Come and learn about socialism, how it makes economic sense, and the case it makes for a better society. Featuring: Professor of Economics Masao Suzuki.

#‎StopTrumpChicagoRally‬

From Stop Trump – Chicago: “Our goal tonight was to show Donald Trump that his bigotry and racism is not welcome here. Not on UIC’s campus. Not in our city. We can safely say that tonight, this was accomplished. We, the students, would like to thank everyone who helped us make our voices heard today! We showed that when we come together, our different backgrounds empower us to stand up and fight back against blatant injustice. What we felt today here was beautiful – hate doesn’t stand a chance against unity, solidarity, and a drive to do what is right.”

http://novorossia.today/international-anti-fascist-conference-7th-may-krasnodon-lugansk-peoples-republic/

In the recent years the world has witnessed once again the rise of fascism and fascist groups all over the world. Western states’ military attack on Libya, the arming of the pseudo-Islamic clerical fascist rebels in Syria and the fascist takeover in Ukraine were a series of events, which unleashed fascism all over the world.

NATO and EU imperialists use these fascist movements to impose their neo-liberal agenda over the peoples of sovereign nations. Growing economic pressure within the European Union is able to lead to the same events that happened already in Ukraine, Syria and Libya. The attacks on these states were only the beginning. The greater goal is to destroy and split up all remaining countries, which are not yet completely bowing to the neo-liberal agenda like Russia, Iran, North Korea and China.

The parallels between historical and contemporary fascism are undeniable. While the German Nazis disbanded the trade unions on the 2nd of May 1933, the Ukrainian nationalists burned the Trade Unions House of Odessa 81 years later on the same date, killing dozens of people in the flames. However, there has been growing resistance against this global spread of fascism. The people of Eastern Ukraine took up arms to fight against fascism in Ukraine. They founded the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and they are able to defend them, while in Syria the Syrian Arab Army was able to inflict heavy casualties on the fascist groups that are trying to destroy the Syrian state.

But the global struggle against fascism and imperialism does not end in these states, as fascism will also not stop there. We have to organize and coordinate the international antifascist movement in order to protect the world against these threats.

That is why we appeal to all progressive forces, who fight against fascism, Nazism, capitalism and imperialism to take part in the 4th International Anti-Fascist Conference in Novorossiya.

Voces De La Frontera

http://otherworldsarepossible.org/berta-lives-life-and-legacy-berta-caceres

I began writing a eulogy for Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores years ago, though she died only last week. Berta was assassinated by Honduran government-backed death squads on March 3. Like many who knew and worked with her, I was aware that this fighter for indigenous peoples’ power; for control over their own territories; for women’s and LGBTQ rights; for authentic democracy; for the well-being of Pachamama; for an end to tyranny by transnational capital; and for an end to US empire was not destined to die of old age. She spoke too much truth to too much power.

Berta cut her teeth on revolution. She was strongly marked by the broadcasts from Cuba and Sandinista-led Nicaragua that her family listened to clandestinely, gathered around a radio with the volume turned very low; those stations were outlawed in Honduras. Always a committed Leftist, Berta’s mother raised her many children to believe in justice. Doña Bertha – the mother made her youngest child her namesake – was mayor and governor of her town and state back when women were neither, in addition to being a midwife. She was Berta’s life-long inspiration. As a young adult, like so many others from the region who shared her convictions, Berta went on to support the Salvadoran revolution.

In 1993, Berta – a Lenca Native – cofounded the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). At that time in the country, there was little pride and even less power in being indigenous. Berta created COPINH to build the political strength of Lencas, campesinos, and other grassroots sectors to transform one of the most corrupt, anti-democratic, and unequal societies in the hemisphere…

…She is here. Long may Berta live, in the hearts, minds, passions, and actions of all of us. May all women and men commit themselves to realizing the vision of transformation, dignity, and justice for which Berta lived, and for which she died.

¡Berta Cáceres, presente!

From Global Exchange:

Gustavo Castro was injured in the brutal attack that killed Berta Cáceres (friend, ally and renowned environmental and Indigenous rights activist) in her home last Thursday, March 3, 2016, in La Esperanza, Honduras.

Despite the fact that Castro has given testimony about the attack to Honduran authorities, he is being refused the right to return to Mexico.

Yesterday,March 6, 2016, Gustavo Castro went to the Tegucigalpa airport but was denied the right to leave. Castro is currently in the Mexican Embassy with diplomatic protection, but he fears that his safety is at risk and wants to leave the country.

Berta Cáceres and Gustavo Castro are both leaders in social and environmental struggles defending the rights of Indigenous and campesino. Berta Cáceres led the Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras​ (COPINH). Gustavo Castro is Mexican citizen and a member of the organization Otros Mundos Chiapas/Friends of the Earth-Mexico, the Mexican Network of Mining-Affected Peoples and the Mesoamerican Movement against the Extractive Mining Model (M4).

Please join in efforts to demand that Gustavo Castro be allowed to return to Mexico.

TAKE ACTION: Please call/email the offices below (and your own Senators and Representatives) with the following demands:

We demand urgent action to protect Gustavo Castro Soto, a Mexican activist was injured during the assassination of Berta Cáceres, and to ensure his safe passage back to Mexico.

Ambassador Jorge Alberto Milla Reyes // Honduras Embassy in the U.S., T: 202.506.4995, 202.450.3146, E: consulado.washington@hondurasemb.org
1014 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20001

Ambassador James D. Nealon // US Embassy in Honduras
T: 011 (504) 2238-5114, 2236-9320, E: NealonJD@state.gov, irctgu@state.gov, usahonduras@state.gov
América Avenida La Paz, Tegucigalpa M.D.C., Honduras,

Ambassador Alden Rivera // Honduras Embassy in Mexico
T: 52 55 5211 5250
Calle Alfonso Reyes #220, 06170 Ciudad de México, D.F., México,

The assassination of Berta Cáceres and wounding of Gustavo Castro, are just the most recent acts of systemic repression in Honduras. The security of all of the members of the Council of Popular Indigenous Organizations of Honduras​ (COPINH) must also be guaranteed.

YGB Ferguson To Madison

Coalition for Justice

[Photo: Joe Brusky]