From 2014, a column that recognizes the suffering of child immigrants – and the determination of those who come to the U.S. on their own — and addresses the all-important question: Why?
indigenous struggles
Northwest farm workers harvest labor victories
In northwest Washington state, a feisty self-organized union is making labor history by confronting a goliath berry corporation — and winning! Skagit Valley farm workers, mostly indigenous Triqui and Mixteco… Read more »
Crece el movimiento por Nestora Salgado y prisioneros políticos mexicanos
Con motivo del primer aniversario de la detención de Nestora Salgado, se celebraron inspiradoras protestas el 21 de agosto de este año en México, en el resto de América Latina,… Read more »
Unstoppable revolt in the Middle East — Analysis: the US role and the road ahead
The insurrections of the Arab Spring still live. The revolutionary shock waves that have brought new life to ancient lands, terrifying the powers-that-be, are not spent. Bloodthirsty reaction from dictators… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the editor, October 2014
WOMEN WARRIORS Mary Anne Grady Flores for free speech We sat stunned in the packed courtroom on July 10 as a town justice sentenced longtime Catholic Worker activist Mary Anne… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial — Ebola: fruit of poverty and racism
On Sept. 16, President Obama finally announced increased, but still woefully inadequate, aid to West Africa to fight the devastating Ebola epidemic. It came only after the president of Liberia… Read more »
In celebration of a Native American Thanksgiving feast
A time to honor and thank the First Nations
Major victory for tenacious Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation, the largest and most populous in the country, recently won $554 million from the U.S., the largest ever to a single Native American tribe. This will settle… Read more »
Estalla en México la indignación por la masacre de estudiantes por parte del Gobierno
En México, existe una terrible historia de represión. El 2 de octubre de 1968, la policía federal abrió fuego contra estudiantes que se manifestaban en la zona de Tlatelolco en… Read more »
Outrage at government massacre of student activists erupts throughout Mexico
There is a terrible permanence of repression in Mexico. On Oct. 2, 1968, federal police opened fire on student demonstrators in the Tlatelolco district of Mexico City. They killed an… Read more »