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  • | Anti war marchers in Times Square Jan 14 Liberation Photo | MR Online

    Antiwar marchers honor MLK, say ‘NO’ to NATO proxy war in Ukraine

    Originally published: Liberation News on January 17, 2023 by Matt Belen (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jan 24, 2023)

    On Jan. 14, a large crowd gathered in Times Square in New York City to honor the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and demand an end to the brutal U.S.-NATO proxy war being waged in Ukraine.

  • | Twitter headquarters in San Francisco Credit Matthew Keys | MR Online

    What progressive people should know about the “Twitter Files”

    Originally published: Liberation News on January 8, 2023 by Chris Garaffa (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jan 12, 2023)

    The “Twitter Files” are a set of internal communications including emails between company executives as well as with politicians, the FBI, Pentagon and other agencies.

  • | US commits to reignite space race during new Cold War vs China Russia | MR Online

    U.S. commits to reignite space race during new Cold War vs. China, Russia

    Originally published: Liberation News on November 22, 2022 by Jasper Saah (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Nov 30, 2022)

    Artemis I is a dry run for the return to the moon, a test of the new Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule that will bring astronauts into lunar orbit on Artemis II and onto the surface on Artemis III.

  • | Photo credit Liberation | MR Online

    Columbus teacher strike secures victory

    Originally published: Liberation News on September 5, 2022 by Shenby G (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Sep 08, 2022)

    After a historic strike and fight against inhumane school conditions, Columbus teachers scored a victory for themselves and their students against the Columbus City Schools (CCS) Board of Education.

  • | Karl Marx painted portrait by thierry ehrmann Source Wikimedia | MR Online

    Studying society for the working class: Marx’s first preface to “Capital”

    Originally published: Liberation News on July 25, 2022 by Derek Ford (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jul 28, 2022)

    In the preface to the first edition of volume one of Capital, dated July 25, 1867, Marx introduces the book’s “ultimate aim”: “to lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society”. Looking back 155 years later, it’s clear the book not only accomplished that aim but continues to do so today.

  • | Heroic Oakland community strikes and occupies elementary school to prevent closures | MR Online

    Heroic Oakland community strikes and occupies elementary school to prevent closures

    Originally published: Liberation News on July 6, 2022 by Jack Leng (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jul 09, 2022)

    For months, school board meetings have been flooded with outcry from parents, teachers and children defending public education. Since May 25, the community has been occupying Parker Community School to protest its closure.

  • | NATO officially adds China to its list of enemies | MR Online

    NATO officially adds China to its list of enemies

    Originally published: Liberation News on June 30, 2022 by Sameena Rahman (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jul 06, 2022)

    Leaders of the member countries of the imperialist NATO military alliance concluded their annual summit in Madrid today. This summit was a clear display of NATO’s commitment to continuously fuel the fire of international conflict as the major capitalist powers drag the world back into a Cold War-style period of global confrontation.

  • | Starbucks unionization wave hits New Orleans | MR Online

    Starbucks unionization wave hits New Orleans

    Originally published: Liberation News on June 1, 2022 by Cecilia Paz (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jun 08, 2022)

    New Orleans Starbucks workers at 7700 Maple Street are the first in the city to file for union certification, amidst dozens of nationwide unionization efforts at the country’s largest coffee chain.

  • | Supreme Court deals blow to prisoners seeking to overturn wrongful convictions | MR Online

    Supreme Court deals blow to prisoners seeking to overturn wrongful convictions

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 30, 2022 by Christian Garramone (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Jun 04, 2022)

    The decision will leave thousands of people barred from challenging their sentences in federal court in situations where they have exonerating evidence that their lawyers failed to submit at trial.

  • | Coward cops government do nothing while children are massacred | MR Online

    Coward cops, government do nothing while children are massacred

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 26, 2022 by Kenya Elliott (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted May 28, 2022)

    The Party for Socialism and Liberation expresses our deepest condolences to those impacted by the horrific massacre that was committed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. We condemn in the strongest possible way this atrocious attack, and express our solidarity to the families, children, teachers, and community members who experienced and witnessed the tragedy and its aftermath.

  • | Oklahoma legislature takes anti abortion offensive to new depths with ban from moment of fertilization | MR Online

    Oklahoma legislature takes anti-abortion offensive to new depths with ban from moment of fertilization!

