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Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 61 No. 41 Oct. 10, 2019 $1 General strike rocks Ecuador

By Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez strike of truckers, bus and taxi drivers Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador on Oct. 3-4. That strike by itself para- lyzed the country in the transport unions’ Oct. 7—Support​ for a call for a general unsuccessful attempt to save the more strike in Ecuador has grown quickly in the than four-decades-old subsidy. past few days, bringing the country to the The national government suspended brink of a change in government. school classes Oct. 3-4, which added The latest upsurge in mass struggle weight to the protests. On Oct. 3, Moreno began after the unpopular President imposed a state of exception, which for Lenín Moreno issued a decree on Oct. 1 the next 60 days nullified the freedoms of ending subsidies for diesel and extra gas- assembly and association (without men- oline with ethanol, fuels used for nearly tioning the constitutional right of resis- all vehicles. Moreno did this following the tance). The state of exception also allowed International Monetary Fund’s require- Moreno to flee his presidential palace in ments for granting Ecuador a loan. Since Quito to the military base in Guayaquil. Oct. 2, many thousands of citizens from The National Assembly is not in ses- PHOTO: TELESUR all social sectors have gone out into the sion, and people don’t know who is actu- A contingent of Indigenous peoples marches to Quito, with 20,000 expected to arrive Oct. 8. streets in numerous Ecuadorian cities ally running the government. People all and villages every day. over the country continue to defy the Oct. 7: “47 members of the military were “This struggle is the response of the The massive mobilization taking place president’s orders. detained [by the people] after they used people to the declaration made by Lenín now far exceeds the two-day nationwide Resumen Latino American reported tear gas bombs to attack the inhabitants Moreno days ago, a declaration that goes of the community of Tixan, in the canton according to specifications decreed by the of Clausí, in Chimborazo Province.” IMF. We are responding because these The leaders of the Confederation of economic measures presented by Lenín Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador Moreno are totally diluting our rights, a (CONAIE) and the United Workers Front historical conquest of human rights that (FUT) announced a national strike of activ- was achieved [through struggle]. ities on Oct. 9. It is significant that both “This is really the expression of the these groups supported the president 20 people. We are here in a peaceful way months ago in his successful attempt to with a passionate heart, with a fist in the push through a reactionary referendum air. We want the government to fall, yes. and are now breaking with him. But we’ll go forward without violence. It’s hard; it’s always with the revolution. In The strike in Ibarra and Imbabura the head and in the heart. Ibarra is a city of 300,000 people, about “We are protesting in peace and they 100 miles north of Quito, the capital. throw the horses at us ... they are shoot- Christian Pabón, a leader of the youth ing pellets at us … they are shooting gas wing of the Revolución Ciudadana canisters at our bodies … the only thing WW PHOTO: MICHAEL OTTO (Citizen’s Revolution), spoke passionately we have is our voice, our screams, our Youth leader Christian Pabón by Ibarra’s obelisk on Oct. 4 says, ‘We are protesting in peace at the Ibarra Obelisk on Oct. 4: and they throw the horses at us.’ Continued on page 8

