Richie Merino

‘Stop Cop City’ solidarity protest in New York City

A solidarity protest occurred in New York City on Aug. 26 against the construction of “Cop City” in Atlanta, and…

August 28, 2023

Protesters in New York demand an end to U.S.-French domination in West Africa

Demonstrators gathered in front of the French Mission to the United Nations in New York City Aug. 22 at a…

August 23, 2023

Don’t fall for the traps in the humongous military budget

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a record-breaking military budget of $886 billion for the coming fiscal year. The…

July 21, 2023

Bronx Antiwar Coalition chases military recruiters out of college career fair

The Bronx Antiwar Coalition successfully chased U.S. Army recruiters out of a student career fair June 11. The fair was…

June 19, 2023

Korean people deserve peace, autonomy, and self-determination!

Richie Merino of the International Action Center gave the following speech on April 29 during the “Rally for One Korea”…

May 2, 2023

‘Feed the people, not the U.S. war machine!’

Richie Merino, an organizer with the International Action Center and the United National Antiwar Coalition, gave this talk at the…

March 22, 2023

‘Struggle is the very essence of a revolutionary party’

Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar “Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles…

February 15, 2023

Harlem resists gentrification, environmental racism

Harlem, New York Harlem families and grassroots community groups gathered Jan. 28 on West 145th St. and Lenox Ave. in…

February 2, 2023

How the war machine ‘recruits’ poor, oppressed youth

A Dec. 11 New York Times report highlighted how thousands of public high school students in majority poor, Black and…

December 20, 2022

Nicaragua’s humane response to COVID-19 crisis

When Nicaragua identified its first COVID-19 case on March 18, 2020, President Daniel Ortega understood that shutting down the economy…

November 28, 2022