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2020 has indeed been the worst year. But further events like the ones that define this year will not end with it, unless the root cause – capitalism – is removed. …

In a demonstration of the power of the working class, workers in Belarus have gone on strike in support of the protestors against state repression. …

Is it really “lucky” to have to work in the midst of a pandemic? Meanwhile, the super-rich are still getting richer. …

Athletes are right to walk out in opposition to racism and police brutality. But why did Obama tell them to return to playing? …

The made-for-TV conventions of the Democratic and Republican parties were held to convince us to vote for them. …

Trump’s recent attacks on the USPS are not the only ones that have happened. The Postal Service has been under attack for decades. …

Women in the U.S. have had the right to vote for a century, but they still suffer from inequality today. …

After weeks, and in some places months, of protests following the murder of George Floyd, …

As the U.S. COVID-19 death count approaches 145,000 people, Betsy DeVos, the Federal Secretary of …

For several weeks now, President Trump has been pushing the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a …

By now, COVID-19 has spread around the world, to every continent where human beings live. …

Ten million people have filed for unemployment in the last two weeks. Hundreds of thousands …

Le Monde (the world), a French newspaper, reported on two recent polls of the French …

This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Around the World in 20 minutes Sunday, …

As wealthy countries rush to protect capital, people around the world continue to suffer. …

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed some of the inherent shortcomings of the capitalist economic system. The recent labeling of “essential employees” during quarantine highlights the indispensability of certain jobs …

New York City is the center of the coronavirus crisis right now, and many people …

Fed up with unsanitary working conditions, bus operators in Detroit refused to drive the buses …

At the end of 2019, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, began a massive …

Someone dies of coronavirus every ten minutes in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. …

We are often told that we don’t have the money in this country for what …

Faced with the horrific coronavirus pandemic, with no idea of its potential scope or how …

There has recently been an increase in violence and harassment directed at Asian people, both …

The coronavirus has turned all of our lives upside-down. While all of the major sports …

Coronavirus: inconsistencies at the top, discontent at the workplaces This post is translated from French …

For many years, Newark NJ has had a big problem with lead in its drinking …

International Women’s Day, March 8th, was created over a 100 years ago through the demonstrations …

This April marks the fifth anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising of 2015. Thousands took to …

On February 29, the French government used an executive order to pass a widely-hated reform …

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and richest person on the planet, recently announced in an …

Two months ago, on January 15th, the second death from a virus was reported in …

The coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread to over one hundred countries, infecting more than 110,000 people …

Since February 20th, McClymonds High School in West Oakland has been shut down because Trichloroethylene, …

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a visit from Trump on February 24 while violent …

this post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Just ten minutes! This is how long …

Since 2013, the Levin Shipyard in Richmond, CA has been shipping coal, mined in Utah, …

The comedian John Oliver on his show Last Week Tonight recently did a feature about …

Recently the Walt Disney Company went after a Berkeley elementary school for showing The Lion …

Graduate students at U.C. Santa Cruz (UCSC) are on strike from teaching for the second …

A little more than a month after the Trump administration unveiled a so-called peace plan …

The Algerians say that it is not simply a question of changing one president for another, it is the regime itself that needs to be changed. …

Many people are looking at the primary election on March 3, Super Tuesday, as a …

Massive protests by indigenous Canadians and their allies have shut down many of the main …

Five Oakland women took over a vacant house in November so they and their children …

Elizabeth Warren’s campaign messaging proclaims that she will take climate change seriously. Her campaign website …

A feeling of excitement was in the air for some of us in the Bay …

The majority of RATP’s railway workers had to end the indefinite strike that began on …

“If we had really blockaded for 45 days, then Paris would be a mess in …