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Venezuela, Chavez, And The Women’s Revolution
By Tamara Pearson “I’ve told her, she won’t be the first lady, but first combatant, first patriot, first socialist, the first woman of the people of the barrios,” said Nicolas Maduro of his wife Cilia Flores. He is the revolution’s candidate for the 14 April presidential elections, following the passing of Hugo Chavez, and polls … Continue reading
Labeling People As ‘Militants’ And Then Killing Them
By Larry Pinkney “Mastery of language affords remarkable power.”—Frantz Fanon “And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.”—Howard Zinn Language is an incredibly powerful tool. It can be used for great good or enormous … Continue reading
The Legitimate Rage Of The People Cannot Forever Be Denied
By Larry Pinkney “I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressors and those who do the the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice, and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of … Continue reading
Chavez Condemns “Savage” Assault on Gaza
By Ewan Robertson Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has condemned Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Strip as “savage”, and called for an end to “aggression” against the Palestinian people. “Another aggression against the Gaza strip has begun. Savage, savage: the State of Israel bombing the Gaza Strip again,” said Chavez to ministers yesterday in reference … Continue reading
Collaborating With The U.S. Empire
By Larry Pinkney “What most of us must be involved in—whether we teach or write, make films, write films, direct films, play music, act, whatever we do—has to not only make people feel good and inspired and at one with people around them, but also has to educate a new generation to this very modest thing: change … Continue reading
The Terrorist Government Of The United States
By Larry Pinkney “How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”—Howard Zinn “Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.”—Frederick Douglass Everyday ordinary Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people of … Continue reading
Mexico: 1.4 Million March For AMLO
By Arash Azizi “It will be the biggest march of your life” a comrade of La Izquierda Socialista (Marxist wing of Morena) told me before Wednesday, 27th of June, when leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), like other candidates in the coming Mexican presidential elections, was to hold his final election rally or ‘cierre de … Continue reading
Public Figures Condemn Coup In Paraguay
Full Statement and Signatories We the undersigned join the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic & others in condemning the removal of the elected President Lugo in Paraguay, in a process that has been described widely as a “political coup.” President Lugo has labelled his removal as a blow against Paraguay’s … Continue reading
There Is No In-Between- Stand With The People Or With The Oppressors
By Larry Pinkney “Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers. Through the destruction, in certain countries, of the greatest of man’s literary heritage, through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national … Continue reading
Miami 5: Urgent Action
Roberto González, René’s only sibling and an important member of the Cuban Five’s legal team, is gravely ill with cancer in a Havana hospital. As Cuban Five supporters know, although René has served his unjust sentence of more than 13 years in U.S. prison, as a punitive measure he is being forced to serve probation in … Continue reading