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By Monica Moorehead FIRE (Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere) to New York get Greyhound to stop collaborating with ICE as it targets ◆ In the U.S. immigrants on its buses for arrest and deportation. NYC celebration of women laundry workers . . . 2 The Laundry Workers Center held a fundraising gala at Cultural performances at the gala were provided by the St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan on Oct. 4. The center’s Villalobos Brothers and Mimi Berkova. Contradictions in the impeachment struggle . . . 3 political philosophy “is rooted in organizing workers and For more information on the LWC and how you can sup- In fourth week, GM strikers battle on ...... 4 building their leadership skills and political power through port the organization, go to laundryworkerscenter.org and Fair Pay to Play for student-athletes ...... 4 a variety of worker-led tools and tactics, including taking facebook.com/lwc.org. ☐ Subway struggle: ‘Accessibility, not cops!’ . . . . .5 direct action at the workplace, serving as their own voice to media outlets, speaking out as members of the community, On the picket line ...... 5 and acting as their own advocates at the negotiation table.” Philly cop corruption cover-ups ...... 6 (laundryworkerscenter.org/our-mission) Free H. Rap Brown/Imam Jamil Al-Amin! . . . .6 The theme of the gala was “Sin Fronteras! Without Pensacola people’s victory, killer cop fired . . . . 7 Borders—​Celebrating the Victories of Women Laundry Workers.” The event raised awareness and funds for the The conviction of Amber Guyger ...... 7 important ongoing work of the LWC in organizing low- Inmates fight for health in Frackville ...... 7 wage, predominantly im/migrant, workers. Solidarity rally with Boston hotel strikers . . . . .8 These workers are forced to endure higher incidence Office hours with Professor Abu-Jamal . . . . . 10 of wage theft, intolerable working conditions and sexual abuse. The LWC has been in the forefront of organizing ◆ Around the world and defending the workers, many of whom—​especially the women—​come without a voice but with solidarity General strike rocks Ecuador ...... 1 on the job and in the streets and soon become organizers Cuba, reforestation and the climate crisis, Part 1 . .9 themselves. 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By Fred Goldstein On Biden the ‘victim’ Biden, who has been made the victim of Posted on lowwagecapitalism.com, Trump’s maneuvers, is a thoroughly reac- Sept. 29, 2019. tionary racist, sexist politician, in addition to being a foreign policy reactionary. The impeachment struggle against In 1991, Biden was head of the Senate Trump poses many contradictions. panel that oversaw the persecution of Anita On the one hand, hundreds of millions Hill by 10 white male senators who allowed of people around the world would like her to be vilified by Clarence Thomas, who to see Trump brought down in the hope had been nominated for the Supreme that this will alleviate his administration’s Court. (Thomas went on to be one of the oppressive, racist and corrupt rule. most reactionary members of the court.) On the other hand, the impeachment Biden presided over the hearings and par- struggle is, at bottom, a struggle by var- ticipated in her vilification. Among other ious factions of the ruling class to keep things, as the head of the panel, he failed to Trump from undermining the strength of investigate her allegations against Thomas, U.S. imperialism at home and abroad. failed to bring her witnesses before the Tens of millions have suffered from committee and acted as if he did not believe Trump’s various forms of reaction. From her. (Washington Post, April 26, 2019) New York City, Dec. 14, 2017. the gag rule against abortion counseling, In 1994, Biden was a Senate leader. He to immigrant families separated from wrote the largest crime bill in U.S. history their children, to Muslims and immi- trust and instead turned them over to his the camp of the militarists. What the and got it passed in the Senate. The bill grants whom he has vilified, to Iranians sons. He has had military flight crews stay Democrats failed to see was Trump’s added 60 new death penalty offenses; it suffering under sanctions, to Venezuelans at his hotels as paying customers. And complete domination of the Republican eliminated Pell grants that had allowed and Cubans under threat from all sides, the Saudi monarchy, among others, has Party and his ability to intimidate both the prisoners to get an education; it made it to Palestinians under Israeli occupation, rented entire floors in his D.C. hotel. House and Senate Republicans. So until extremely difficult for death row inmates to Zimbabweans under U.S. sanctions and So openly trying to get a foreign gov- they won the majority in the House, the to appeal; it provided for funding for environmentalists watching the admin- ernment to put a hit on Biden, his politi- Democrats were stymied. 100,000 more cops on the streets; it istration allow the extreme pollution of cal opponent, is just business as usual for Nancy Pelosi was stalling on open- appropriated $9.7 billion for more pris- the air, drinking water, land and oceans. Trump and the corrupt circle around him. ing up an impeachment struggle despite ons; and it included the notorious “three Trump has cultivated the ultra right and the numerous crimes of Trump­—against strikes” provision, which mandated life fascist elements with his racist defense of Democratic Party leadership immigrants, women, his open profiteering and Ukraine scandal sentences for anyone convicted of crimes killer cops as well as attacks on African from the presidency, etc. Then, the revela- three separate times. and Caribbean countries. The Democratic Party leadership has tion about the Ukraine issue fell into the Under Biden’s and Bill Clinton’s lead- On the other hand, Trump has antag- been given new life in the struggle against Democrats’ lap. Trump bumbled into a ership, mass incarceration, which had onized sections of the ruling class as Trump by the Ukraine scandal. Trump misstep, which then came to the surface begun in the late 1970s, expanded espe- well. He has weakened the NATO alli- tried to withhold $400 million in military and the Democrats have seized upon it. cially in the federal prisons. ance; pulled out of the U.S.-sponsored aid to the reactionary regime in Kiev—the​ Transpacific Partnership; pulled out of regime fighting the independence forces Background to the Ukraine crisis Impeachment leaves the the Paris Climate Agreement; abused the in eastern Ukraine—​until Kiev came up It is no accident that the Ukraine issue masses out of the struggle Mexican government, the Canadian gov- with dirt on Joe Biden, Trump’s electoral has become the focus of the impeach- The impeachment process is strictly for ernment and the German government; opponent. ment struggle. It was the Obama admin- ruling-class politicians and lawyers. They sided with the Brexit forces in Britain; Trump did so openly in a telephone call istration, with Joe Biden as vice president shape the charges and the arguments. and done numerous things to offend the that was partially recorded in notes taken and Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, They call and question the witnesses. The allies of U.S. imperialism and to damage by Trump officials. Some versions of those that overthrew the elected government masses are totally shut out of the process the military and diplomatic structure built notes were made public, and in them of Ukraine under Viktor Yanukovych in and their grassroots interests do not see up by Washington over decades. Trump tells the Ukrainian prime minister, February 2014. the light of day. Three hundred so-called national secu- Volodymyr Zelensky, to “do me a favor” The Obama/Biden/Clinton admin- Trump should be tried for a whole host rity experts have supported the articles of and “look into corruption” by Biden and istration collaborated with fascist ele- of crimes against the people. Witnesses impeachment. What are “national secu- his son Hunter. Trump had held up the ments to put a right-wing government in should be called, like immigrant moth- rity” officials? They are the CIA, FBI, military aid that Congress allocated to power in Kiev. It is important to go back ers who have been separated from their National Security Council and all the Ukraine well before the phone call, thus to the tape-recorded phone conversa- children. Black, Latinx, Native and Asian agents of sabotage, subversion, special using the aid as leverage. tion between Assistant Secretary of State people who have been victims of racism operations and dirty tricks whose job it The Ukraine question is like Russiagate, Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt, the should testify against Trump’s casual is to undermine, remove or destroy all on a smaller scale. But politically, it is, in U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, in February remarks equating Nazis to those oppos- obstacles to the advancement of U.S. cap- essence, the same thing. The Democrats 2014. ing Nazis and white supremacy. italist and imperialist interests at home first opposed Trump by playing the Russia The European Union was planning a LGBTQ2S people who have had friends and abroad. card over and over. Instead of pointing soft takeover of Ukraine, trying to under- murdered or beaten by Trump-loving big- out the outrageous disenfranchisement mine that country’s economic ties with Trump’s corruption ots should testify. Black people whose rel- of masses of voters, particularly people Russia. The U.S. intervened in its own atives have been killed or beaten by racist Of course, it would be foolhardy to of color, and instead of attacking Trump’s interests by encouraging fascist mobs cops should be allowed to tell their stories ignore Trump’s corruption. The Biden racism, misogyny, and anti-worker and to call for the overthrow of the elected indicting Trump. The same should apply scandal would not have come out if he anti-environmental policies, they focused government. A right-wing faction in the to people who have lost their health care, were not so contemptuous of capitalist endlessly on the cry of collusion with Ukraine Parliament pulled the police off their pensions, their jobs, etc. norms and processes. It is hard to mea- Russia. the streets, allowing the mobs to break Furthermore, it would be one thing if sure degrees of corruption in bourgeois First of all, these Democrats are allied up parliament. That is when Nuland Trump were impeached under pressure politics, since it is so pervasive, but usu- with the military-industrial complex. made the infamous “F--k the EU” com- from the enraged masses in the streets, ally presidents wait until they leave office But second of all, they assumed that this ment in which she openly expressed on the campuses and in the workplaces. to enrich themselves. Trump did not wait. would be the easiest way to go about fight- Washington’s preference for the ultra But at present, the masses are relying on He openly cashes in on the presidency ing Trump. If there is anything about the right-wing Fatherland Party, rife with the ruling class to fight their battle against to bolster his personal fortune right out ruling class that is generally recognized, fascists, to take over the government. Trump. He and his whole administration in the open and in defiance of capitalist it is their hostility to Russia (and China). (Washington Post, Feb. 6, 2014) When and their enablers should be swept into political decorum. He has spent 300 days So the quickest and easiest way to attack the smoke cleared, the Fatherland Party jail for their crimes. That might bring of his presidency on Trump properties Trump is to call him soft on Russia and a was in office and President Yanukovych some genuine relief to the working class friend of Vladimir Putin. was forced to flee. spending government money. He has and oppressed. ☐ refused to put his properties in a blind This put the Democrats squarely in

