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Why U.S. media mourn death of Liu Xiaobo

The world capitalist media are filled with tributes to Liu Xiaobo and attacks on the People’s Republic of China. Liu,…

July 17, 2017

‘Ukraine on Fire’ exposes fascism

Director Igor Lopatonok’s powerful documentary, “Ukraine on Fire,” exposes the history of Western imperialist intervention in Ukraine and the 2014…

July 17, 2017

Travel challenge to Cuba

The first time I heard about Cuba was from my Dad, when I asked him why his cigar was more…

July 17, 2017

Striking workers in Haiti win solidarity in U.S.

Confronting brutal heat, nasty cops and stubborn resistance from their bosses, workers in the Haitian textile trades came out by…

July 15, 2017

Serbian autoworkers strike Fiat Chrysler

Over 2,000 autoworkers have been on strike against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia, since June 26. They…

July 15, 2017

Haiti & Bastille Day

July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a…

July 13, 2017

Macron & French proletariat’s radical tradition

France will be celebrating its 228th Bastille Day on July 14. This event commemorates the seizure of that notorious political…

July 13, 2017

Venezuelan independence celebrated

The Consulate General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston, led by acting Consul General Omar Sierra, hosted a…

July 13, 2017

Russia: a target, not a superpower

The corporate media’s constant use of Cold War terminology to describe the meeting of the U.S. and Russian presidents as…

July 12, 2017

G20 protests in Hamburg: Save climate, stop war, welcome immigrants!

The recent meeting in Hamburg, Germany, of the so-called Group of 20 — that is, the heads of state of…

July 12, 2017