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Resist Rubio’s McCarthyite Attacks on Cuba, the Black Freedom Struggle, and the Left

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles (ARA-LA/PART) At a recent international gathering of right-wing states and parties, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, angling to run again for US president as a MAGA hard-liner this time, delivered a speech and a 100+ page document attacking Cuba, the Black freedom struggle in the US, and anything to the left of MAGA, as violence-prone communists intent on subversion. This new McCarthyism seeks to [...]

By |2026-08-01T18:42:18-05:00August 1st, 2026|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Bernie Sanders, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Cuba, Decolonization, Donald Trump, Fascism, Free Speech, JD Vance, Labor, Marco Rubio, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, Obama, Peace and War, Politics, Repression, Socialism, War|0 Comments
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Imperialism-Induced Fault Lines

The Venezuelan Earthquake By Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina [Excerpts] https://mronline.org/2026/06/29/imperialism-induced-fault-lines-the-venezuelan-earthquake/ There is no such thing as a purely natural disaster, especially in a country under siege. Likewise, the response to any disaster is always mediated by social, political, and even geopolitical factors. Following the devastating 1812 earthquake that occurred during the independence struggle, Simón Bolívar said: “If nature opposes us, we will fight against it and make it obey us.” [...]

By |2026-07-02T08:57:46-05:00July 2nd, 2026|Anti-capitalism, Energy, Latin America, News, Socialism, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Rewriting the Chávez legacy

Male chauvinism & lack of union democracy led to abuses Radical Women statement by Yolanda Alaniz On March 18, 2026, the New York Times published an article documenting reports that in the 1970s United Farm Workers (UFW) leader César Chávez had sexually molested underage girls Ana Murguia and Debra Rojas and later raped Rojas. UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta also came forward to tell of being raped twice by Chávez in the 1960s, assaults that [...]

By |2026-05-14T19:26:39-05:00May 14th, 2026|#MeToo, Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Feminism, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Labor, Labor, Movements, News, Socialism, Solidarity, Unions, Women, Women's Liberation, Yolanda Alaniz|0 Comments
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May 1 International Workers’ Day General Strike

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror, https://antiracist.org May Day, the celebration of International Working People's Day on May 1, arose out of labor struggles in the United States (as did International Women's Day on March 8). Specifically, the struggle for the Eight-Hour Day and 40-hour work week as sufficient to support a working class family, and the campaign to free the anarchist political prisoners who faced the death penalty [...]

By |2026-04-30T17:12:48-05:00April 30th, 2026|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Climate Change, Decolonization, Democracy, Donald Trump, Economy, Fascism, Human Rights, Michael Novick, Movements, Peace and War, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Michael Parenti, Presente!

© by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/michael-parenti-presente/ Michael Parenti was a wonderful writer, for his work was peppered with wit, insight, and a deep well of learning. Years ago, I received one of his books, that I found particularly interesting, on the Roman Empire. His thinking was original, and ground-breaking. It made you think of Rome and its Empire in a brand-new way. I got a letter from Michael, and he remarked that he [...]

By |2026-04-30T16:59:22-05:00April 30th, 2026|Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, In Memoriam, Labor, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Obituary, Socialism|0 Comments
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‘Cuba is Not Alone’

Inspiring Days of Solidarity in Havana https://resumen-english.org/2026/03/cuba-is-not-alone-inspiring-days-of-solidarity-in-havana/ As the Trump Administration ratchets up its threats of war and economic strangulation on Cuba the international Nuestra América Convoy has arrived in Cuba. The convoy unites more than 600 solidarity activists from 38 nations, representing over 140 social, political, and cultural organizations across nearly every continent. Participants include parliamentarians, judges, ambassadors, intellectuals, trade unionists, and community leaders committed to justice and sovereignty. The international [...]

