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Colombia: Thousands Rebel After Police Murder Lawyer, Students Organize Combative Demonstrations

By Nélida Tello For over a week, thousands have rebelled against the reactionary police in various cities across Colombia after 46 year-old Javier Ordoñez, lawyer and father of two, was killed by police officers in the early hours of September 9 in Bogota. The arrest of Ordoñez was captured on camera and quickly gained national attention. During the arrest, Ordoñez was repeatedly tased and could … Continue reading Colombia: Thousands Rebel After Police Murder Lawyer, Students Organize Combative Demonstrations

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Repression and Resistance: Week in Protest September 11-17

“Repression and Resistance” is a column from Tribune of the People that highlights rebellions and repression happening in protests across the US each week. If you want us to cover a protest happening in your city, please send us a pitch. National This week a memo from the Justice Department was leaked that exposed instructions to federal prosecutors to go as far as sedition charges … Continue reading Repression and Resistance: Week in Protest September 11-17

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Rochester: The People Rebel In Response to Released Video of Police Murder

By Peter Cherry Rochester’s Police Chief La’Ron Singletary, along with his entire command staff, resigned on Tuesday in the wake of six straight nights of demonstrations following the release of video depicting the police murder of Daniel Prude, which happened earlier this year. On Friday night, 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a combative demonstration, burning several trash cans and bus stops before the … Continue reading Rochester: The People Rebel In Response to Released Video of Police Murder

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Kenosha: Jacob Blake Police Shooting Sparks Uprising, Teen Reactionary Kills Two Protesters

By David Martinez In Kenosha, Wisconsin, the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black father of six, ignited three consecutive nights of combative protests in the mid-size Midwestern city. After the community rose up to burn down government buildings and expropriate businesses, far-right armed vigilantes have come in to threaten protesters, and on Tuesday, one of the armed individuals, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, shot two … Continue reading Kenosha: Jacob Blake Police Shooting Sparks Uprising, Teen Reactionary Kills Two Protesters

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Belarus: NATO Imperialists Seek to Co-opt Mass Protests Against Lukashenko Government

By Jakob Stein Over the past week, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Belarus in response to the disputed 2020 election in which incumbent Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory. In the wake of the mass protests, US imperialism, along with biggest imperialists in the European Union, namely Germany and France, have sought to co-opt the largely leaderless protest movement … Continue reading Belarus: NATO Imperialists Seek to Co-opt Mass Protests Against Lukashenko Government

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Repression and Resistance: Week in Protest August 14-20

“Repression and Resistance” is a column from Tribune of the People that highlights rebellions and repression happening in protests across the US each week. If you want us to cover a protest happening in your city, please send us a pitch. Stone Mountain, GA Last weekend at Stone Mountain State Park outside of Atlanta, where demonstrations have raged for months against the largest monument to … Continue reading Repression and Resistance: Week in Protest August 14-20

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Letter to the Editors: How do we Restore the Fires of Revolution?

Dear Editorial Board, How do we restore the fires of revolution? Every week continues the income of murmurs in our streets, the Facebook events, and pop up art murals supporting Black Lives but the turn out has diminished massively. It has been over a month since our largest protest – when thousands of Austinites rallied at Huston-Tillotson University before marching to our Capitol and beyond. … Continue reading Letter to the Editors: How do we Restore the Fires of Revolution?

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Trump Gestures to Fascism as US Imperialism Faces Deepening Crisis

By the Editorial Board On July 3, Donald Trump gave a speech with heavy fascist overtones at Mount Rushmore to commemorate US ‘Independence Day.’ As the crisis of US imperialism continues to deepen and the number of COVID-19 cases in the country tops three million, Trump’s address represented the further reactionization of the state through the executive branch. The speech sought to rile up his … Continue reading Trump Gestures to Fascism as US Imperialism Faces Deepening Crisis

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A Nova Democracia: Harbinger of New Times

The following is a translation of the editorial “Prenúncios de novos tempos” from revolutionary Brazilian newspaper A Nova Democracia. During the tempestuous times which the world is going through, the massive protests that crossed the whole world like a powder fuse track were enough to move the oppressed of the Earth to shake the old imperialist order upside down. The spark was the broadcast torture … Continue reading A Nova Democracia: Harbinger of New Times

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Revolutionaries Do Not Vote

By Ed Dalton  Upholding the Election Boycott Against the Voting Myth America, specifically the US, has woven into its fabric slavery, colonialism, genocide, and exploitation. These are not aberrations but are as American “as apple pie.” There is no sense in mincing words, America as an entity must be destroyed. It was the domination of the continent of North America which helped the current capitalist … Continue reading Revolutionaries Do Not Vote

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