Minnie Bruce Pratt was already a renowned lesbian poet, author and anti-racist activist even before she joined Workers World Party over 20 years ago. She became a managing editor of Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper following the death of her longtime partner and spouse, Leslie Feinberg, in 2014. Minnie Bruce Pratt . . .
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To evaluate the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this July it helps to observe it in the framework of what this military alliance’s meeting really is: an international gathering of the heads of criminal gangs and some local stooges. If that argument seems to stretch reality, consider these points: Downtown . . .
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San Francisco A broad coalition of Filipino progressive organizations, anti-imperialist groups, labor and other supporters gathered on July 11 in front of San Francisco City Hall. This was part of a countrywide push to demand “No to APEC! People Before Profits!” Demonstration against APEC, San Francisco, July 11, 2023. Photo: . . .
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Actions held July 12 in front of New York City Hall, shown, and in 13 other cities demanded “Justice for the Tampa 5!” and “Drop the charges on the Tampa 5!” The Tampa 5 were brutally arrested at a March 6 campus protest, organized by Students for a Democratic Society . . .
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Keith Lamar is one of five prisoners on Ohio’s death row who were framed on murder charges after the 1993 Lucasville prison rebellion. When his legal appeals were exhausted, he was scheduled for execution – state-sponsored lynching – on Nov. 16, 2023. In mid-July, his execution was delayed until Jan. . . .
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Cleveland Ohio is one of many states whose legislatures rammed through harsh legislation denying abortion access after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Under Ohio’s law, abortions are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Boxes holding some of the petitions containing . . .
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