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  •  | Military exercises in Hawaii as part of RIMPAC 2022 | MR Online

    From Hawai’i: To the U.S., we’re a giant military station

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 24, 2025 by Teuila Fuatai (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 26, 2025)

    Increasing militarization of the Pacific continues to cause tension inside and outside the region. In Hawai‘i, where the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet is stationed, Indigenous rights advocates have fought for decades against expansive military occupation and use of their lands and surrounding ocean.

  •  | ecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with top Pentagon contractor SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the Pentagon March 21 Musk who appears to be in charge of the meeting is wearing a blue space jacket he received on a 2022 visit to the US Air Force Academy Photo by Senior Airman Spencer Perkins was posed and sanitized by the Department of Defense | MR Online

    Pentagon downplays Elon Musk visit for secret China war plans

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 23, 2025 by Gary WIlson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 25, 2025)

    In a rare public denial from the highest levels of government, the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump all swiftly responded to reports that tech billionaire Elon Musk was scheduled to receive a classified briefing on U.S. war plans for China. 

  •  | After driving activists into the Odessa House of Trade Unions Ukrainian neo Nazis set fire to the building Then they shot and beat to death people trying to escape the inferno | MR Online

    European Court rules Ukraine guilty in Odessa massacre

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 20, 2025 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 22, 2025)

    This ruling has received limited coverage in Western media outlets, as it confirms the Ukrainian regime’s support of the neo-Nazis through its inaction and refusal to take any measures against the killers.

  •  | Arms Dealers | MR Online

    How U.S. plans to bleed Europe dry while waging war on China

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 14, 2025 by Sharon Black (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 19, 2025)

    The theatrical events of the previous week between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and JD Vance have been grist for all manner of bourgeois media lies designed to obfuscate events.

  •  | When Al Green a Black member of Congress declared you have no mandate to cut Medicaid he was defending 72 million people who depend on the program for their health care Millions more qualify for it but are not signed up | MR Online

    Hands off Rep. Al Green! It’s fascist Trump who’s ‘out of order’

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 14, 2025 by Stephen Millies (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 18, 2025)

    Texas Rep. Al Green was absolutely justified for challenging Donald Trump during the wannabe dictator’s March 4 speech to a joint session of Congress.

  •  | The real Popeye Doyle was a vicious racist New York City cop | MR Online

    The real French Connection was CIA approved

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on March 8, 2025 by Stephen Millies (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Mar 10, 2025)

    While the French Connection imported opium from Turkey, later in the 1960s the center of heroin production shifted to Southeast Asia against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. The CIA’s Air America transported the junk.

  •  | No to the New Cold war with China | MR Online

    AI for the people? How China’s AI development challenges U.S. big tech

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on February 17, 2025 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Feb 20, 2025)

    The following text is based on a talk given by Gary Wilson at the “Deep Seek and the Challenge to U.S. Technological Hegemony” webinar on Feb. 16, hosted by the Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group.

  •  | Feb 7 Lincoln Heights Ohio  residents of historically Black community converge to drive out armed neo Nazi group waving swastika flags on I 75 overpass | MR Online

    Community drives out Nazis in Ohio

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on February 17, 2025 by Gregory E. Williams (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Feb 19, 2025)

    On Feb. 7, a hundred residents of Lincoln Heights, Ohio, drove out a dozen armed neo-Nazis waving swastika flags.

  •  | Google AI | MR Online

    Google finally admits it pursues advanced AI weapons programs

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on February 7, 2025 by Drago Bosnic (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Feb 10, 2025)

    In a blog post published on February 4, Google updated its public “ethical guidelines” regarding AI, removing any references to the use of such advanced technologies solely for peaceful purposes. For years, the controversial company was adamant that it would “never pursue high-tech that could cause or are likely to cause overall harm”.