High Tech, Low Pay Low-Wage Capitalism A Marxist Analysis of the Describes in sweeping detail the ­drastic Changing Character effect on the working class in the United States of new technology and Capitalism of the Working Class the restructuring of global capitalism in at a Dead End the post-Soviet era. It uses Karl Marx’s Job destruction, overproduction By Sam Marcy with an updated law of wages and other findings to and crisis in the high-tech era introduction by Fred Goldstein, show that these developments are not author of Low Wage Capitalism. only continuing to drive down wages For more information on these books and other but are creating the material basis for writings by the author, Fred Goldstein, go to future social upheaval. Free download available at workers.org/books/ LowWageCapitalism.com Page 4 Oct. 10, 2019 workers.org

Biggest U.S. strike in over a decade GM strikers battle on

By Martha Grevatt President Terry Dittes gave workers an update, stating Parma, Ohio that “good progress” had been made, including a path to permanent status for temporary workers. The next day As the biggest (numerically) U.S. strike in over a he informed strikers that negotiations had “taken a turn decade enters its fourth week, General Motors workers for the worse.” are showing no signs of giving in. While they would like With all the publicity around corruption in the UAW to see some resolution and return to work, they don’t International leadership, and the paucity of specific want to go back in with a bad contract. The 49,000 information from their negotiators, rank-and-file work- United Auto Workers’ members want to see “temporary” ers aren’t sure how much to believe about the deal being and lower-paid “in progression” workers brought up to negotiated. In the past, the International has pitched con- top pay and given equal benefits. “Everyone Tier One!” cessionary contracts that contained the current language has become a popular picket sign. allowing the deplorable treatment of temporary workers. There are also demands to cancel plant closings, raise What strikers understand clearly is the sharp class retiree pensions and give every worker a decent pay WW PHOTO: MARTHA GREVATT conflict between GM’s determination to shrink workers’ increase. Workers know that the company, which made Striking members of UAW Local 1005 outside the GM plant pay and UAW members’ equally fierce determination to $35 billion in clear profit over the past four years, can in Parma, Ohio. Oct. 7, day 22 of the strike. win wage equity, job security and a bigger share of the well afford to address all their concerns. value they produce. Their strong will is a factor in the The capitalist press has repeated on a near-daily productivity and get more work for the same or less pay. negotiations, which are continuing. basis GM’s complaint that its U.S labor costs hover Moreover, GM, Ford and FCA have all cut costs via the Solidarity with the strike continues to build. The around $62 an hour—​higher than Ford, Fiat Chrysler outsourcing and subcontracting of work previously done Michigan state chapter of the American Federation of Automobiles (FCA) or the non-union plants of Asian and by the Detroit Three UAW workers. Teachers has called on its members to join the picket European auto companies. This misleads the public into GM employs the biggest number of autoworkers in lines. The NFL Players Association has just pledged believing that autoworkers make that figure in hourly Mexico; it has more workers in China than in the U.S. its support. UAW Local 961, representing the FCA wages. But the amount includes many other labor costs, Pay for these workers doesn’t begin to approach $62 an Marysville Axle Plant, delivered 30,000 pounds of food such as pension contributions, vacation and holiday pay, hour. South Korean GM workers are striking at the same to Local 22 at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck assembly and health insurance. In 2007, the year of the last GM time as their U.S. counterparts—also​ for higher wages plant. Ford workers in Turkey are the latest to send an strike, pay was closer to $80 an hour. and to make temporary workers permanent. international solidarity message. What isn’t often said is that labor costs are less The list goes on of unions here and abroad that see the than 5 percent of a vehicle’s price tag, and that over- Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst GM workers’ fight as their fight. all labor costs per vehicle fall with each new generation Strikers were on a bit of an emotional roller coaster Grevatt is a retired UAW FCA worker and serves on of automation technology, which is designed to raise the weekend of October 5-6. On Saturday, UAW Vice the Executive Board of UAW Local 869.

