Richie Merino

‘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

Los palestinos se resisten al imperialismo estadounidense y a la ocupación israelí

El 18 de agosto, las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes allanaron, bloquearon físicamente e impusieron órdenes de cierre a las oficinas…

August 30, 2022

Palestinians resist U.S. imperialism and Israeli occupation

On Aug. 18, Israeli occupation forces raided, physically blocked and imposed closure orders on the offices of seven prominent Palestinian…

August 23, 2022

End the Korean war – 70 years is enough!

The following remarks were prepared by International Action Center member Richie Merino for the “Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean…

August 10, 2022

Palestine will be free!

New York City Thousands of supporters of the Palestinian struggle for liberation from Zionist settler-colonialism marched through the streets of…

August 9, 2022

Israel bombs Gaza – where is the Western outrage?

On Friday, Aug. 5, Israeli occupation forces launched another bombing campaign in residential neighborhoods of the besieged Gaza Strip. By…

August 8, 2022

<span class="streamer">Puerto Rican Day</span><br /> Anti-imperialists march to end U.S. crimes

An Independence for Puerto Rico contingent marched two miles up Fifth Avenue in the 2022 National Puerto Rican Day Parade…

June 20, 2022