(2021-07-02). Solidarity with socialist Cuba. workers.org 
Leading up to the annual vote in the U.N. General Assembly June 23 on Cuba's resolution to end the illegal 60-year U.S. blockade against the island, solidarity activists across the U.S. and Canada held a week of actions to pressure President Joe Biden and Congress. In New York City, a . . . |
(2021-07-02). Emancipation Day in Rhode Island. workers.org 
Activists from the Black community gathered in Providence, R.I., June 19, with allies to commemorate Emancipation Day, also known as Juneteenth. The diverse event was organized by Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) which has long-standing roots in the community grounded in political action. From left: Susan Mortimer, Solidarity . . . |
(2021-07-02). DC action demands: 'End Trans ICE Detention!'. workers.org 
Carrying signs and three brightly painted pink coffins, transgender immigrant rights activists and their supporters marched on the White House June 23 to demand an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention of transgendered and HIV+ people. The coffins symbolized the deaths of three trans women, Roxsana Hernández, Victoria Arellano . . . |
(2021-07-01). Protesters In Colombia Are Finding Ways To Break The Stigma Of Dissent. popularresistance.org Both Orjuela and Silvia reported that protesters — many of them friends and fellow activists — are being arrested en masse. While most are released without charges being filed, some are being subjected to what they describe as "judicial setups," a tactic the state has employed against social movements for years.
(2021-07-01). One of the Things Chávez & Maduro did Right (The Orinoco Tribune Interviews Coauthors of "Extraordinary Threat") — (Video). orinocotribune.com 
Monthly Review's next up and coming book, Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, coauthored by Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur, is a primer on the mechanics of regime change. Their book draws our attention to Venezuela as a case study from which we must learn a core lesson: Never underestimate the power of U.S. propaganda. | Perhaps as a result of the power of the American propaganda machine, many North Americans may be inclined to focus solely on the following question: What might Chávez, Maduro, or for that matter, Morales, have done differently? Emers…
(2021-07-01). In Defense of the Bolivarian Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Jun 29, 2021 | The Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World was held in Venezuela's capital Caracas during June 21-24, 2021. More than 600 political leaders, intellectuals, activists and representatives of various progressive organizations, social movements and trade unions from across the globe assembled with the common aim of discussing and coordinating anti-imperialist and anti-neoliberal struggles. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, beginning in February, 2021, held virtual meetings with hundreds of delegates from over 80 countries and invited them to join the meeting. | The f…
(2021-07-01). Arizona doctor fired for pro-Palestine statement in Zionist smear campaign. liberationnews.org 
A central goal of these smear campaigns is to strike fear into all activists.
(2021-07-01). The Empire Strikes Back at the Left in Buffalo and Cleveland. indybay.org Corporate Democrats Crank Up Their Firepower…
(2021-07-01). Three Pipeline Protesters Arrested After Large Sit-In At Energy Giant's Offices. popularresistance.org Three activists who refused to leave the Waltham offices of the pipeline company Enbridge were arrested by police Wednesday afternoon, ending a more than 27-hour occupation in protest of the multi-national energy giant behind the controversial Weymouth compressor station and other fossil fuel projects around the country. | Waltham police say they arrested Nathan Phillips, a 54-year-old Auburndale resident; Alexander Chambers, a 22-year-old Boylston resident; and Samantha Hayward, a 22-year-old Castleton, Vermont, resident. Each was charged with one count of trespassing. | "This group held space throughout the nig…
(2021-07-01). Duterte's plan to arm vigilantes; activists and lawmakers cry foul. peoplesdispatch.org The Philippines president suggested that he is open to arm pro-government vigilantes as "power multipliers," which was received with widespread condemnation from activists, opposition and even allies…
(2021-07-01). 3 Pipeline Protesters Arrested After Large Sit-In At Energy Giant's Waltham Offices. popularresistance.org Three activists who refused to leave the Waltham offices of the pipeline company Enbridge were arrested by police Wednesday afternoon, ending a more than 27-hour occupation in protest of the multi-national energy giant behind the controversial Weymouth compressor station and other fossil fuel projects around the country.
(2021-07-01). Mike Gravel and An Ongoing Road to Courage. counterpunch.org "There's only one thing worse than a soldier dying in vain; it's more soldiers dying in vain." ~ Senator Mike Gravel, 2008 Democratic presidential primary debate, July 23, 2007. Please watch this short video of Senator Mike Gravel speaking at the 2008 Democratic presidential primary debates. Watch him admonish his fellow candidates for their warmongering.
