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teleSUR: Havana Bids Farewell to Fidel in Massive Tribute: Live Updates

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/index.html Fidel will be remembered as a champion of the world’s poor, a figure of Latin American integration, and a fierce anti-imperialist. Many leaders of Latin America’s left, including Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Bolivian President Evo Morales join hundreds of thousands of Cubans Tuesday evening at a massive public gathering and ceremony in honor […]

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Madison, December 2: Stand With Standing Rock–Evict Dakota Access!

Stand With Standing Rock–Evict Dakota Access! December is a Global Month of Action in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. We need to act quickly to stop more violence against water protectors and halt the pipeline before January 1. On Friday, December 2 starting at 4 […]

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Young Gifted and Black: Staying Engaged For December

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” ~ Assata Shakur Staying Engaged for December Dear YGB Community, In our last Staying Engaged email, we talked about the need for community engagement and […]

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Milwaukee, December 1: Protest for Standing Rock!

Protest for Standing Rock! Join the #NoDAPL global day of action! 4:30 Gather at Wells Fargo 5:00 March to Federal Courthouse 5:15 Rally at Federal Courthouse 517 E Wisconsin Ave 53202 Two weeks ago we gathered outside of Wells Fargo in protest. This week we return! Pressure is increasing at Standing Rock. Attack dogs, rubber […]

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Hundreds of Low-Wage Workers Arrested Across the U.S. for Peacefully Protesting Poverty Pay

http://fightfor15.org/november29/ Hundreds of arrests in hundreds of cities so far today. We won’t back down. We won’t back up. Tune-In: http://www.fightfor15.org  #FightFor15

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Call members of Congress and ask them to support the campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg

From Jennifer Meeropol, Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund For Children: http://www.rfc.org/ On December 1st, my father and uncle will travel to the White House to make a public plea to President Obama to exonerate my grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg, and to deliver our petition with your signature and that of over 40,000 other people. I’m […]

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Fidel Castro, Cuban Internationalism and the African Revolution

ARTICLE BY Abayomi Azikiwe of the Pan-African News Wire: http://bit.ly/2gEdOgl No other political figure outside of Africa symbolized global solidarity with the aspirations of the people from the northern regions to the sub-continent than Comandante President Fidel Castro Ruz of the Republic of Cuba. Historical, political and cultural ties between the people of Africa and […]