Year: 2007
COSATU launches campaign to boycott Israeli products
June 12, 2007
COSATU launches campaign to boycott Israeli products
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, South Africa’s largest trade union federation, is demanding that the federal government impose…
30 years after the Dade County struggle for LGBT rights
June 12, 2007
30 years after the Dade County struggle for LGBT rights
Every June, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community celebrates the ongoing struggle for full equality and liberation. It is…
PSL resolution on Puerto Rico
June 11, 2007
PSL resolution on Puerto Rico
The following resolution was passed at the June 2007 National Convention of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The Party…
Audio: “Proving Ground,” a performance by Travis Wilkerson
June 8, 2007
Audio: “Proving Ground,” a performance by Travis Wilkerson
Click here to listen to an audio recording of the performance piece "Soapbox Agitation #1: Proving Ground" by award-winning leftist…
NYPD cop kills unarmed man
June 8, 2007
NYPD cop kills unarmed man
Off-duty New York cop Raphael Lora killed an unarmed man on May 18. Lora fatally shot Fermin Arzu, a Honduran…
Global warming issue heats up G-8 meeting
June 8, 2007
Global warming issue heats up G-8 meeting
On June 2, German police clashed with hundreds of protesters after a large demonstration in advance of the Group of…
Palestinian freed from U.S. detention
June 8, 2007
Palestinian freed from U.S. detention
A U.S. District Court judge ordered the U.S. government to free Majed Talat Hajbeh, a Jordanian-born Palestinian, on May 25.…
Venezuela: The counterrevolution will not be televised
June 8, 2007
Venezuela: The counterrevolution will not be televised
The non-renewal of a Venezuelan television station’s license by the government of Hugo Chávez has become the latest pretext for…
What’s behind the immigration bill?
June 8, 2007
What’s behind the immigration bill?
Last year, the world witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the struggle for immigrant rights. A mass movement for civil rights…
Raids target immigrants after New Haven approves IDs for undocumented
June 6, 2007
Raids target immigrants after New Haven approves IDs for undocumented
On June 6, at least 29 undocumented immigrants were arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Haven,…