By BARRY SHEPPARD Trump's first rally in months only drew a small crowd as Covid cases skyrocket and the mass movement against racism and police brutality continues.
Trump’s Big Rally Fizzles, While the Movement Rises
Author: Socialist Action
Web Event: Socialist Action’s News Round Table – Monday, June 29, 8pm ET
Featuring writers and contributors to Socialist Action newspaper talking about the key issues of today.
Larry Kramer fought indifference — and won!
By JOHN WILSON The death of Larry Kramer was a huge loss, not only for gay men and others in queer communities, but for all of us involved in the fight against every kind of oppression brought down on us by our decaying, crisis-ridden capitalist society.
Supreme Court Decision Expands LGBTQ Job Protections To All 50 States
By ANN MONTAGUE In an opinion issued in the context of a mass movement demanding justice, equality and an end to discrimination, the Supreme Court immediately expanded job protections to LGBTQ workers in 23 states where none had existed.
Fourth International Statement of Solidarity with Anti-Racism Protests
"Our Solidarity with the Worldwide Anti-Racist Revolt" By EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
Socialist Action’s Presidential Candidate Jeff Mackler speaks on Systemic Racism – Monday, June 22, 8pm ET on YouTube
Lifelong anti-racist fighter Jeff Mackler talks about today's uprising against police brutality and the racism that is ingrained in capitalist institutions.
Demonstrators demand removal of racist monuments and Confederate flags
By MALIK MIAH The rebellion against police violence and murder continues to expand. New demands arise against institutional racism and its symbols of oppression and genocide by Black and Brown people and Native American nations.
Deadly New Sanctions on Syria
By JUDITH BELLO The new U.S. sanctions against Syria are an attempt to land a death blow on the Syrian government while the world is focused on other problems.
The Fight Against U.S. Sanctions and Intervention – Monday, June 15, 8pm ET on YouTube
with a panel of anti-war, anti-imperialism activists and journalists.
U.S. Fight Against Racism and Repression Reaches New Heights
By JEFF MACKLER Today’s unprecedented mobilizations began with the police murder of George Floyd. But their depth and staying power is equally a reflection of the mass anger and frustration stemming from all the insults to one’s being that capitalism has inflicted on working class America, and especially the nation’s Black, Brown and Native American communities.
Mumia: World On Fire
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL Protests against police brutality and racism in America have spread around the world.
“The Racist Pandemic of Police Brutality” – Webinar w/ Pam Africa and Carlito Rovira, Thursday June 11, 8pm ET on YouTube
Our webinar series continues with this special webinar on police brutality featuring Pam Africa (MOVE) and Carlito Rovira (Young Lords) and other activists.
June Issue of Socialist Action Newspaper Out Now!
We're continuing to bring you our great newspaper as a PDF during this pandemic. If you like it, get in touch!
Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein and More Launch “Progressive International”
By GARY PORTER Well known names from around the world recently joined together to form a "Progressive International." What does this group represent?
Socialist Action’s Protest Flyer: Jail Killer Cops! Black Lives Matter! Capitalism is the Virus!
In these pandemic times, we're bringing you our digital protest flyer! Download the PDF!
Webinar: Socialist Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis and the Pandemic of Racism – Monday, June 8, 8pm ET
Socialist Action’s Monday Night Webinar series continues June 8 at 8pm ET on YouTube. Our panel of activists in the U.S. and internationally will discuss the coronavirus crisis and the pandemic of racism.
Meatpacking Workers Attacked by COVID-19
By DON HARMON Workers at meatpacking plants are suffering extremely high levels of coronavirus infection, due to lack of protection, while the plants become hotspots for widespread outbreaks in their towns and cities.
COVID-19 and NYC Transit Worker Hell
By MARTY GOODMAN Over 130 New York City transit workers have died of COVID-19 with MTA doing little to protect the largely Black, Latino, and immigrant workforce. As one train conductor says, “We are not essential. We are sacrificial.”
Federal charges against four Venezuelan Embassy protectors dropped!
Statement by the four Embassy Protectors, Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020 The federal charge of “interfering with certain protective functions” levied against four members of the Embassy Protection Collective was formally dropped today in a hearing before Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell in US District Court. The four defendants are Adrienne Pine, David Paul, Kevin … Continue reading Federal charges against four Venezuelan Embassy protectors dropped!
The Wars Come Home: UNAC Statement on the Current Uprising
The United National Antiwar Coalition stands in solidarity with communities across the country who are rising up in protest against racist police violence. Defend Black Lives! No Police State! No Military Dictatorship! Release all arrestees! No more attacks on anti-racist protesters!
Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Gay Community: Then and Now
Today Dr. Fauci is well known as a trusted scientist who is trying to guide the country through a pandemic. Gay men and lesbians who were involved in fighting the AIDS epidemic knew Dr. Fauci as a more complex figure in their struggle with the head of the NIAID.
Mumia: I Can’t Breathe, Part 2
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL “The name Eric Garner has become a catch word for the state of black America for decades, if not centuries, who can barely breathe free air.”
Outrage in the Streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul
By LISA LEONARD On-the-ground report from a comrade in Minneapolis on the protests of George Floyd’s murder. #JusticeForGeorge
The Blue Plague and Black Death
By GLEN FORD George Floyd’s death by Blue Plague in Minneapolis was widely condemned by the same parties that have encouraged and funded the spread of the fatal contagion.
[Updated] The Plague of Racist Cop Murders: Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and the COVID-19 Pandemic
By JEFF MACKLER George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many more Black people have been murdered by racist cops every day. Meanwhile, Black people are dying of COVID-19 at a rate 3 times higher than whites.