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WEBSep 23, 2024 · The Party for Socialism and Liberation is comprised of leaders and activists, workers and students, of all backgrounds. Organized in branches across the country, our mission is to link the everyday struggles of oppressed and exploited people to the fight for a …
‘If we aren’t back by four’: The Philadelphia, Mississippi murders...
WEBOn June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers, were murdered by a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob outside of Philadelphia, Mississippi. All three were working to end apartheid in the Jim Crow South. The 60th anniversary of their deaths comes as the right-wing — …
On Nov. 17, actions across the country will Shut It Down for...
WEBNov 16, 2023 · Credit: Wyatt Souers. Activists across the country are calling for a second national day of action on Friday, Nov. 17 to Shut It Down for Palestine. This day of action will continue building the global momentum of Palestine solidarity. Protests across the world have erupted over the last few weeks in the wake of Israel’s genocide against Gaza ...
Victory for Pavement Coffeehouse workers, first union coffee shop …
WEBJun 30, 2021 · Pavement Coffeehouse is the first unionized coffee shop in Massachusetts, and one of only a handful nationwide. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only about 1.2% of workers in the food service sector are unionized. On average, union food service workers earn $100 more per week than non-union workers.
About - Liberation News
WEBAbout the PSL. The Party for Socialism and Liberation is comprised of leaders and activists, workers and students, of all backgrounds. Organized in branches across the country, the PSL brings together a new generation of revolutionaries alongside veterans of the people’s movements with decades of experience. The PSL is deeply involved in a ...
Gabriela Silang: Anti-colonial fighter in the Philippines
WEBApr 27, 2007 · Gabriela led the resistance group for over four months before being captured. She and around 100 resistance fighters were executed by the colonizers on Sept. 20, 1763. The people of the Philippines eventually defeated Spanish colonialism in 1898, only to begin a new anti-colonial struggle against the United States.
15 years of building the Party, growing and learning
WEBJun 21, 2019 · Over 15 years the PSL has been able to build up a number of outlets that allow us to reach larger and larger numbers of people. This includes LiberationNews.org, the monthly print newspaper Liberation, the socialist feminist magazine Breaking the Chains, LiberationSchool.org and many books on …
Film review: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution - Liberation News
WEBJul 25, 2021 · Winning reforms can be lifesaving for the disabled but the documentary makes clear that the fight remains to protect and defend these reforms and extend their implementation. The film is a winner in terms of revolutionary optimism. Crip Camp had it right. First you bring together oppressed people then you overcome fear and begin to …
Thomas Sankara: Leadership and action that inspire decades later
WEBOct 15, 2021 · Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara was born December 21, 1949 in Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), which, at the time, was a West African French colony. Sankara, a fierce enemy of the global system of neocolonial, imperialist capitalism (as well as all forms of bigotry and oppression), was assassinated on …
Fired up! Harlem’s fight for housing in the 1930s - Liberation News
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · This article is part of Liberation’s commemoration of Black History Month, 2021. The housing struggle in Harlem during the Great Depression took New York City by storm, as some of the most oppressed sectors of society united and stood tall in the face of exploitation. Their resistance won major gains and taught future activists mass-action ...