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PDF of February 18 issue


PDF of February 18 issue

Download the PDF. Alabama — Roll the union on! Solidarity with Amazon organizing; Class struggle then and now. BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Tribute to George Jackson L.D. Barkley, martyred in Attica uprising A fighting union leader: Karen Lewis ALSO: Care workers dare to strike; $1K per hour union busters; Electric vehicles . . .

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Alexei Navalny: Why is Biden supporting a Russian fascist?


Alexei Navalny: Why is Biden supporting a Russian fascist?

At the very time Democrats in Congress were attempting to impeach Trump for the Jan. 6 fascist rampage, President Joe Biden expressed support for a Russian political leader allied with a gang comparable to the Proud Boys. In his first contact with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as U.S. president, Biden . . .

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A transgender incarcerated activist speaks out


A transgender incarcerated activist speaks out

Lisa Strawn is a transgender woman who spent more than 35 years in California prisons due to that state’s draconian “Three Strikes” law. At the age of 19, she was locked up for petty offenses like prostitution, and on her third “strike,” Lisa was sentenced to 50-to-life for burglary. She . . .

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Leonard Peltier Defense Committee urgently needs support


Leonard Peltier Defense Committee urgently needs support

The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has launched an urgent appeal for funds to support legal efforts to free this Native political prisoner, who has been held in U.S. dungeons for nearly 45 years.  Peltier is a leader of the American Indian Movement, who was framed and jailed for the . . .

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L.D. Barkley — A leader in the Attica uprising


L.D. Barkley — A leader in the Attica uprising

L.D. Barkley, second from the right, and other Attica rebellion leaders negotiating with prison officials, Sept. 1971. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising. The following slightly edited excerpt is from the book “A Time To Die: The Attica Prison Revolt” by the late New York . . .

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‘Release Mumia NOW!’ was the cry in Philadelphia


‘Release Mumia NOW!’ was the cry in Philadelphia

Pam Africa (right), speaking at rally, Feb. 15. Philadelphia On less than 24 hours’ notice, more than 40 people came out on Feb. 15 to show their opposition to a Feb. 3 legal brief by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a so-called “progressive.” It denies Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to . . .

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