Fri Nov 08, 2024
November 08, 2024

Oppressions

The legal lynching of Marcellus Williams

The execution of Williams was one more example of racist state terror By JOHN KIRKLAND Despite pleas and evidence of possible innocence, the state of Missouri opted to murder Marcellus “Khaliifah”...

Brazil: Indigenous people criticize government and demand demarcation of their land

By Socialist Opinion, PSTU Brazil After 335 years, the Tupinambá mantle, a sacred object of...

Right-wingers inflate false rumor that Haitian immigrants are eating pets

By DYLAN EDWARD Springfield, Ohio, has become a focal point of national headlines and social...

It’s time for the victims’ shame to pass to the perpetrators!

Mom, did you hear about the “51 in France”? It's horrible, Mom! No, what...

The “Mazan rapes” in France: Beyond the media coverage, let’s organize the fight against sexual violence!

By Brune Ernst On September 2, 2024, the trial began in France against Dominique Pelicot,...

The “Mazan rapes” in France: Beyond the media coverage, let’s organize the fight against sexual violence!

By Brune Ernst On September 2, 2024, the trial began in France against Dominique Pelicot, the man accused of being the organizer of numerous rapes...

The source of transgender oppression — and how to fight it

By RUSS O’SHEA One of the most emergent issues of our time is the fight for transgender rights. In recent years, an enormous amount of...

Detained immigrant strikers protest inhumane conditions

By N. IRAZU “It is important we uplift the voices of the compañeros. We want all detention centers to be shut down.” —Juana, immigrant activist...

Interview with a farmworker in California’s Central Valley

By WORKERS’ VOICE We met in the city of Orosi, Calif., with a farmworker, Ixtel, to conduct this interview to learn about the situation of...

Immigrant workers on hunger strike at two detention centers

By N. IRAZU On July 1, immigrants detained in the private detention centers of Mesa Verde (MV) and Golden State Annex (GSA) in California launched...

Teamster president okays racist, anti-trans statement by GOP politician

By ERNIE GOTTA Teamster President Sean O’Brien caused a wave of divergent opinions in the labor movement following his speech at the Republican National Convention....

White House statement stokes panic against transgender youth

By MAR RENO In the 2024 State of the Union address , Joe Biden shouted out the transgender youth of the U.S., “You’re so brave!...

The pact of impunity in Peru

Two weeks after the publication of this article in Bandera Socialista, press of the Socialist Workers Party - Peru, the Permanent Commission of the...

Detained immigrants relaunch labor strike at ICE detention centers in California

By MESA VERDA-GOLDEN STATE ANNEX SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE Strikers are demanding an end to ICE detention centers, release from detention, an end to solitary confinement, restoration...

‘Pinkwashing’ counters movement for Queer liberation

By RUSS O’SHEA Queer people today find themselves in a startling position. In the time since the Stonewall Uprising, the community seemed to have been...

Unions and social justice organizations speak out for reproductive rights

By EMMA GRACE “The same forces that are attacking our reproductive rights are also trying to destroy our rights as workers. … Without workers, the...

U.S. Gov’t ‘Warns’ Pride with a Racist Threat

By RUSS O’SHEA On May 10, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) put out a joint public service announcement warning that foreign terrorist...

Texas Adds Another Racist Law; Democrats Sacrifice Immigrants

By GAWON CHO On March 19, Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), a bill that among other things would allow Texas police to arrest suspected...

Building a queer liberation mass movement in North America

By RUSS O’SHEA Entering pride season 2024, Queer people find ourselves in a world characterized by unprecedented attacks on our rights, environmental devastation, ongoing genocide,...