Fair Pay to Play Act A step forward to empower student-athletes

By Monica Moorehead “The university is making a ton of money off your likeness ... [but] the moment you decide to make some The Fair Pay to Play Act was signed into law by money off your likeness, you can’t play there anymore. California Gov. Gavin Newsome on Sept. 30. Newsome You’re ineligible. You’re suspended. It’s backwards.” signed the SB206 on “The Uninterrupted,” a multimedia (San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 30) platform show hosted and produced by LeBron James, Green’s comments expressed the sentiments of many the superstar forward with the National Basketball other former college athletes whose universities profited off Association’s storied franchise, the Los Angeles Lakers. their popularity. Basketball icon LeBron James has stated This law will not go into effect until January 2023. that one reason he decided to forego college and go directly What is FPtoP? First of all, the name is a misnomer into the NBA from high school was fear of being super-ex- because the bill has nothing to do with schools paying stu- ploited. This even though he was the most sought-after dent-athletes a fair wage like other workers for their labor. recruit in the U.S. when he was drafted at age 17. Instead, according to espn.com, this bill “makes it ille- It is no coincidence that the athletes most affected gal for schools to prevent an athlete from earning money Before Shabazz Napier, wearing number 13, played for and by this super-exploitation are African American, many by selling the rights to his or her name, image or likeness won the 2014 NCAA championship for the University of of whom hope that college will be a bridge from a life to outside bidders.” (Sept. 30) The bill gives student-ath- Connecticut, he said: “There's hungry nights where I'm not of poverty to being drafted into either the NBA or the letes the right, if they wish, to hire agents to represent able to eat,” because his limited food stipend did not give National Football League, where the potential of earning them to be compensated if approached by big name cor- him enough money for food. millions of dollars awaits. The truth is that only a very porations like Nike or smaller vendors. small percentage of athletes are lucky enough to make it Nine other state legislatures—​Colorado, Florida, and compensation came close to $4 million in 2017. He to the pros, coming out of either high school or college. Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, believes SB206 will blur the lines between amateur and That is why the long-term struggle of advancing from Pennsylvania and South Carolina—​are now debating professional sports on a wider scale. In other words, the a bill like FPtoP to legal recognition of student-athletes similar bills. NCAA hierarchy fears that athletes being compensated as workers is inevitable. Back in 2014, Northwestern All California athletes—​identified as male, female will make “amateur” sports and the NCAA obsolete if it University football players filed a petition before the and gender nonconforming—​will be covered. But over- leads to a similar federal law. National Labor Relations Board asking for the right to whelmingly those who have the most to gain will be ath- unionize with the same rights as university employees, letes who play football and basketball. These two sports NCAA is a ‘dictatorship’ including the right to collectively bargain. alone bring millions of dollars, along with prestige, into Consider the fact that the NCAA brought in more than The players had the backing of the College Athletes the coffers of athletic programs and school endowments $1 billion during the 2016-17 season. Three-fourths came Players Association, a United Steelworkers-supported on an annual basis. from contracts with TV and livestreaming the annual organization that sought to represent them as workers. Many universities have multibillion-dollar endow- March Madness men’s national basketball tournament. In essence, these players were allying themselves with ments, larger than the economies of developing coun- Arenas that play host to regional games, the Final Four low-wage university workers such as graduate student tries, and can afford to pay their athletic coaches millions and the national championship game during the tour- assistants and student janitors. of dollars. Salaries of the top ten National Collegiate nament become standing-room-only due to the players’ However, the NLRB struck down their petition in Athletic Association coaches in 2019 ranged from $6.2 skills and talent, and nothing else. August 2015, siding with the NCAA and university million to $8.9 million a year, according to thebest- The NCAA also brings in tens of millions of dollars administrations, which want to keep athletes powerless, schools.org website. for end-of-the year college football games like the Rose with no living wage and no real protection in terms of These colleges and universities, whether Division I, II Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. their safety on the field or the court, where devastat- or III, operate under the auspices of the NCAA, a non- Draymond Green, a three-time champion with the ing injuries can and do occur. Instead, the NCAA tried profit organization of over 1,110 schools that connects Golden State Warriors and a former star player for the to appease these players and others by providing a few sports to academics. Michigan State Spartans, stated at a press conference that more crumbs like increased funding for scholarships, Though the NCAA may pay for a player’s scholar- the NCAA is a “dictatorship.” (nba.nbcsports.com, Oct. 4) food stipends and health care. ship—​tuition, room and board, and a stipend from When asked to comment on the FPtoP bill, Green said, The FPtoP bill may have legal limitations, but it will be semester to semester—this​ is far from being a paycheck. “As a former college athlete, that’s exciting. You spend remembered for helping to launch a much larger struggle The main opposition spokesperson against SB206 has so much time in college broke, with no money, and yet for student-athletes and their allies to fight for their right- been NCAA President Mark Emmert, whose own salary everybody else was living very well. ful place as workers within the global working class. ☐ workers.org Oct. 10, 2019 Page 5

Subway struggle ‘We want accessibility, not more cops!’

By Tony Murphy practice of cops targeting Black and Brown riders who New York City can’t afford the fare. This people’s campaign pushed back, getting the city’s On Oct. 3, leaders in the disability rights movement district attorney to say in 2017 that arrests of fare evad- led the latest in a growing movement of underground ers would be cut back. However, in Fall 2018 the MTA subway actions against the MTA’s racist police crack- began a countercampaign, claiming it was losing $260 down on “farebeaters.” million a year from turnstile jumpers. Activists with the People’s MTA joined the People’s Power Assembly NYC for a protest in Brooklyn’s Barclays ‘The subway should be free’ Center station, a major transit hub connecting multiple But what about the MTA payment of at least $3 bil- subway lines. lion a year to Wall Street banks for debt service? That’s The main demand was that money be spent making tax-free money that rich firms rake in for doing literally subways accessible with elevators and ramps—​rather nothing, while “fare evaders” are just poor and working than on surveillance cameras and ever-increasing police people stretched to their financial limit. presence, which all statistics show focus disproportion- Adopting a pleading tone, the MTA’s anti-fare-evasion ately on Black and Brown riders. campaign has included thousands of subway ads implor- Carrying placards that read, “Our Subways Need $ for ing the riding public not to jump turnstiles, but support- Elevators, Not More Cops” and “End Broken Windows ing the message with the threat of repression. Policing in the Subway,” activists made it clear who the Repression breeds resistance. The ads have been real farebeaters are: Wall Street firms draining billions widely mocked, many plastered over with stickers blast- from the MTA. ing the MTA for blaming the poor. “The MTA spends billions in debt service to the One sticker reads, “The MTA Hates Poor People banks,” said Mary Kaessinger, a disability rights leader #SwipeItForward.” Another mimicked the MTA ads, but and wheelchair user, as activists passed out leaflets to read: “See someone evading the fare? Maybe they don’t commuters, “and they don’t provide good train service have $2.75. Maybe they were laid off. Maybe the ticket to the people of this city.” machines are broken.” Alluding to the Swipe It Forward The MTA has recently cut service on at least eleven campaign, the bottom of the faux ad reads, “Don’t snitch. bus lines, including Brooklyn's busiest line—NYC's Swipe.” second busiest—and is planning to cut 2,700 transit Members of the People’s Power Assembly NYC have WW PHOTO: JAMIE MCLEAN worker jobs. It has also removed printed schedules from been holding dynamic actions on the trains, going from Disability rights leaders Mary Kaessinger and Terrea bus stops, requiring riders to use smartphones — which car to car with placards—“Poverty​ Is Not A Crime, The Mitchell at Brooklyn subway station protest on Oct. 3. not everyone can afford or is able to use. Subway Should be Free”—and​ leaflets: “The MTA pays At the same time, the MTA announced it was flooding $7 million A DAY to Wall Street for loans taken out 100 This was a significant concession and a huge advance the subway with 1,000 more cops and outfitting stations years ago, while people are struggling to pay rent, their in the fight for true transit accessibility. Yet it lacked with surveillance cameras. medical bills, their student loans and the $2.75 fare that what many in the disability rights movement have been Terrea Mitchell, an African-American leader with the is continuously rising.” demanding: the MTA signing a legally binding commit- PPA NYC who is sight-impaired, did not mince words The Barclays Center action combined righteous ment to create accessible stations. when cops approached the Barclay’s Center protesters. anti-racist sentiment with the demand for accessibility. Without that, the MTA accessibility announcement “We don’t need more cops; we need accessibility,” she This demand has been part of a campaign targeting the could end up being another unfunded promise. The Oct. told them. MTA which includes protests, a constant presence by 7 cover of a free daily New York newspaper stated simply, Even before this year’s increase in police, the preda- wheelchair users at MTA board meetings, and a slew of “Experts concerned about how the MTA will pay its bills.” tory and racist nature of subway policing gave rise to the lawsuits the MTA is spending millions fighting in court. Uniting the many sectors of our class who face oppres- Swipe It Forward campaign. It was started by groups like The campaign has yielded results. Recently the MTA sion in the city’s public transportation system is the best the Bronx’s Why Accountability to combat the oppressive announced the creation of new elevators in 70 stations. chance of forcing the MTA to do the right thing. ☐

