NEW YORK—“Cuba sí, bloqueo no!” (Cuba yes, blockade no!) chanted the crowd in Spanish while holding signs that read “Long live Socialist Cuba” and “End the inhumane sanctions!” The Young Communist League of New York took the initiative to organize a rally in support of ending the blockade on Cuba after a series of protests mounted in Miami and Cuba […]
By Adam Tenney Last summer, we held a class at the Communist Party’s Youth School on LGBT equality, with trans issues being an important part of that discussion. There was a very positive and warm reception recognizing that this was a topic that needed further exploration. So I want to thank the National Board for inviting me here tonight to […]
President Joe Biden is under mounting pressure to address the rapidly growing student debt crisis by canceling up to $50,000 in crushing individual student loans. A growing chorus of elected officials and advocates say Biden can cancel the debt through executive action. Also, 415 community, civil rights, climate, health, consumer, labor, food and farm, and student advocacy organizations released a letter to […]
By John Wojcik Talks between the U.S. and South Korea are not encouraging to peace activists who want to see a new direction in U.S. foreign policy. It is clear that the Biden administration intends to continue keeping large numbers of troops stationed in that country, leaving unchanged a situation that has been going on since the Korean War in […]
By CJ Atkins After more than 40 years of dominating our economic and political life, the extreme free market capitalist ideology of neoliberalism is starting to show some serious cracks. “Trickle down” policies that have for decades shoveled money toward the top at the expense of the bottom are breaking down and giving way to a new willingness by governments […]
Exactly 62 years ago this Friday, January 1, the Cuban Revolution triumphed. Socialist Cuba soon achieved major advances in the well-being of its own citizens, and also provided an outstanding example of solidarity to the world, playing a major role in the defeat of the fascist apartheid regime in South Africa and providing high-quality health care solidarity to poor countries […]
By Turner Roth The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is trying to privatize public housing, but the residents of Fulton Houses in Chelsea aren’t putting up with it. Members of the New York Young Communist League; Communist Party USA; Movement School, a project of Organize for Justice; and Justice for All Coalition stood with the tenants at a rally […]
By C.J. Atkins For months, Trump’s re-election campaign regularly charged that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were at minimum the puppets of the “radical left.” At worse, the Democratic nominees were themselves socialist extremists who were pals with left-wing governments in Havana and Caracas. Across most of the United States, the fictional claims failed to capture much appeal outside the […]
The popular chant, “This is what democracy looks like!” can mean many things: people hitting the streets, getting arrested in peaceful protest, organizing themselves into unions, lobbying their elected officials, and yes, even the “simple” act of voting. The yearning for more democracy is reflected in what can only be described as an electoral upsurge that’s taking place all over […]
By Marc Brodine Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “November is about defeating fascism.” She’s right. While we shouldn’t take anything Trump says at face value, since he often says things that are lies, distortions, or just outrageous in order to distract, the fact that he has already repeatedly cast doubt on the results of the fall elections is worrisome. He is anxious […]