(2021-07-01). We Need Climate & Racial Justice Addressed in Infrastructure Package. zcomm.org As western states battle record-breaking heat waves, climate activists are calling on the Biden administration and congressional Democrats to pass an infrastructure bill that includes major investments in green energy, including a fully funded Civilian Climate Corps…
(2021-07-01). We Are Many. zcomm.org We Are Many is the never-before-told story of the largest demonstration in human history, and how the movement created by a small band of activists changed the world…
(2021-07-01). Footage of Exxon Lobbyist Increases Pressure on Biden to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies. commondreams.org The second-largest cities in New York and Ohio are battlegrounds between activists fighting for progressive change and establishment forces determined to prevent it.
(2021-07-01). The Empire Strikes Back at the Left in Buffalo and Cleveland. commondreams.org "Without swift action from Congress, GOP-controlled state legislatures will continue to pass racist anti-voter laws to pick and choose who votes and who doesn't."
(2021-06-30). Colombia's Nazistic Horrors Show How the US Government Will React to Future Domestic Revolts. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jun 26, 2021 | With the world-shocking acts of state violence that have been carried out by Israel and Colombia during the last two months, we've gotten a clearer picture of what it will look like when the "imperial boomerang" effect—where an empire's evils abroad manifest within the empire's own borders—fully comes to define events within the core of global imperialism the United States. In Israel, the US empire has cultivated a laboratory in necro-politics, where methods of brutal repression have been innovated to preserve the settler state in the face of unending Palestinian r…
(2021-06-30). What Will It Take To Transform Canada's Foreign Policy For The Better? popularresistance.org This Thursday will mark one year since Canada was defeated in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. The Trudeau government's loss marked a rejection of its pro-Washington, militaristic and anti-Palestinian policies. | In the months before the vote, a half-dozen activists launched #NoUNSC4Canada. The social media campaign criticized Canada's climate, nuclear and mining policies as well as its destructive role across the Global South in countries like Bolivia, Haiti and Venezuela. The campaign also included a widely circulated public letter focused on Canada's anti-Palestinian policies as well…
(2021-06-30). Fresno demands rent cancellation: Housing is a human right! liberationnews.org 
Community members and activists gathered at Fresno City Hall for a Cancel the Rents rally demanding rent cancellation for tenants and small businesses as well as cancellation of mortgages for home buyers and small landlords hard hit by the pandemic and economic crisis.
(2021-06-30). Mobilizing worker power: AMAZON UNION NOW! workers.org 
The fight to unionize the second-biggest U.S. employer took a big step forward at the Teamsters' (IBT) union convention last week. On June 24, the 1,600+ delegates, representing more than 500 locals, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a Special Resolution: "Building Worker Power at Amazon." Harlem, New York, March 20. . . . |
(2021-06-30). 500+ Groups Rally On Capitol Hill Demanding End To 'Outrageous' Fossil Fuel Subsidies. popularresistance.org As high temperatures persisted in both the Northeast and Pacific Northwest—which experts and activists have connected to the climate emergency—campaigners with hundreds of progressive and green groups joined Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for the rally in Washington, D.C.
(2021-06-30). Groups Rally On Capitol Hill Demanding End To Fossil Fuel Subsidies. popularresistance.org The U.S. movement for climate justice continued a series of actions planned for the nation's capital this week with a Tuesday morning rally focused on ending fossil fuel subsidies. | As high temperatures persisted in both the Northeast and Pacific Northwest—which experts and activists have connected to the climate emergency—campaigners with hundreds of progressive and green groups joined Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for the rally in Washington, D.C. | "I can't believe we're still talking about this," declared Lukas Ross, Cl…
(2021-06-30). Coming Out Against Imperialism. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, pioneering gay activists in the US and Britain saw the fight against homophobia as part of a much broader struggle — one which linked Pride to the cause of liberating the world's oppressed peoples.
(2021-06-30). Australia talks but will politicians listen? greenleft.org.au The ABC's While the questions can be, and were, framed to elicit specific responses, the survey results are interesting in so far as they provide a snap shot of opinion on some important (and some less so) topics. For social change activists it's food for thought.