Two days before a strike was to begin Sept. 30 at That gives child-care providers the ability to organize for all seven public universities in the Oregon University improvements on the job, while setting the stage for the System, Service Employees Union (SEIU) Local 503 largest union election and organizing campaign in the announced a tentative agreement that covers about country for better wages and benefits, retirement plan- On the 4,500 university support workers—​food preparation, ning and training. The bill empowers the unions to con- grounds and building maintenance, custodial services, tact workers around the state so they can attend worker student registration and financial aid assistance, and orientation meetings. (Sacramento Bee, Sept. 30) tech support. Assemblymember Monique Límon, who authored The two-year contract includes a 3 percent raise retro- the bill, says the victory is “especially [for] women, who picket ine active to July 1 and a 2.1 percent raise on July 1, 2020. It are the great majority of the child care workforce in our By Alex Bolchi and Suel Davis gives an additional 2.5 percent increase on Nov. 1 to work- state.” (Asian Journal, Oct. 4) California becomes the ers with at least five years seniority, who are at the top of 12th state where child care workers can unionize when the pay scale for their classification. Local 503 reported the law takes effect Jan. 1, 2020! 11,500 teachers, staff win it’s the largest cost-of-living raise that university support workers have received in more than a decade. Low-wage worker summit contracts at Oregon universities Not only did the university system back off on a proposal to increase workers’ contributions to health pushes to #OrganizeTheSouth Nearly 7,000 workers at Oregon Health and Science care, but it also dropped a proposal to charge low-paid University won raises and other improvements when University of Oregon food service workers more for Over 120 low-wage workers converged in Durham, ratifying a new three-year contract by 98.9 percent their shift meals. And it agreed to allow 48 hours of paid N.C., on Sept. 14 to organize and unite the working-class on Sept. 9. Members of American Federation of State, leave if campuses are shut down because of inclement movement. The Worker Power Summit was hosted by County and Municipal Employees Local 328 get a lump weather. (NW Labor Press, Oct. 2) NC Raise Up/Fight For $15 as part of its seven-year sum bonus payment of $1,000 and a raise of 3.25 percent organizing effort. It featured workshops on the connec- now, plus an additional 3 percent on July 1 in 2020 and California child care workers tions among poverty wages, racism and the history of 2021. Workers also get 50 cents more an hour for week- union suppression in the South. (WITN.com, Sept. 14) end work and $1 more an hour for training co-workers. win union rights! Writing in Facing South magazine, Rebekah Barber wit- OHSU also agreed to a yearly contribution of $100,000 nessed how attendees made it clear it’s “not by accident to an employee hardship fund managed by Local 328 Nearly 40,000 California at-home child care workers that the country’s poorest region is also where states that will provide relief for needed food, transportation, won the right to bargain collectively on Sept. 30, thanks have historically made it hard to organize and collec- housing and education. to worker advocacy that pushed for union rights for 16 tively bargain.” (Sept. 19) Meanwhile, Local 328 has a legal case against OHSU: years. As it stands now, California child care workers Some attendees reported how bosses keep people of an unfair labor practice charge filed Aug. 8 with the earn poverty wages and no benefits. different races separated at work to discourage racial sol- Oregon Employment Relations Board. OHSU violated The “Building a Better Early Care and Education idarity. Keynote speaker MaryBe McMillan of the N.C. its duty to bargain in good faith when two members of its System Act” was co-sponsored by two unions: the Service AFL-CIO raised how systemic change in the U.S. won’t team used fake Twitter and Facebook accounts to pose Employees union (SEIU) California and the American come from Trump or any person vying to be president. It as employees and undermine the union on social media. Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. will come through “uniting and building a bigger, bolder A hearing was scheduled for Oct. 1. (NW Labor Press, Workers won the ability to unionize and bargain collec- labor movement.” ☐ Sept. 18) tively with the state Department of Human Resources. Page 6 Oct. 10, 2019 workers.org Smash white supremacy! Stop cop killing! End prison slavery! ‘This Shit Ain’t New!’ Philly cop corruption cover-ups

