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PITTSBURGH: Bourgeois Mayor and Councilman Forced to Flee Working Class Neighborhood

By James Hass On Saturday, activists with Serve the People – Pittsburgh and community members from the black neighborhoods Lincoln-Lemington and Larimer succeeded in disrupting and shutting down Mayor William Peduto and Councilman Ricky Burgess’s ribbon-cutting event for a much-loathed “spray park” at Lincoln-Lemington’s Paulson Playground. This event, meant to be a public relations victory lap for phony-progressive Mayor Bill Peduto and gentrifier Councilman Ricky … Continue reading PITTSBURGH: Bourgeois Mayor and Councilman Forced to Flee Working Class Neighborhood

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ALBANIA: Mass Riots Rock Country Ahead of Elections

By Mike Talavera This week police fired tear gas and unleashed water cannons as protesters attempted to break into parliament in the Albanian capital of Tirana. The clash follows a month of protests demanding that the elections scheduled for June 30 be held earlier and calling for an end to government corruption. The masses have targeted Prime Minister Edi Rama in particular, last weekend throwing … Continue reading ALBANIA: Mass Riots Rock Country Ahead of Elections

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BRAZIL: Hundreds of Thousands Take the Streets in National Education Strike

By Jakob Stein The following is a compilation of reports on demonstrations across Brazil connected to the National Education Strike, held last week on Wednesday May 15. The strike was called in response to the fascist Bolsonaro administration announcing that they would be cutting thirty percent of the budget across the board for universities and high schools in an ideologically motivated attack on public education aimed … Continue reading BRAZIL: Hundreds of Thousands Take the Streets in National Education Strike

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AUSTIN: Protest of State Trooper HQ In Memory of Sandra Bland

By Mike Talavera On Friday, a small group of protesters stood with signs around a banner that read “Fight For Sandra Bland! Resist DPS Fascism!” at the intersection of North Lamar and Koenig. Behind them, the headquarters of the Department of Public Safety loomed, the agency responsible for the 2015 death of activist Sandra Bland. Newly released video surfaced last week showing the now infamous … Continue reading AUSTIN: Protest of State Trooper HQ In Memory of Sandra Bland

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PROLETARIAN HISTORY: The People’s War is initiated in Peru in 1980

By Ulrike Salazar On the evening of May 17, 1980, a detachment of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) stormed the small town of Chucshi in the Ayacucho region of Southern Peru, tying up the registrar and snatching ballot boxes and voting lists and setting them on fire in the town plaza. It wasn’t simply a symbolic action – it was a declaration of war. … Continue reading PROLETARIAN HISTORY: The People’s War is initiated in Peru in 1980

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Yankee Imperialists Escalate Tensions with Iran

By Jakob Stein  On Wednesday the Trump administration ordered all non-emergency US government personnel be evacuated from the US embassy in Baghdad and US consulate in Erbil, citing unspecified threats from Iran. The threats are based on dubious intelligence reports that are reminiscent of the faulty information that US imperialists used as a justification for the military invasion of Iraq. The decision to withdraw personnel … Continue reading Yankee Imperialists Escalate Tensions with Iran

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BAYTOWN: Unarmed Woman Murdered by Police Moments After Yelling “I’m Pregnant!”

By Jennifer Kelly Monday night an unarmed black woman was murdered outside of her apartment by a Baytown police officer outside of Houston, TX. Video surfaced of the officer harassing Pamela Turner (45), tasing her, throwing her to the ground, and finally shooting her five times. In the video she can be heard yelling “I’m walking to my apartment, you are harassing me” and “Why, … Continue reading BAYTOWN: Unarmed Woman Murdered by Police Moments After Yelling “I’m Pregnant!”

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