Philadelphia On Jan. 5, 12 people, including nine children in an extended family, died in a row house fire in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood. All the victims were Black. Four days later on Jan. 9, a fire in a Bronx high-rise in New York City claimed 17 lives, including eight children. . . .
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The following statement was sent out by Resumen LatinoAmerico and the Third World, an anti-imperialist publication based in Latin America on Jan. 12. Graciela Ramirez, editor of Cuba En Resumen, and Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban 5, signed the statement which has been lightly edited by WW. Alicia Jrapko . . .
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Each week new evidence emerges that U.S. capitalist institutions mismanage society and sabotage any actions that might aid the working people — who create all of society’s wealth. PHOTO: National Nurses United In mid-January the Supreme Court reaffirmed its historic role as servant of profiteering monopolies, a role it has . . .
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In France, a Jan. 13 massive strike protested ineffective government COVID-19 plans for schools. The countrywide strike was organized by unions representing teachers, other school staff, parents and students. All French unions representing workers in education supported the call for the strike, along with student unions which represent secondary and . . .
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This open letter was written on Jan. 14 after a Justice March for Jason Walker, who was murdered by a Cumberland County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s deputy Jan. 8. Today was a memorable day led by a coalition of social activist organizations in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It was a day of . . .
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In a desperate move in the midst of a raging COVID-19 infection, 200 prisoners at Rikers Island, New York City’s jail complex, went on a hunger strike Jan. 8. Citing dangerous and unsafe living conditions exacerbated by an unending COVID-19 quarantine, prisoners, all of whom are pretrial detainees, are refusing . . .
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