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2022-07-13: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-13). On Marxism and Decolonisation. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad 0, 2022 | In 1959, one of the revolutionary leaders in Cuba, Haydée Santamaria, a hundred years old this year, arrived at a cultural centre in the heart of Havana, Cuba. This building, the revolutionaries decided, would be committed to the promotion of Latin American art and culture and it would become — eventually — a beacon for the progressive transformation of the hemisphere's cultural world. Renamed the Casa de las Américas, the home of the Americas, it would become the heartbeat of cultural developments from Chile to Mexico. Art saturates the walls of the house and in…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-13). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…

Editor (2022-07-12). Marxist, nationalist, feminist: the art and politics of Frida Kahlo. mronline.org Marxist, Nationalist, Feminist — these are the words that describe not only the political convictions but also the artwork of Frida Kahlo. Although born as Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón outside of Mexico City in 1907, Kahlo eventually shortened her name and frequently told people that she was born in 1910. This was the year that widespread political unrest finally culminated in the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution.

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-07-12). Workers mobilize against Amazon — across borders. workers.org Despite ferocious union-busting attacks, Amazon workers continue to organize and move forward — with recent noteworthy progress from the U.S. South to the Mexican border. On July 7, More Perfect Union broke the news on Twitter that workers at Amazon warehouse SDF1 in Campbellsville, Kentucky, are affiliating with the Amazon . . . |

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-12). Presidente de México viaja a EE.UU. para reunirse con Biden. telesurtv.net Tema migratorio ocupa lugar central en la reunión. Abordarán las acciones para enfrentar la coyuntura inflacionaria y la seguridad.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-12). Destaca presidente mexicano legado de Fidel como líder mundial. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado mexicano elogió el liderazgo a nivel mundial de Fidel, Nelson Mandela, Chávez, Winston Churchill, Roosevelt y De Gaulle, entre otros.

Staff (2022-07-12). AMLO a Biden: "La salida no está en el conservadurismo, sino en la transformación" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En un mensaje conjunto, previo a la reunión de trabajo bilateral que sostuvieron minutos después en la Casa Blanca, el mandatario mexicano hizo a su anfitrión cinco propuestas que, consideró, pueden ayudar a superar la actual crisis financiera, política y social derivada de la pandemia y la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania.

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

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