By Betsey Piette filed new appeal briefs as We know that the fix was in for Mumia, Philadelphia well as a request, based on for the MOVE family and for every their finding of new evi- Black Philadelphian. But we know that Over 50 demonstrators gathered in dence in DA files, to have resistance will outlive racists like Rizzo. Center City on Oct. 4 to rally for an end his case sent back to the Resistance will bring Mumia home!” to mass incarceration and cop corruption Philadelphia Common Several speakers denounced the FOP’s cover-ups under the slogan: “This Shit Pleas Court for a new hear- intervention on behalf of cops either Ain’t New! Cop Corruption Cover-ups ing. In a Sept. 17 filing, fired or convicted of serious crimes, only Continue.” The protest took place at the Krasner’s office said it did to have them returned to policing city bitterly contested statue of Frank Rizzo, not oppose this motion by streets. One police commander accused notoriously racist and fascistic former Abu-Jamal. of sexual harassment of at least four police commissioner and later mayor of A press release from female cops was promoted to supervise Philadelphia. Mobilization4Mumia, the Special Victims Unit. Speakers called for freedom for Mumia which initiated the count- Following the rally, demonstrators took Abu-Jamal, the remaining imprisoned er-FOP protest, stated: to the streets, curb-to-curb, blocking traf- Philadelphia, Oct. 4. WW PHOTO: JOE PIETTE MOVE 9 members, and all unjustly con- “Among the thousands of fic as they marched around City Hall and victed prisoners. They were respond- unfair convictions over the down South Broad Street where they held ing to the Philadelphia Fraternal Order decades in Philadelphia is that of Mumia cops in 2014, 2015 and 2016 created a mini-rally outside the historically rac- of Police’s staged show of concern held Abu-Jamal. Recent court decisions and the conditions [of organizing] that put ist and sexist Union League. The march earlier that day at FOP headquarters newly discovered evidence in his case Larry Krasner into office. Our consistent finally ended at 13th and Locust streets, for “victims of crime.” The FOP high- have confirmed what his supporters have demand was that we were going to bring site of the 1981 shooting for which Abu- lighted Maureen Faulkner, widow of the been arguing since 1981—that​ his arrest, Mumia home.” Jamal was falsely convicted. A moment of cop whose death was used to send activ- trial and appeals were rife with police, silence was held for all victims of police ist-journalist Abu-Jamal to death row. prosecutorial and judicial violations of FOP: protecting the system, not people brutality, including two MOVE 9 mem- Police from the “victims” event later the constitution. Ted Kelly, speaking for Workers World bers, Merle Africa and Phil Africa, who rallied at the office of Philadelphia “Police terror and over-zealous pros- Party, read from Abu-Jamal’s book, “Have died during incarceration. District Attorney Larry Krasner, calling ecution have resulted in the conviction Black Lives Ever Mattered?” describing Organizations that participated in for his removal from participation in of countless innocent people and mass the police as servants of capital, of those the rally included Mobilization4Mumia, Abu-Jamal’s ongoing appeals process. incarceration. Intimidation and manipu- who run this system from the bank vaults International Concerned Family and The counter-FOP protesters pointed lation of witnesses, hiding evidence, dis- and corporate offices. Kelly addressed the Friends of Mumia, Food Not Bombs out that the FOP and supporters are crimination in jury selection, ineffective function of the FOP and how it came to be Solidarity, Philly for REAL Justice, mobilizing against everyone who wants counsel, judicial bias—​these and other established, not as a real workers’ union, Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, to end police misconduct. They empha- unfair systemic failings in Abu-Jamal’s but as a structure used by police to exert Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, sized that the FOP’s showcasing of and other cases cause unjust imprison- political power. The FOP has a multimil- Occupy PHA, Revolutionary Abolitionist Faulkner showed contempt for friends ment of our community members. At lion-dollar slush fund designed to buy Movement, International Action Center, and relatives of thousands of Philly fami- the same time the courts excuse police politicians and judges. Occupy ICE, Workers’ Solidarity Network, lies whose loved ones have been unfairly violence.” Morgan Malachi, also with REAL Free Mumia Coalition (NYC), ACT-UP, imprisoned and murdered by cops. Many The peoples’ rally was chaired by Justice, stated: “Rizzo was the grandfa- Black Lives Matter Philly, Black Alliance of those victims’ names were called out at Megan Malachi, from Philly for REAL ther of racist Facebook posts. Instead of for Peace, Philadelphia Tenants Union, the rally’s end. Justice, who said: “Those of us who were a computer, he used the media. He had MOVE and Workers World Party. ☐ On Sept. 3, Abu-Jamal’s attorneys beat down in the streets by Philadelphia years of stacking his influence in this city.

Targeted by the FBI Free H. Rap Brown/ Imam Jamil Al-Amin!

By Dianne Mathiowetz and disinformation to assassination and manhunt was called for the former H. Rap Atlanta framed-up charges—​was employed under Brown—​who when captured had no evi- this secret program instituted by FBI dence of wounds. A two-day conference, “Re-Learning Director J. Edgar Hoover. Imam Jamil was charged with 13 H. Rap Brown,” was held in Atlanta H. Rap Brown was considered so dan- criminal counts, including the murder Oct. 4 and 5. Those dates mark the glob- gerous to the status quo that in 1968 the of one deputy and the wounding of the ally known Black freedom fighter's 76th U.S. Congress passed the “Rap Brown” other. Much evidence was not allowed at birthday and the 50th anniversary of pub- Federal Anti-Riot Act, making it illegal to his trial, including a confession by Otis lication of his ground-shaking book, “Die travel from one state to another, write a Jackson that he was the shooter. Nigger Die,” a searing account of white letter, make a phone call or speak on radio Imam Jamil Al-Amin was convicted supremacy and racist violence. or television with the “intent” to encour- and sentenced to life without parole. A Multiple panels composed of move- age a person to riot. judicial gag order forbidding any media ment veterans, scholars, family members Following his conversion to Islam interviews exists to this day. and former political prisoners provided while in New York state prison from 1971 Until August 2007, Al-Amin was held historical information, personal stories to 1976, Imam Jamil Al-Amin moved to in 23-hour involuntary lockdown at and insights into H. Rap Brown’s leader- Atlanta, established a mosque in the city's Reidsville State Prison. Then Georgia ship, first as a SNCC (Student Nonviolent historically Black West End neighborhood Corrections officials, fearful of his influ- Coordinating Committee) chairperson and began creating programs to serve ence among Muslim prisoners, requested and then as the esteemed Muslim cleric, youth, women and senior residents being the Federal Bureau of Prisons take him Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. harmed by the presence of drug dealers. into custody. For the next seven years, he CREDIT: IJA NETWORK The program highlighted the decades of An illegal traffic stop in suburban Cobb was held in solitary confinement in the U.S. government surveillance and efforts County in May 1999 provided the pretext underground cells of a Colorado super- to undermine, distort and derail Brown’s for the repressive state apparatus to try to max prison where his health suffered. Party and others, successfully brought the organizing Black resistance to Jim Crow curtail and destroy Al-Amin's influence. After several other moves, he is currently work of H. Rap Brown in the 1960s and segregation in the South and racist Two Fulton County sheriff's deputies incarcerated in Tucson, Ariz. 70s and its continuation now by Imam oppression everywhere. showed up at Al-Amin's neighborhood Current political prisoner Mumia Jamil Al-Amin to a new generation of stu- The illegal acts committed against store on March 16, 2000, with a war- Abu-Jamal and Sekou Odinga, a recently dents and activists. Brown, others like the Rev. Dr. Martin rant related to the traffic stop. A firefight released Black Liberation Army member, For more information and to become Luther King Jr., and organizations ensued with an unknown person who, have urged the building of a mass move- involved, go to whathappened2rap.com or as varied as the Southern Christian according to the surviving deputy, was ment to demand Al-Amin's freedom from imamjamilactionnetwork.weebly.com. To Leadership Council and Students for a 5-feet, 10-inches tall with “cold grey eyes” the vengeful hands of the government. send a message of solidarity, write Imam Democratic Society were part of the FBI's and wounded by the deputies. The conference, organized by the Imam Jamil Al-Amin, #99974-555, USP Tucson, COINTELPRO plan to “neutralize” dis- Despite Jamil Al-Amin being 6-feet, Jamil Action Network, the Malcolm X U.S. Penitentiary, PO Box 24550, Tucson, sent. Every measure—​from infiltration 5-inches tall with brown eyes, a national Grassroots Movement, Workers World AZ 85734. ☐ workers.org Oct. 10, 2019 Page 7 Smash white supremacy! Stop cop killing! End prison slavery! WW commentary The conviction of Amber Guyger and fear of a ‘racial powder keg’

