of Donald Trump’s immigration policy is racist terror, blatant cruelty and the promotion of social divisions so ominous they can only be characterized as white supremacist. Im/migrant workers have historically been victims of super exploitation. They have been used by the capitalists as cheap, exploitable and vulnerable . . .
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Speaking at the Moncada Day event, CUNY law student Ana Marie Cardenas and Frank Velgara of the Socialist Front of Puerto Rico. A standing-room-only crowd attended the annual July 26 commemoration organized by the New York-New Jersey Cuba Si Coalition and hosted by the New York State Nurses Association in . . .
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July 26 — The CNN Center was the site of a rally for the imprisoned freedom fighter, Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown. A national annual gathering of Muslims initiated by Al-Amin, the Riyaadah, was taking place here and brought supporters of the political prisoner from cities . . .
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Una lucha importante en el estado español. Firma el manifiesto contra la criminalización de la solidaridad con el pueblo palestino. Por más información y para firmar: conninesporpalestina.org Ante la decisión de la Audiencia Nacional de encausar primero, y después de denegar el sobreseimiento de la causa seguida contra Ángeles Maestro . . .
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The New York Police Department is using instances of justified rebellious actions as an excuse to mount a racist, Central Park Five-style roundup of any and all suspects, as long as they’re Black and poor. In the wake of a media wave of reactionary indignation — incredibly, at people resisting . . .
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