Students lead campaign against Confederate statue at University of Mississippi

March 11, 2019

Oxford, Miss., March 9 -- A home-grown, student-led campaign delivered four powerful body blows to racism here at the University…

Sabotage of electric grid leaves Venezuela without power for 20 hours

March 10, 2019

Article published in pagina12.com.ar on March 9. Translation by Michael Otto. Caracas, Venezuela - At 5 p.m. on March 7,…

2003 U.S.-British invasion of Iraq condemned by Swedish group

March 10, 2019

The following statement by the Board of Iraq Solidarity of Sweden was issued March 3 on the occasion of the…

A Venezuela union leader and militant speaks on the state of the crisis

March 7, 2019

The following are excerpts from an interview with Stalin Pérez Borges, a union leader and veteran socialist militant in Venezuela.…

Ole Miss basketball players take a knee against racism

March 7, 2019

As the national anthem was being played on Feb. 23  in Oxford, Miss., before an Ole Miss at-home men’s college…

People of color & women make history with Hollywood awards

March 7, 2019

On Feb. 23, one day before the 91st Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) ceremony, Boots Riley, the African-American hip-hop artist…

Cruel and unusual punishment: Executions temporarily halted in Ohio

March 6, 2019

Anti-death penalty activists have been fighting for decades in an uphill battle to end the barbaric and racist practice of…

On the picket line: historic strike in PA & bus drivers unionize in VA

March 6, 2019

Historic locomotive factory strike in Erie, Pa. In the largest U.S. manufacturing sector strike since 2016, nearly 2,000 locomotive manufacturing…

Guaidó returns to Caracas: What next?

March 6, 2019

Originally published in pagina12.com.ar; translation by Michael Otto. March 4, evening -- Juan Guaidó arrived at Simón Bolívar International Airport…

Protests set as NATO prepares 70th anniversary fete

March 5, 2019

Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will celebrate the 70th anniversary of NATO’s founding on April 4 in Washington,…