By Makasi Motema an innocent person. Such occurrences are state are not immune from public pres- disturbingly common and seldom result sure. The insistence of Black activists to Five years after the murder of Michael in criminal prosecution. continue to struggle, and even to escalate Brown, the people have achieved an A common failing of liberal commen- their tactics, must weigh on the minds of apparent victory: the indictment, convic- tators is the attempt to explain police prosecutors, police and politicians every- tion and impending imprisonment of a killings, and the reaction to them by the where. Any police shooting has the poten- white police officer for the murder of an justice system in legalistic terms. But laws tial to trigger a mass uprising. unarmed Black man. exist to serve those who write them and As Malcolm X said, the U.S. is a “racial Botham Jean, 26 years old, was gunned will be twisted against the oppressed at powder keg” of tension. No mayor of any down in his own apartment in Dallas, a moment’s notice. An oppressor cannot city wants to preside over the collapse Texas, by Dallas Police Officer Amber be adequately described with their own of civil order. These agents of the state, Guyger on Sept. 6, 2018. Guyger, who propaganda. This conviction should be therefore, must be hyper-aware of rising Members of Botham Jean’s family stand with a memorial portrait of the murdered lived directly beneath Botham, claimed understood in the wider context of the tensions across the U.S. They no doubt man in Dallas. she went to the wrong floor at the end of Black struggle against police violence. followed the protests on the recent anni- a 13-hour shift, entered Botham’s apart- It is about the relations of power versary of Eric Garner’s killing—​a strug- ment believing it was her own and shot between the ruling class and the work- gle that has persisted for five years—​and motivated to remain firm in the face of Botham believing he was an intruder. ing class—​particularly the nationally the decision of local activists to march liberal demands for reform. And yet, they Locally and nationally, Black Lives oppressed. The current iteration of the to the home of his murderer, Daniel must weigh that policy against sporadic Matter organizers demanded that Guyger Black Liberation struggle, in the form Pantaleo, who was eventually fired. but determined unrest—​and the threat of be punished, whether or not her improb- of Black Lives Matter, has been raging Likewise, in Dallas the Botham Jean full-blown uprisings—by​ the most militant able story was true. It’s exceedingly rare off and on for over five years. It erupted case threatened to raise tensions to a fever forces in the Black struggle. The conviction that a police officer is punished for murder, into the national consciousness during pitch. Just days after the killing, nine activ- of Amber Guyger is a result of that contra- especially when the victim is Black. Given the uprising in Ferguson, Mo., following ists were arrested for obstructing traffic diction giving way in favor of the people. the incredibly lenient standards police offi- Michael Brown’s death. Since then, there during a Dallas Cowboys football game. While this conviction cannot be viewed cers face in the aftermath of a shooting, it’s have been dramatic high points and quiet And when those activists remained in jail as the start of a major sea change, it shows surprising that Guyger was indicted at all, lows, but the movement refuses to abate. for several days—​more time behind bars the power of nationally oppressed peo- and even given a 10-year sentence. than Guyger has yet seen—further​ protests ples within the U.S. working class. There It’s true that it is particularly hard to jus- Chinks in the armor of the state broke out to demand their release. will no doubt be further outrages from the tify the quick resort to deadly force shown Through it all, the repressive state has Dallas is also where five police officers police and attacks by white supremacists. by Guyger or the absurdity of killing him remained firm. The capitalist ruling class, were killed in July 2016, and nine others But this event should serve as a signal that in his own home. But Guyger is not unique with its political legitimacy waning, desper- wounded, by Micah Johnson—​seemingly the ruling class has weaknesses—​gaps among police officers in showing a willing- ately needs to hold on to its monopoly of in reaction to the surge of police killings at in its armor. Increased pressure from a ness to shoot first and ask questions later. force. Police officers must be permitted to that time. This is what Malcolm’s powder united working class can exploit those On Nov. 22, 2014, 12-year-old African kill without fear of consequence. Without keg looks like when the fuse gets too short. gaps and secure greater victories. The American Tamir Rice was gunned down that power imbalance between the state In order to maintain power, the capital- lesson of the conviction of Amber Guyger by a white Cleveland police officer, while and the working class, the ruling class’s ist ruling class and their state agents are then is to struggle, to unite, to persist. ☐ playing with a toy gun in a public park. hold on power would quickly erode. This The police officer didn’t even wait until is the reason why so many egregious cases he was out of his car to open fire. Nor is of police violence have gone unpunished. Dangerous health conditions in prison Guyger the first off-duty officer to murder Nevertheless, individual agents of the People’s victory Inmates fight back

