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Around world, students, pupils skip classes to protest climate policies

The following article was published in the March 16-17 issue of Junge Welt, a progressive German daily newspaper. Excerpts were…

March 21, 2019

International Women’s Alliance says: ‘End forced displacement, neo-fascism & war’

This statement, slightly edited here, was issued March 8 by the International Women’s Alliance, a global grassroots women’s organization. For…

March 15, 2019

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

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

March 10, 2019

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

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

March 7, 2019

Organizaciones rechazan visita de Guaidó

Publicado el 3 de marzo en Tribuna Popular, publicación del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Venezuela. Tras la contundente…

March 5, 2019

Next steps in defending Bolivarian Venezuela

This article is a slightly edited version of a message sent out by No War on Venezuela (nowaronvenezuela.org). The threats…

February 28, 2019

Leftist parties in Venezuela call for unity to defend the homeland against U.S. aggression

We, the political parties and social movements that are members of the Popular Anti-imperialist and Anti-fascist Front (FPAA), condemn the…

February 25, 2019

SF Labor Council says ‘No’ to U.S. intervention in Venezuela

The following resolution was adopted by the Delegates Meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO) on Feb. 11, 2019.…

February 22, 2019

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan: ‘I proudly stand with President Maduro and the people of Venezuela’

This statement originally appeared on Sheehan’s Jan. 27 “Soapbox” blogspot. Since Hugo Chávez Frias became president of Venezuela in 1998…

February 21, 2019

Trump’s ‘national emergency’ protested

By Wyatt Miller Minneapolis Article published first in fightbacknews.org. Hundreds of people poured into the streets Feb. 16 to demonstrate…

February 21, 2019