Download the PDF. Down with SCOTUS! We will fight back! and more on reproductive justice PRIDE: Lavender and Red: War & fascism Trans resistance in Boston, NYC Editorials: Growing mass fury Title IX and SCOTUS ruling World: Madrid anti-NATO protest; African famine; Macron rebuked; Historic Colombian election; Ecuador’s national strike . . .
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Drag march, NYC, June 24 Tens of thousands from the LGBTQ+ community and supporters filled the streets of New York City June 24-26 to affirm the struggle for human rights and then rose up against the patriarchy-dominated U.S. Supreme Court for their “decision” outlawing abortion. — Renée Imperato
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By M. Rafael Since the news of Gustavo Petro’s victory in the Colombian elections on June 19, a massive sense of jubilation has washed across Colombia and the world over. Colombia for the first time in its history has elected a leftist government, after 80-plus years of nearly unending civil war: . . .
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FARC-EP Segunda Marquetalia leaders Ivan Marquez (second from left) and Jesús Santrich (second from right) announce resumption of armed struggle, August 29, 2019. Santrich was assassinated in May 2021. Translated by M. Rafael and Daniela Ochoa-Bravo The statement below was issued June 22 by the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of . . .
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Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez greet Colombian masses. Voters in Colombia made history June 19, when they elected the first progressive president in the country’s history. Gustavo Petro, previously a legislator and mayor of Bogota and one-time combatant with the M-19 guerrilla army, defeated right-wing candidate Rodolfo Hernández in a . . .
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A cake at a commemoration to honor the West Virginia workers who held out “one day longer” than Ravenswood Aluminum from 1990-92. WW Photo: Otis Grotewohl Ravenswood, West Virginia Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 5668 commemorated the 30-year anniversary of the nearly two-year lockout at Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation on . . .
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