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[l] at 10/29/24 5:35pm
By Evan Reif Portland, Oregon On October 26 the Portland End the Blockade of Cuba Coalition, made up of local activists and organizations, protested the criminal, illegal blockade of Cuba imposed by the United States. After a series of speeches by representatives of Workers World Party, Freedom Road Socialist Organization . . . Continue reading Portland protests U.S. attacks on Cuba at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Latin America & the Caribbean, Stop imperialist war and occupation, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/29/24 5:26pm
El Partido Mundo Obrero saluda al heroico dirigente revolucionario Yahya Al-Sinwar, presidente del Buró Político del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica de Hamás y comandante de la Batalla de Inundación de Al-Aqsa, que murió heroicamente en combate junto con otros combatientes de Hamás el 17 de octubre en Gaza.  Mientras los . . . Continue reading Yahya Al-Sinwar: Su vida inspirará a muchos más para liberar Palestina at Workers.org

[Category: Editorials, Global, Mundo Obrero, Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/28/24 7:12pm
After a year of genocidal war on the people of Gaza, some 130 Israeli soldiers who had been called up from the reserves signed an open letter saying they will no longer serve in the Israeli army unless the government works towards a captive and ceasefire deal. Caption: Eliran Mazrahi, . . . Continue reading Israeli soldiers protest war service – U.S. veterans support them at Workers.org

[Category: Racism and Self-Determination, Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa]

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[l] at 10/28/24 7:12pm
Charlotte Kates The following is an Oct. 20 interview Workers World did with Charlotte Kates, one of the founders of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Workers World: Can you comment on any further developments since the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) designation, while the Canadian government then brought no criminal . . . Continue reading How fighting to free Palestinian political prisoners liberates humanity at Workers.org

[Category: Prisons: tear them down, Racism and Self-Determination, Stop imperialist war and occupation, West Asia/ North Africa]

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[l] at 10/28/24 6:58pm
Philadelphia As Transgender Day of Remembrance — traditionally held on Nov. 20 each year — nears, we reel in grief as we remember those trans women, particularly trans women of color, who were murdered. We reel in grief knowing that only recently have police taken seriously our often violent demise. . . . Continue reading Trans women of color: murdered by capitalism at Workers.org

[Category: LGBTQIA2S+ liberation, Racism and Self-Determination, U.S. and Canada, Women and oppressed genders]

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[l] at 10/28/24 5:21pm
24 de octubre de 2024 Traducido del francés para Rebelión.org por Beatriz Morales Bastos. Demuynck es una periodista bélgica y experta en cuestiones cubanas.  En una rueda de prensa celebrada el viernes 18 de octubre de 2024 el vicepresidente cubano Manuel Marrero pidió al pueblo cubano que redujera todo lo . . . Continue reading Cuba sin electricidad. ¿Y por qué? at Workers.org

[Category: Latin America & the Caribbean, Mundo Obrero, Stop imperialist war and occupation]

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[l] at 10/25/24 4:53pm
In the history of the queer movement, communists have — at times — taken the wrong path. Some organizations and individuals, wrongly, have believed that queer people could not be revolutionary. Some believed queerness was abnormal; others believed that because LGBTQIA2S+ people weren’t respected by the working class, we couldn’t . . . Continue reading LGBTQ+ History Month: Queers are revolutionary leaders at Workers.org

[Category: LGBTQIA2S+ liberation]

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[l] at 10/25/24 4:53pm
In the history of the queer movement, communists have — at times — taken the wrong path. Some organizations and individuals, wrongly, have believed that queer people could not be revolutionary. Some believed queerness was abnormal; others believed that because LGBTQIA2S+ people weren’t respected by the working class, we couldn’t . . . Continue reading LGBTQ+ History Month: Queers are revolutionary leaders: WW Commentary at Workers.org

[Category: LGBTQIA2S+ liberation]

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[l] at 10/24/24 10:29pm
Philadelphia Students, faculty and community activists came out for a Palestine Solidarity Vigil, with signs, banners, chants, speakers and musical instruments, on Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct 14. The vigil took place at the University of Pennsylvania campus, which sits on occupied Lenape territory, known as Lenapehoking. Indigenous Peoples Day, Philadelphia, . . . Continue reading From Lenapehoking to Palestine, genocide is a crime! at Workers.org

[Category: U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 10/24/24 9:56pm
“China at 75, Changes Unseen in a Century,” was a day-long program organized in both London and New York, held on Sept. 28 and 29, respectively. The event celebrated the achievements of the People’s Republic of China and countered the hybrid war propaganda about China put out by Western corporate . . . Continue reading Videos available for historic event: China at 75 at Workers.org

[Category: Asia & the Pacific]

