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Pelé meant the world to us Africans

By Tafi Mhaka The following article first appeared on aljazeera.com on Dec. 31, 2022. The death of football legend Pelé…

January 13, 2023

Oakland Education Association resolution: Fund education and health care not U.S. Wars! Disband NATO!

This resolution was passed by the Oakland Education Association Representatives Council Jan. 9, Oakland, California. Join the protest Sunday, Jan.…

January 12, 2023

After month-long strike
Starbucks unionists face challenges

By Janisse Miles New York City “You are demanding that this city will respect the dignity of labor. So often…

January 11, 2023

Palestinian political prisoner to be freed

The longest-held Palestinian prisoner, Kareem Younes, age 66, is scheduled to be released following 40 years in the Zionist prisons…

January 10, 2023

STOP U.S. Wars: MLK Week of Actions Jan. 13-22 

This lightly edited call to action is from the United National Antiwar Coalition.  “The greatest purveyor of violence in the…

December 29, 2022

ILWU must oppose the U.S./NATO-provoked war!

The slightly edited statement was released on Dec. 15, 2022. We, members and retirees of the International Longshore and Warehouse…

December 26, 2022

Int’l Women’s Alliance honors Ka Joma

The following statement was released Dec. 23 by the International Women’s Alliance, a global grassroots women’s organization. Go to internationalwomensalliance.wordpress.com/.…

December 23, 2022

German Peace Council statement
‘On the way to a new world order − for cooperation instead of confrontation!’

German Peace Council (Friedensratschlag) The text below is the final statement of the German Federal Peace Council from the 29th…

December 19, 2022

Alex Saab on trial

Alex Saab, diplomat and Special Envoy for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was placed on trial Dec. 12 in Miami…

December 15, 2022

On the one-year anniversary of the first Starbucks workers’ union victory
A New Year’s resolution for the labor movement

The following Dec. 9 statement was issued by Workers Assembly Against Racism, based in New York City, as solidarity actions…

December 9, 2022