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WEBThe Party for Socialism and Liberation is comprised of leaders and activists, workers and students, of all backgrounds. Organized in branches across the country, our mission is to link the everyday struggles of oppressed and exploited people to the fight for a new world.
Puerto Rico joins Venezuela solidarity campaign
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Puerto Rico responds to the international call for support and defense of Venezuela. Credit: ALBA Movimientos PUR Facebook. This article was translated from Spanish from a piece originally published in Prensa Latina.. San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 17 (Prensa Latina) A handful of activists today braved the intense rain that flooded the streets of the metropolitan area of San Juan to declare ...
Fired up! Harlem’s fight for housing in the 1930s - Liberation News
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · This article is part of Liberation’s commemoration of Black History Month, 2021. The housing struggle in Harlem during the Great Depression took New York City by storm, as some of the most oppressed sectors of society united and stood tall in the face of exploitation. Their resistance won major gains and taught future activists mass-action ...
Victory for Pavement Coffeehouse workers, first union coffee shop …
WEBJun 30, 2021 · Pavement Coffeehouse is the first unionized coffee shop in Massachusetts, and one of only a handful nationwide. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only about 1.2% of workers in the food service sector are unionized. On average, union food service workers earn $100 more per week than non-union workers.
Gabriela Silang: Anti-colonial fighter in the Philippines
WEBApr 27, 2007 · María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang, born March 19, 1731, and known as Gabriela Silang, is remembered as a fearless warrior and a great leader of the people of the Philippines. She was a military general in the resistance to Spanish colonialism and led the longest sustained revolt against the colonizers. Her brave legacy has persevered long ...
How the U.S. helped Israel promote the ‘Hamas mass rape’ lie to...
WEBApr 19, 2024 · Rape is a terrible crime. It can never be justified or defended. The natural inclination is to abhor rape and those who commit it. However, because it is such a charged issue, false rape accusations, while in general rare, have been used time and again to whip up hatred against oppressed people.
Across Texas, communities fight to defend public education
WEBOct 14, 2023 · The Texas legislature has been preparing an all-out assault on public education, pushing a school voucher scam which would on a massive scale take away public funds from public schools and put the money into unaccountable, private, for-profit hands in the name of so-called “choice.”. Many schools across the state are feeling the ...
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WEBAbout the PSL. The Party for Socialism and Liberation is comprised of leaders and activists, workers and students, of all backgrounds. Organized in branches across the country, the PSL brings together a new generation of revolutionaries alongside veterans of the people’s movements with decades of experience. The PSL is deeply involved in a ...
Project 2025: An attack on public education – Liberation News
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The Heritage Foundation-sponsored far-right Project 2025 document program would eviscerate important changes made in education dating back to the 1960’s War on Poverty and the Civil Rights movement. Project 2025’s education program is racist and explicitly anti-transgender and would further …
Film review: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution - Liberation News
WEBJul 25, 2021 · Winning reforms can be lifesaving for the disabled but the documentary makes clear that the fight remains to protect and defend these reforms and extend their implementation. The film is a winner in terms of revolutionary optimism. Crip Camp had it right. First you bring together oppressed people then you overcome fear and begin to …