Elmer “Bong” Labog, chairperson of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), or May First Movement, one of the largest industrial labor federations in the Philippines, sends greetings of solidarity to May Day events organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and the FRSO’s 8th Congress.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) condemns the terrible violence inflicted by the occupation Israeli soldiers on Palestinians in Gaza. On May 14, alone, several dozen Palestinians have been murdered and the death toll continues to rise. Several thousand Palestinians have been injured in the brutal and vicious attack by Israel which saw troops indiscriminately opening fire on crowds of unarmed protesters. Israel Defense Forces snipers killed paramedics trying to assist the injured.
The election of Donald Trump as president unleashed a wave of anti-immigrant policies: the Muslim travel ban, restricting refugees, preparing to build a wall on border with Mexico, and ending Temporary Protective Status for hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Central Americans. The Trump administration is stepping up raids and workplace audits to deport even more immigrants and put them out of work and, last but not least, ending the Deferred Action for Child Arrival or DACA program, putting some 700,000 youth raised in this country at risk of deportation.
La elección de Donald Trump hizo una ola de políticas antiinmigrantes: la prohibición musulmana de viajar, restringir a los refugiados, prepararse para construir una pared en la frontera con México y poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal para cientos de miles de caribeños y centroamericanos. La administración de Trump está intensificando las redadas y auditorías en lugares de trabajo para deportar a más inmigrantes y dejarlos sin trabajo y poner fin a la Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia o el programa DACA, poniendo en riesgo a 700,000 jóvenes en este país deportación.
For the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, Fight Back! is reprinting the Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League. Drafted by Marx in 1850, this work shows Marx to be above all else, a revolutionary.
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) calls for the immediate release of Colombian peace negotiator Jesús Santrich, who is under arrest pursuant to an extradition request from the U.S.
This year, International Workers Day on May 1 is important for the labor and immigrant rights movements. For over a year now, the people have faced an onslaught of attacks from President Trump’s right-wing administration. Trump’s White House wants to enact the agenda of billionaires and bigots at all costs, whether through tax breaks for the rich, or through cruel raids and deportations of immigrants that rip families apart.