Sixty years ago, after examining conditions in Oakland, California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, along with other Black youth, founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. They looked most closely at the Oakland Police Department’s occupation and terrorism.  For years the department had served as the vicious arm of . . .

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Download the PDF Books or bombs? Student uprisings go global! Boston Indigenous Peoples’ Day “From Turtle Island to Palestine – Land Back!” AI in China: beyond profits Colombia general strike Dockworkers call int’l action Protesters challenge Nolan Wells ruling Temple U. struggle reflects youth crisis Cleveland healthcare strike National Coming . . .

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Graphic: Keith Haring Each year on October 11 all around the world we celebrate National Coming Out Day. This day reminds us all that LGBTQIA2S+ liberation isn’t just a simple act of self-acceptance; it is a part of an ongoing collective struggle. From the Marxist view, the fight for queer . . .

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Plaque renaming street in Oakland, California. / Stephen P. Edwards By Susan Sherrell and David Welsh Oakland, California — October 18. An enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people gathered at Latham Square on Broadway in downtown Oakland today for an official renaming of the street. It is now Black Panther . . .

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Feria callejera somalí, Minneapolis./sahanjournal.com Por Monica Moorehead El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), que incluye al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), ejecutó una orden de registro en la residencia de la diputada Ilhan Omar (demócrata por Minnesota) en Washington, D.C., el 12 de octubre. Según los informes, . . .

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Why has Workers World often used the words “proxy war” to describe the nearly five years of warfare between Russia and Ukraine? It’s because the Ukrainian soldiers are serving the interests of NATO imperialism. That is, they fight to advance the interests of the ruling class of the European Union . . .

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Protests by youth and students over failed education systems that began in late August in several former French colonies and then spread to continental France have now spilled out into a global struggle over failed public services, rising living costs and prioritized military spending in capitalist countries that increasingly impact . . .

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The struggle against rape culture is, at the moment, focused on Cornell University. There a rape survivor filed a lawsuit in September accusing the university, the chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity, seven individual fraternity members accused of raping her and other parties of negligence, breach of contract and failure . . .

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A nationwide strike erupted Oct. 14 in at least 10 cities in Colombia just two months after the far-right government of President Abelardo de la Espriella took office.   Unions, teachers, student groups, opposition parties such as the Historical Pact,  LGBTQIA+ collectives, labor unions, and Indigenous communities, filled the city streets . . .

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Julia Wright sent the following, lightly edited message regarding protests happening in France on October 17, 2026. It also gives a good explanation of the importance of the immigrants in the movement, both today and in 1968.  Students in France demonstrate for better schools. We know the police state does . . .

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