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[l] at 10/24/24 9:43pm
The world has watched in horror for the last year as Israel has dropped thousands of U.S.-supplied 2,000-lb. bombs on Gaza, home to 2.3 million Palestinians. The media says over 42,000 Palestinians have been killed, including 16,000 children, medical and humanitarian aid workers and journalists. The July Lancet medical journal . . . Continue reading Justice for Palestine! Support Workers World at Workers.org

[Category: Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/23/24 10:56pm
Download the PDF of October 24 print issue Yahya Al-Sinwar 1962-2024 His life will inspire many more to liberate Palestine Statements from WWP, Hamas ◆ In the U.S. Indigenous Peoples Day: Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle Niles, Ohio: How workers beat back the KKK FIT students hang tough for Palestine ◆ Around the . . . Continue reading PDF of October 24 print issue at Workers.org

[Category: Global, U.S. and Canada, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/23/24 3:49pm
Outside the Democratic National Convention protesters denounce both parties, Aug. 19, 2024. As November 5 and the 2024 U.S. presidential election draw closer, one thing is crystal clear. Regardless of which capitalist, imperialist party’s candidates win — Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris — workers and oppressed people have . . . Continue reading Elections 2024: A lose, lose situation for the working class at Workers.org

[Category: Human needs before profits, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 10/23/24 3:46pm
Workers World Party condemns the designation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as “a sham charity.” OFAC has listed the long-time Palestinian-Canadian activist Khaled Barakat “as associated with terrorism.”  Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is an international . . . Continue reading Hands off Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network! at Workers.org

[Category: Stop imperialist war and occupation, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 10/23/24 3:43pm
Seattle, Oct. 14, 2024 Seattle    Hundreds of Indigenous people and their supporters marched in downtown Seattle on Oct.14 in the 10th annual Indigenous Peoples Day march in the city.   Indigenous Peoples Day takes the place of Columbus Day, the U.S. federal holiday that recognized the 1492 racist, murderous invader. The . . . Continue reading Tenth annual commemoration of Indigenous Peoples Day Web head: at Workers.org

[Category: Racism and Self-Determination, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 10/22/24 7:12pm
Workers World Party salutes the heroic revolutionary leader Yahya Al-Sinwar, chair of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement and Commander of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle, who died heroically in battle along with other Hamas combatants on Oct. 17 in Gaza. While the Israeli war criminals, led by . . . Continue reading Yahya Al-Sinwar, 1962-2024: His life will inspire many more to liberate Palestine at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Revolutionary Theory and Practice, Stop imperialist war and occupation, Top, West Asia/ North Africa, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/22/24 7:12pm
Workers World Party salutes the heroic revolutionary leader Yahya Al-Sinwar, chair of the Political Bureau of the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement and Commander of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle, who died heroically in battle along with other Hamas combatants on Oct. 17 in Gaza. While the Israeli war criminals, led by . . . Continue reading Yahya Al-Sinwar ,1962-2024: His life will inspire many more to liberate Palestine at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Revolutionary Theory and Practice, Stop imperialist war and occupation, Top, West Asia/ North Africa, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/22/24 7:01pm
The 33,000 striking workers at Boeing — members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) District Lodge 751 in the Seattle area and District Lodge W24 in Portland, Oregon —  arrived at a tentative agreement on Oct, 19. This agreement, reached on the 37th day of the strike, is an . . . Continue reading Boeing strike still strong at Workers.org

[Category: U.S. and Canada, Workers unite!]

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[l] at 10/22/24 5:59pm
Cuando han transcurrido unas ocho semanas del nuevo semestre en las universidades de Estados Unidos, se ha puesto de manifiesto lo siguiente: Se reanudan las luchas en las universidades, con consignas que van desde detener el genocidio hasta liberar a Palestina. Nueva York, 10 de octubre de 2024.(Photo: John Catalinotto) . . . Continue reading ¡Apoyen a los estudiantes que apoyan a Palestina! at Workers.org

[Category: Editorials, Mundo Obrero, Workers World Party]

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[l] at 10/22/24 5:52pm
A tumultuous week of incredible twists and turns preceding the scheduled execution date of Texan Robert Roberson on Oct. 17 ended with Roberson still alive. Demonstration to stop the execution of Robert Roberson. Holding signs are Jennifer Martin and Thomas Roberson, sister-in-law and brother of Roberson. Huntsville, Texas, Oct. 17, . . . Continue reading Texas execution halted – Robert Roberson alive for now! at Workers.org

[Category: Prisons: tear them down, U.S. and Canada]

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[l] at 10/21/24 7:26pm
The article below was first posted on workers.org on March 5, 2019. Oct. 20 is the birthday of Bela Lugosi. Hungarian actor Béla Lugosi was crowned “Hollywood’s Prince of Darkness” for his portrayal of the vampire Count Dracula in several films. But today few people know he was a union . . . Continue reading Béla Lugosi: actor, union leader, anti-fascist at Workers.org

[Category: Global, Revolutionary Theory and Practice, Workers unite!]

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