  •  | Trumps tariffs | MR Online

    Trump’s tariffs to enrich the oligarchy

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on February 3, 2025 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Feb 06, 2025)

    BRICS—initially founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa and now joined by Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—is a coalition mainly of Global South countries. It is a counter to the G7 and NATO that offers an alternative to U.S. imperialist policies.

  •  | DeepSeek AI | MR Online

    Open source vs. closed doors: How China’s DeepSeek beat U.S. AI monopolies

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 26, 2025 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 29, 2025)

    China’s DeepSeek AI has just dropped a bombshell in the tech world.

  •  | After giving what was clearly a Nazi salute at Trumps inauguration Elon Musk brazenly posted a series of Nazi themed puns on X such as Bet you did nazi that coming Even the Zionist Anti Defamation League condemned these Tweets after defending Musks salute as an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm | MR Online

    Nazi billionaires: Fascism in the Elon Musk family tree

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 26, 2025 by Lev Koufax (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 28, 2025)

    It’s not a secret that Elon Musk embraces fascist and reactionary political movements.

  •  | TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew attended Trumps inauguration on Jan 20 Notably Trump was flanked by tech billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg Jeff Bezos and Nazi saluting Elon Musk | MR Online

    Did Trump ‘fix’ TikTok? Users report censorship after outage

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 23, 2025 by Gary WIlson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 25, 2025)

    When the platform came back online, U.S. users were greeted with a message crediting its return to Trump: “As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!”

  •  | TikTok ban | MR Online

    TikTok ban paves way for suppressing speech in anti-China crusade

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 20, 2025 by Gary Wilson (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 22, 2025)

    On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court launched a sweeping, unanimous assault on the First Amendment.

  •  | The Trump jet is seen in Nuuk Greenland on Tuesday January 7 2025 carrying the US president elects son Donald Trump Jr on a private visit Emil Stach Ritzau Scanpix via REUTERS | MR Online

    Annexation redux: Trump’s expansionist threats unmask longstanding policy

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 13, 2025 by Lev Koufax (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 14, 2025)

    In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a buzz in the corporate media about President-elect Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric on annexation.

  •  | A white supremacist mob poses in front of the burned down office of Black owned newspaper The Daily Record | MR Online

    How the wealthy engineered white supremacy: The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on January 1, 2025 by Gregory E. Williams (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Jan 04, 2025)

    The Wilmington, North Carolina, massacre of 1898, also called a coup, was not a spontaneous eruption of white supremacist violence, but instead came from the top leadership of the Democratic Party and was backed by the rich.

  •  | A rally in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Fargo on June 20 2024 Leonard Peltiers niece Brenda Martinez is pictured above | MR Online

    An open letter to President Joe Biden

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on December 3, 2024 by Stephen Millies (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Dec 07, 2024)

    Mr. President, If you can pardon your son, why can’t you free the Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier?

  •  | Protesters in Los Angeles after police officers found not guilty in the brutal beating of unarmed Black man Rodney King This verdict sparked the 1992 LA Uprising | MR Online

    ‘You never know when an eruption will occur’: A veteran activist on Jena 6 and beyond

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on December 4, 2024 by Gregory E. Williams (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Dec 06, 2024)

    This December marks 18 years since the start of the case of the Jena 6—Robert Bailey, Mychal Bell, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Jesse Ray Beard, and Theo Shaw.

  •  | The panda solar farm in Datong China | MR Online

    People over profit: How China tackled climate change

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on December 1, 2024 by Scott Scheffer (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Dec 04, 2024)

    It’s so fitting that just after the 75th anniversary of China’s revolution on Oct. 1, a milestone in China’s efforts to deal with greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) has emerged in the narrative surrounding global warming.

  •  | Anti trans campaign incites violence | MR Online

    Anti-trans campaign incites violence, as Congress seeks federal restroom ban

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on November 22, 2024 by Melinda Butterfield (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2024)

    In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, Nancy Mace, a far-right representative from South Carolina, has been the figurehead for a move to ban transgender people from using restrooms on Capitol Hill that correspond to their gender.

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