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 20, 2022 by Katie Miernicki (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted May 26, 2022)

    The Oklahoma state legislature has passed perhaps the most extreme anti-abortion law in the United States. This law, known as HB 4327, takes the right-wing offensive against reproductive rights to an outrageous new height by banning all abortions in the state starting from the moment of fertilization.

  • | Democratic Party offers nothing to the struggle to save abortion rights | MR Online

    Democratic Party offers nothing to the struggle to save abortion rights

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 9, 2022 by Katie Miernicki (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted May 12, 2022)

    Last week’s shocking leak exposing the Supreme Court’s draft plan to overturn Roe v. Wade has brought tens of thousands of people into the streets in struggle.

  • | Defending abortion rights in Ne wYork City May 3 Liberation | MR Online

    Activists defy bans on abortion pills

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 6, 2022 by Joyce Chediac (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted May 09, 2022)

    The right wing has passed hundreds of unjust laws to stamp out abortion, but it will not succeed. Women, others in need of abortion services and their allies will fight to stop it. This is the message of the tens of thousands taking to the streets since a media leak revealed the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

  • | Pan American Health Organization | MR Online

    Killed by capitalism: U.S. government shrugs shoulders as COVID death toll hits 1 million

    Originally published: Liberation News on May 4, 2022 by Sunil Freeman (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted May 07, 2022)

    The United States has just marked a horrific milestone as the official COVID-19 death count passes one million.

  • | Nov 21 demonstration in Seattle against US intervention against Ethiopia and Eritrea | MR Online

    U.S. prepares new sanctions targeting Ethiopia, Eritrea in latest destabilization push

    Originally published: Liberation News on April 4, 2022 by Katie Miernicki (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Apr 09, 2022)

    The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has overwhelmingly approved a new measure designed to impose sanctions on Ethiopia. Known as the Ethiopia Peace and Stabilization Act of 2022, the bill authorizes the U.S. government to suspend financial and security assistance to Ethiopia and to sanction individuals the United States decrees to be responsible for the ongoing conflict in the country.

  • | F 35 fighter jets one of the most expensive weapons systems operated by the Pentagon | MR Online

    Biden’s budget cements turn towards war, police

    Originally published: Liberation News on March 30, 2022 by Nicholas Stender (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Apr 07, 2022)

    On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his 2023 budget, calling for dramatically increased funding for war and the police while allocating all-too-little funding for social services. Out of the total $1.58 trillion of spending outlined in the budget, $813 billion is allocated to the military while $769 billion is allocated for non-military spending. This is a $31 billion increase in funding for the war machine.

  • | 2015 march in Kiev to celebrate the birthday of Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera pictured on black and red flag | MR Online

    Nazis in Ukraine: seeing through the fog of the information war

    Originally published: Liberation News on March 30, 2022 by Gabriel Rockhill (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Apr 02, 2022)

    On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin undertook what he referred to as a “special military operation … to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine.”

  • | Jean Roach at far left Carol Gokee fourth from right Liberation photo | MR Online

    Leonard Peltier has COVID-19: Action needed to get him care

    Originally published: Liberation News on Febraury 2, 2022 by Joyce Chediac (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Feb 07, 2022)

    Indigenous activists and supporters held a news conference in Tampa, Florida, on Jan. 31 to announce that Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier had contracted COVID-19 in prison, endangering his life.

  • | Covid vaccine | MR Online

    Omicron variant exposes danger of global vaccine apartheid

    Originally published: Liberation News on December 1, 2021 by Sameena Rahman (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Dec 06, 2021)

    A new, heavily mutated Coronavirus variant, Omicron, is causing alarm around the world as scientists race to discover more about this new type of the virus and its potential resistance to vaccines.

  • | Sen Joe Manchin at a 2013 event | MR Online

    “Dealin with the Devil”: musicians confront Joe Manchin at Kennedy Center concert

    Originally published: Liberation News on October 28, 2021 by Liberation Staff (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Nov 08, 2021)

    Senator Joe Manchin has emerged in recent weeks as the leading opponent of vital social programs to provide relief to working people in the areas of education, healthcare, the environment and much more.

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