The only power in Bolivia is that of armed force

La Paz, Bolivia Published Nov. 12 in pagina12.org.ar. Translation by John Catalinotto. The center of La Paz has been transformed into a scenario of barricades, lines [of shoppers at] the few businesses that are open, halted transport, neighbors at corners crossed by barbed wire and zinc sheets. Near Plaza Murillo, . . .

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Emergency march to Trump Tower: ‘U.S. hands off Bolivia!’

Nov. 11 — An emergency rally and march against the Nov. 10 right-wing coup in Bolivia that forced President Evo Morales to resign took place in New York City on one day’s notice. Over 200 activists gathered at the Bolivarian Mission to the United Nations on Second Avenue and then . . .

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‘Harriet’ — A powerful depiction of the legendary abolitionist

Institutionalized bigotry, be it racism, gender oppression or LGBTQ2S+ oppression, has impacted every sector of U.S. society. The form may vary, but the intent is the same — to promote racial, patriarchal and other divisions to keep the bosses and bankers in power and the multinational working class powerless, with . . .

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The U.S. Civil War was the ‘unfinished revolution’

The slightly edited two chapters below are from a 1974 essay written by a Workers World Party founding member, Vincent Copeland, who reintroduced the pamphlet, “A Voice from Harper’s Ferry,” by Osborne P. Anderson, a former enslaved Black man, who wrote a firsthand account in 1861 about the raid on . . .

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En Bolivia solo existe el poder de las armas

Publicado el 12 de noviembre por pagina12.com.ar. El centro de La Paz se ha transformado en un escenario de barricadas, colas para comprar en los pocos negocios que abren, transporte detenido, vecinos apostados en las esquinas atravesadas por alambres de púas y chapas de zinc. Cerca de la Plaza Murillo, . . .

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Editorial: El juicio político no es suficiente

Hay tantas razones para sacar a Donald Trump de la Casa Blanca que no sorprende en absoluto que haya comenzado un movimiento en la Cámara de Representantes para acusarlo. En este punto, es un esfuerzo totalmente partidista, con casi todos los demócratas por el juicio político y casi todos los . . .

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