Ukraine fighters battle Putin’s push in Donetsk

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Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023
Woman holds sign, “Ukraine: not our enemies, but our brothers,” at monument to Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka in Moscow Jan. 21. Bouquets, toys placed at sites in 50 cities protesting Moscow’s deadly Jan. 14 strike on Dnipro apartments show growing opposition to Putin’s war.

Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he is intensifying efforts to bomb its people into submission. His regime, whose origins lie in the KGB political police apparatus of the former Soviet Union, aims…


Memphis cops charged with murder in killing of Tyre Nichols

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023

ATLANTA — Five members of a Memphis police specialized “crime suppression” unit were fired and charged with second-degree murder and other felonies Jan. 26 after city authorities reviewed videos showing them brutally beating Tyre Nichols 19 days earlier. The 29-year-old…


Baluchistan protests: ‘End death penalty! For freedom!’

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023
Protesters chanted, “No monarchy, no Supreme Leader,” at Jan. 27 action in Baluchistan, Iran.

Despite stepped-up harassment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij thugs, thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iran’s Baluchistan region Jan. 27 to call for an end to government repression. The nationwide protests for “Women, life, freedom”…





Mary-Alice Waters: Tribute to the life of Iraida Aguirrechu

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023

The following tribute to Iraida Aguirrechu was delivered by Mary-Alice Waters during a brief ceremony on Jan. 11 at the Pantheon of Internationalist Combatants, located in the Colón Cemetery, Havana, Cuba, where Aguirrechu’s ashes are interred. Waters is the president…


Iraida Aguirrechu, a life made possible by Cuba’s revolution

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023
Iraida Aguirrechu, right, of Editora Política, at Feb. 6, 2006, Havana International Book Fair presentation of Our History Is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution. From left, Cuban Vice President José Ramón Fernández; generals Gustavo Chui, Armando Choy and Moisés Sío Wong; Pathfinder President Mary-Alice Waters.

Iraida Aguirrechu was one of the hundreds of thousands of Cuban women and men whose entire life trajectory was shaped — and made possible — by Cuba’s socialist revolution. A revolution that has defied more than six decades of attempts…


HarperCollins strikers rally for higher pay, union rights

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023
Workers on strike against HarperCollins and supporters protest Jan. 18 in New York City in fight for higher pay and in defense of their union, United Auto Workers Local 2110.

NEW YORK — More than 150 workers on strike against HarperCollins and their supporters held an enthusiastic protest in front of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp — the parent company of the publishing house — Jan. 18, the 50th day some…


25, 50 and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 87/No. 6 - February 13, 2023

February 16, 1998 From speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro at January 25 ceremony concluding the visit of Pope John Paul II. “Cuba does not know fear; it despises lies, it listens with respect, it believes in its ideas, it…