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PDF of August 20 issue


PDF of August 20 issue

Download the 12-page PDF. Stop Trump’s attack on the post office! WORLD: Vietnam; Palestine; Cuba; Belarus. COVID & SCHOOLS: Oakland organizes; Puerto Rico: Pandemic colonialism; Resistance in Florida; North Carolina: ‘Safe Jobs Save Lives’. ELECTIONS: A CLASS VIEW: Democrats & the national question; A South Asian revolutionary on Kamala Harris; . . .

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Biden won’t save us / Keep it in the streets!


Biden won’t save us / Keep it in the streets!

As the November election approaches, pressure will mount on revolutionary organizations within the U.S. to fall in line with the Democratic Party and endorse Joe Biden. The argument often made is that a Democratic president is needed to counter reactionary policies put in place by a Republican administration. Does this . . .

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Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem


Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger problem

Planned Parenthood of Greater New York issued a strong statement July 21 that condemned Margaret Sanger’s relationship with eugenics theory and practice. “By saying this, we disarm a tool anti-abortion opponents use to shame women of color, especially Black women, from seeking the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health . . .

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Prisoners’ lives matter! ‘Inmates cannot social distance’


Prisoners’ lives matter! ‘Inmates cannot social distance’

Makinni Iyapo By Makini Iyapo This edited talk was given at an Aug. 13 Workers World Party webinar, “From Black August to Black Lives Matter,” hosted by the WWP Prisoners Solidarity Committee. I am so honored to be here, in the company of people of like minds. I feel rejuvenated . . .

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Le Kha Phieu ¡presente!


Le Kha Phieu ¡presente!

On Aug. 7, another of the heroic and determined generation of revolutionaries who guided Vietnam’s liberation movement passed away.  Le Kha Phieu was born in 1931 in Thanh Hoa province in the northern part of Vietnam (then French Indochina). At 15, he joined the revolutionary struggle to gain independence from . . .

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After explosion, imperialists pressure Lebanon; Iran, China send aid


After explosion, imperialists pressure Lebanon; Iran, China send aid

From jungewelt.de, Aug. 18. The author has been covering Syrian, Lebanon and Palestine for progressive German-language publications for decades. Translation by John Catalinotto. It was only last January — in response to the street protests — that the technocratic government of the engineer and former university professor Hassan Diab was . . .

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En honor a las Ligas Nacionales Negras: Solo la pelota era blanca


En honor a las Ligas Nacionales Negras: Solo la pelota era blanca

El gran Satchel Paige Este año, 2020, es el centenario de las Ligas Nacionales Negras. No la Liga Nacional de Grandes Ligas, sino las Ligas Nacionales Negras. Me gustaría que conocieras a algunos de mis héroes: Cool Papa, Peach Head, Double Duty, Satch, Buck y Peanut. Incluso si eres un . . .

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