People’s Summit for Democracy in Los Angeles ends with a bold plan for the future
On the final day of the People’s Summit, organizers, volunteers, and attendees marched by the hundreds to the Summit of the Americas
Venezuelan workers march in support of govt. and reject exclusion from Summit of the Americas
The workers thanked the socialist government for the economic protection policies for workers, and reiterated their support for President Maduro in the face of US attacks
Bolivian court sentences Jeanine Áñez to 10 years in prison
The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz found Jeanine Áñez and other former police and military chiefs guilty of “breach of duties” and taking “resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the Law” following the coup d’état against then President Evo Morales in November 2019
The housing struggle is a national and international struggle: Kenia Alcocer
Kenia Alcocer talks about important struggles she took up as an activist, the formation of the Los Angeles Tenants Union and how the struggle for housing rights is related to other working class struggles.
China, Russia blame US for stoking tensions in Korea, call to ease sanctions on DPRK
The two nations defended their earlier veto against the UN Security Council resolution to impose further sanctions on North Korea and argued that the US has played a major role in stoking tensions in the peninsula
Algeria to suspend friendship treaty, imports from Spain over Western Sahara
Spain, a former colonial power, decided to recognize to support Morocco’s position on Western Sahara earlier this year going against its long-held stance of backing a UN-led referendum to decide the status of the territory
Progressives continue to protest Finnish bid for NATO membership
Protests are also ongoing in various other parts of Europe, including in Italy, Greece, Norway and Czech Republic, against new military deals
South African communist Amos Mbedzi, who fought apartheid, dies a martyr for liberation of Swaziland
The South African Communist Party and the Communist Party of Swaziland along with several pro-democracy groups have vowed to continue the struggle for Swaziland’s liberation from the rule of King Mswati III, the last absolute monarch in Africa, for which Mbedzi paid the ultimate price