By |2026-04-02T22:07:07-05:00April 2nd, 2026|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Cuba, Donald Trump, Mexico, News, Puerto Rico, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Stop US Attacks on Cuba in 2026

Analysis of Possible Scenarios: Cuba-US in 2026 By Raúl Antonio Capote on February 21, 2026 from Havana During the rest of 2026, the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba will be at a point of maximum tension and strain, which will escalate depending on the critical factors that are developing today. The Executive Order entitled “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba,” signed by the president of that [...]

By |2026-02-26T23:44:51-05:00February 26th, 2026|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Cuba, Donald Trump, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, News, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Socialism, Solidarity, War|0 Comments
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Zionism Can Be Squelched

How to Defeat Zionism and Imperialism by Bella De Soto Zionism can be squelched if a majority of global countries joined forces, including China, Russia and India... Please study this map of the so-called "Middle East", see how tiny the illegal State of Israel is in comparison to the rest of that territorial map, circa 2012. No wonder the US has been pumping it up militarily for so many years! So we [...]

By |2026-02-26T23:36:20-05:00February 26th, 2026|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Bella De Soto, Decolonization, Human Rights, Israel and Palestine, News, Palestine, Palestinian, Peace, Peace and War, Saudi Arabia, Socialism, Syria, War|0 Comments
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Rio Police Chief & Brazilian Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Councilwoman Marielle Franco

By Mike Elk, PayDay report [Excerpts] The Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco. The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were guilty on all counts, and responsible for ordering the killing of Franco and her [...]

By |2026-02-26T23:35:44-05:00February 26th, 2026|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Brazil, Crime, Fascism, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Latin America, Mike Elk, Movements, News, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Repression, Socialism|0 Comments
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A-I, Labor, and the Future of LA, War & the World

Teach-in Held Sat., Feb. 7, 11 am - 5 pm, IAM Machinists union Hall, 1261 N. Avalon Bl., Wilmington Part 1: https://youtu.be/oaPdrHmrOAI Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3Xy5bf8Jo The first thing to understand about "artificial intelligence", A-I, is that it is military technology. The techno-fascist moguls promoting it are all military contractors with Trump's War Department. The principal driver of research and development in autonomous vehicles has been the US Army Tank Division. Elon Musk's [...]

By |2026-02-16T03:24:21-05:00February 1st, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Artificial Intelligence, Big Business, Democracy, Economy, Fascism, Human Rights, Internet, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Peace and War, Politics, Socialism, Solidarity, Solidarity Economics, Surveillance, Tech, Unions, War|0 Comments
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MICHAEL PARENTI, PRESENTE!

US anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist academic (1933-Jan. 24 2026 ) by Bella De Soto Michael Parenti was a political scientist, historian and cultural critic who wrote for scholarly and popular publication. He taught at universities and ran for political office. He was well known for his Marxist writings and lectures. In the 2000s, he became embroiled in controversy when he asserted that Serbia's war crimes in the former Yugoslavia had been exaggerated in [...]

By |2026-02-01T02:55:14-05:00February 1st, 2026|Anti-capitalism, Bella De Soto, Education, In Memoriam, Movements, National Security, News, Obituary, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Welcome to the 2nd Quarter of the 21st Century!

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles (ARA-LA/PART) A "year in review" summary, as has been traditional in the January issue of Change Links annually, would recapitulate the horrors of the first year of Trump II, with which we are all too achingly familiar. I am instead going to take a longer view, and look back over the past quarter-century to see what got us into this deepening political, moral, economic and [...]

By |2026-01-01T00:44:39-05:00January 1st, 2026|Activism, Africa, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Bernie Sanders, Biden, Big Business, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, Decolonization, Donald Trump, Environment, Europe, Events, Fascism, Genocide, Historical, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Kamala Harris, Labor, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Obama, Olympics, Pacifica/KPFK, Palestinian, Peace, Peace and War, Police, Police Brutality, Political Prisoners, Politics, Repression, Russia, Social Media, Socialism, Solidarity, Unions, Venezuela, Voting, War|0 Comments
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