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Cuba’s solidarity with Africa and the Soviet Union

“When Africa called, Cuba answered” is a well-known and true description of how Cuba aided the African liberation struggle. The slogan was popularized by Elombe Brath, the late Pan African educator and organizer who was […]Read on »

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Wisconsin: Asian American Pacific Islander Statement on Muskego-Norway School Board Decision to Reject Novel About the U.S. Forcing Japanese Americans Into Internment Camps During WWII

On June 13, the Muskego-Norway School District School Board rejected the book” When the Emperor Was Divine,” recommended for use in a high school English class partly due to concerns that it lacked “balance” regarding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The board found the award-winning novel based on the author, Julie […]

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Belgium Returns the Remains of Congolese Leader Patrice Lumumba

By Abayomi Azikiwe Since January 17, 1961, the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and assassination of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba have remained a symbol of the legacy of colonialism on the African continent. Lumumba rose to prominence during 1958-1960 due to his involvement in independence politics when the people of the former Belgian colony of […]

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AT&T Mobility workers win “groundbreaking” deal

CWA members under the Orange contract at AT&T Mobility – including in D.C. — have won a groundbreaking tentative agreement that met or exceeded all of their goals. The Orange contract covers retail workers, call center representatives, and technicians in 36 states in the Northeast, Midwest and West, and the District of Columbia. Members mobilized […]

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American Red Cross workers reach Tentative Agreement; Union, YES!

Blood service workers at the American Red Cross (ARC), represented by a coalition of labor unions, have finally reached a tentative agreement. The workers, including union members in the metro DC area, have been mobilizing nationally for the last year by holding workplace actions, rallies (See Red Cross workers rally in DC 5/13), educating the […]

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Milwaukee, July 17, 2022: March to Repeal 940.04

We demand the repeal of Wisconsin State Statute 940.04 which bans abortion. We are putting action towards this by releasing a petition that demands Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors to refuse prosecution of all medical providers who perform abortion services and also demands that they allow community members of Milwaukee County access to necessary treatments, […]

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Protest Trump and the Other Mad Dog Racist, Anti-Worker Scum at the “American Freedom Tour” in Milwaukee August 20, 2022

August 20, 2020 Protest Trump in Milwaukee event: https://fb.me/e/2DbEm1AyK Trump and a group of reactionaries will be coming to Milwaukee on the morning of August 20 bright and early, from 8:15 a.m. until 5 p.m. We must be ready to meet him and his cohorts and let them know that Trumpism is not welcome here! […]