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Louise Michel and the Paris Commune of 1871

Paris, March 18, 1871. The National Guard, the workers’ militia that was defending Paris from the besieging Prussian Army, rang…

March 17, 2016

German voting — Who won, who lost?

Berlin Bulletin No. 108, March 16 -- Although readers in the United States and elsewhere are watching voting results there…

March 17, 2016

Marching on International Women’s Day: Women globalize struggle for equality

Solidarity and struggle form the essence of International Women’s Day, as intended by its European socialist founders in 1910. Although…

March 17, 2016

Rallies demand freedom for Aafia Siddiqui

In Boston on March 8 and in New York City on March 11, the first two of four national rallies…

March 16, 2016

Mass struggle in France defends workers

A half-million workers and students took to the streets in more than 200 separate protests throughout France on March 9…

March 16, 2016

Ana Betancourt: una cubana imperecedera

Por Rosa María Oliva Enríquez e Ildefonso Gustavo Díaz Sandoval Ana Betancourt de Mora nació en Camagüey, Cuba, el 14…

March 15, 2016

Under boycott pressure, security giant G4S announces withdrawal from Israel

After nearly four years of a global campaign of boycotts and divestments, including five months of weekly protests in New…

March 14, 2016

International Women’s Alliance: Women say NO to imperialist wars and aggression

This International Working Women’s Day, March 8, we women must unite to fight repression, fascism, militarization and wars of aggression.…

March 14, 2016

Zimbabwe diamonds, El Nino and the economic crisis in Southern Africa

The Zimbabwe ministry of mines announced in the capital Harare on Feb. 23 that all but one of the firms…

March 14, 2016

Oakland, Calif., event supports Haitian people’s struggle

Oakland, Calif. -- An event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide,…

March 14, 2016