The overwhelming power of the people in Puerto Rico has toppled the governorship of Ricardo Rosselló in just 12 days. They protested after texts between the governor and his allies were leaked to the public on July 13. The messages were littered with homophobia, sexism, contempt for hurricane victims and . . .
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Monica Moorehead at Reclaim Pride demonstration in New York, June 2019. This article is based on a talk given at a July 25 Workers World Party meeting in New York City that addressed the theme “Fighting against Racism and for National Sovereignty.” This talk will not give a blow-by-blow account . . .
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During the Cold War and the struggle that put the USSR and China on one side and imperialism, headed by Washington, on the other, revolutionaries used to characterize the conflict as a class war between two irreconcilable social systems. On one side was the socialist camp, based upon socialized property, . . .
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New York — Exactly five years after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a cop in Ferguson, Mo., Shut It Down NYC called an Aug. 9 demonstration — “Fists Up, Fight Back!” — in his memory. Protesters marched from Grand Central Terminal through midtown Manhattan chanting: “Eric Garner, . . .
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Cyntoia Brown, an African-American woman who was incarcerated for 15 years for the “crime” of self-defense, was finally freed Aug. 7 from a Nashville, Tenn., prison. Brown, now 31 years old, was granted clemency on Jan. 7 by former Gov. Bill Haslam. A Workers World article from Jan. 15 explains . . .
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Cualquiera que se aferró a la ilusión de que el testimonio de Robert Mueller del 22 de julio ante los comités de la Cámara de Justicia e Inteligencia pondría a POTUS en apuros tenía que decepcionarse. Ahora debe quedar claro: no habrá atajos para hacer retroceder al presidente, y mucho . . .
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