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June Issue of Socialist Action Newspaper Out Now!
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.
United National Antiwar Coalition denounces any attempts by the US to stop shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela
Press release issued 5/20/20 Last week, an Iran-flagged tanker passed the Suez Canal, reportedly bound for Venezuela with a shipment of refined fuel. Despite having the largest proven oil reserves in the world, Venezuela’s refining capacity has been damaged by the US embargo, greatly hindering its economy. US officials have claimed that Venezuela has begun … Continue reading United National Antiwar Coalition denounces any attempts by the US to stop shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela
System Change Not Climate: Monthly Climate Crisis Commentary
Climate Crisis Commentary for June 2020 By JAMES FORTIN
Socialist Action Launches Monday Night Webinars Starting June 1
We are excited to announce the launch of our Monday Night webinar series starting June 1 at 8pm on YouTube. We’ll have a new webinar every week.
Pandemic Capitalism’s Cruel Absurdity
By MARK T. HARRIS The United States has the highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the world. Capitalism’s inexorable drive for profits over human needs got us here.
Dreams Deferred: Book Review of “Red International and Black Caribbean”
By MARTY GOODMAN A review of “Red International and Black Caribbean: Communists in New York City, Mexico and the West Indies, 1919-1939,” by Margaret Stevens
National Network on Cuba says: “Will the real terrorist please stand up.”
Statement on the shooting at the Cuban Embassy. Socialist Action is an affiliate of NNOC.
Killer Capitalism Says “Back to Work!” in a Pandemic
By JEFF MACKLER and JAMES FORTIN The daily number new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. is still 22,000–25,000 and deaths are expected to rise to 3,000 a day by June 1. Yet every state is sending workers back to work. Why is this, and what really should be done?
Reopening schools: A dangerous threat to children and teachers
By STEVE R. JOHNSON Plans to reopen schools are being questioned by the international working class as the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the world.
Unemployment Skyrockets, So Does Hunger
By BARRY SHEPPARD The Labor Department recently released figures for the unemployment rate for April, saying that the rate was 14.7 percent, the highest since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Labor Department said that because of how it classifies workers, the real figure could be 20 percent. These figures reflect the situation as … Continue reading Unemployment Skyrockets, So Does Hunger
Northern Lights from SA Canada: We Won’t Go Back!
by BARRY WEISLEDER Canadian workers are being forced to work in deadly conditions and unemployment is skyrocketing. How will they respond?
The “New Normal” and Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine
By MARTY GOODMAN Today only 51.3% of American adults have jobs – the lowest number on record, lower than the Great Depression. We have passed 80,000 coronavirus deaths.
Free Julian Assange! Defend Civil Liberties!
We reprint two speeches from the April 19, 2020 webinar “The Prosecution of Julian Assange and the Fight for Free Speech”