Presidential elections held May 29 in Colombia showed Senator Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact progressive alliance and former mayor of Bogotá, coming in first with 40% of the vote. Two right-wing candidates, Rodolfo Hernández and Federico Gutíerrez, received 28% and 24% of the vote, respectively. Because no candidate . . .
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The following message from political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal was prepared for the Workers’ Summit in Tijuana, Mexico, June 10-12, which is being held in response to President Joe Biden’s Summit of the Americas. My brothers, sisters and comrades in Tijuana, I welcome you, delegates of the excluded. People from Cuba, . . .
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By Julia Wright As a member of our slavery-old abolitionist movement, I would suggest that a few elements about the Uvalde tragedy, still below the radar, would appear worth commenting on. Julia Wright. PHOTO: Roberto Mercado First, very few news reports have highlighted the importance of the fact that the . . .
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Across the U.S., capitalist politicians, including President Joe Biden, spew endless verbiage about the need to control assault weapons, yet do little to make this happen. Meanwhile the parents of one of the children killed and a school staffer in Uvalde, Texas, have started legal actions against Daniel Defense, the . . .
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30 de mayo – Las grandes expectativas de Biden de que la celebración de la Cumbre de las Américas este año demostrará la influencia de Estados Unidos en el hemisferio occidental se están erosionando. La mayoría de los países del hemisferio occidental se han retirado de la Cumbre tras la . . .
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