By Ted Kelly

Killer cop fired! For weeks, prisoners at Pennsylvania's SCI Frackville have been protesting the By Devin Cole Protests included two deteriorating conditions that have led to Pensacola, Fla. marches through down- an outbreak of health problems among town Pensacola up to the inmates. Water from the taps runs a Nearly three months front doors of the police deep “chocolatey brown,” according to after the murder of department, two disrup- prison activist Bryant Arroyo. In the Tymar Crawford, tions of City Council meet- showers in his wing of the prison, black a young African- ings, a confrontation with mold climbed the tiles from the floor up Bryant Arroyo, with WWP members Joe American man killed Pensacola Mayor Grover the walls; Arroyo and many of his fellow Piette (left) and Ted Kelly (right) in Frackville. in his front yard by Robinson and a People’s inmates are now being treated for fungal Daniel Siemen, an offi- Assembly that launched infections. finally came in to clean the showers, cer of Pensacola Police its own march. Arroyo is serving a life sentence for Bryant is still taking an oral anti-fungal Department, the PPD The Florida Department a crime he did not commit. He’s ded- treatment and a topical solution for a skin announced on Oct. 3 of Law Enforcement con- icated himself to organizing from the condition on his feet and ankles caused by that Siemen had been ducted its own investiga- inside and mobilizing prisoners to fight prolonged mold exposure. fired from his position tion and has now turned back against the dangerous conditions Even after dozens of grievances were as detective for “violat- Tymar Crawford. the case over to a grand authorities impose on these oppressed filed by inmates, prison authorities failed ing the department’s jury which will determine workers. His activism, which included a to address the shower conditions. Then use of deadly force policy.” if any criminal acts were committed by successful campaign to scuttle plans for a last month an outside inspection team This victory comes after three solid police and if the PPD has “adequate poli- proposed coal gasification plant that was happened to be on the premises to evalu- months of militant organizing by cies and training” in place related to use of to be built near the prison complex, has ate the facilities at SCI Frackville. Inmates Tymar Crawford’s partner, Kimberly deadly force. led political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal banged on doors and called out to the Henderson, children and friends, and The news of Siemen’s termination to dub him “the world’s first jailhouse inspectors, demanding they investigate a coalition led by the Pensacola chap- appears to indicate what the verdict of the environmentalist.” the showers on their wing. Afterwards, ter of the Dream Defenders, a socialist grand jury might be. But militant organiz- In 25 years in the Pennsylvania prison one inspector was overheard saying, feminist, Black liberation, prison abo- ers and the people of Pensacola are not system, Arroyo has experienced multiple “This place needs to be shut down.” lition group based in Florida. The coa- letting their guard down. Their vigilance health problems inflicted on him by the Prisoners denied family, other visitors lition also included Answer/Party for against police brutality, anti-Black violence prison system. This year he was finally Socialism and Liberation, Workers World and capitalism as a whole continues. allowed to have surgery to treat throat Ironically, last year Pennsylvania Gov. Party-Pensacola and Strive (Social Trans All power to the people! Tymar polyps, which likely arose from drinking Tom Wolf and Corrections Secretary Initiative). Crawford, presente! ☐ toxic water. And while he reports a team Continued on page 8 Page 8 Oct. 10, 2019 workers.org General strike rocks Ecuador Continued from page 1 toppled seven presidents in the turbu- and in Ibarra’s neighboring city of Otavalo. a “bono,” have been cut off from pen- lent years of crisis prior to the Citizens In effect, Indigenous communities have sions in the Indigenous communities thoughts … when the aggression is too Revolution of Rafael Correa (2007-17). declared their own states as exceptions. near Ibarra. A teacher says they pay out much we pick up stones … stones versus Nevertheless, people in the streets of Ibarra of pocket to keep the breakfast program bullets is not fair.” say they have never seen anything like this. The role of Moreno going for poor children. Pame Aguirre, elected member of Moreno was elected in 2017 promising A chant often expressed in militant pro- the Parliament of the Andes, tweeted: 'Paro Nacional'—a​ national a continuation of the Citizens’ Revolution tests can be translated as “Lenín Moreno, “#MovilizacionNacional In Imbabura strike of the people led by Rafael Correa. He betrayed those hypocrite-traitor, the people reject you in [province north of Quito, the capital], Aury Cotocachi reported this morning promises, and for the past 28 months all of Ecuador.” Telesur and the interna- more than 10,000 people protest for their on Radio Pichincha Universal that every has imposed neoliberal rulings revers- tional media are statistically correct in rights. The government will say that they Indigenous community in Imbabura ing almost all the progressive gains of saying that less than 30 percent of the are bums, but in reality they are fathers, Province (of which Ibarra is the capital) the prior 10 years. The pro-capitalist people support Moreno, but the polls say mothers, students, teachers, merchants, has mobilized to join what is becoming a media endlessly promote the Big Lie that only 12 percent of the people trust him. Indigenous people, ordinary citizens great national strike of the people: a true Correa’s government was corrupt and All the people have finally risen up—​ beaten down by the #paquetazo” [the “Paro Nacional.” bureaucratic, wasting oil revenues and after two long years of smaller protests in “special offer” from the IMF]. It is hard to tell from Ibarra if people plunging Ecuador into a debt crisis. Using various parts of the country have added Workers World spoke with José in all of Ecuador’s 23 provinces are in this false argument, Moreno went beg- up (the most recent in Carchi Province)—​ Jácome, a leader of self-employed ven- motion. The government itself acknowl- ging to the IMF to obtain billions in loans to demand Moreno’s ouster and the end dors who are organized into 22 asso- edges that roads are blocked in five prov- to compensate for the billions in taxes of his reactionary regime. ciations in Ibarra’s Amazonas Market. inces, including Tungurahua, Chimborazo that he exempted the rich from paying. The future is unknown. Differences Jácome led an Oct. 5 protest march of and Azuay. Radio Pichincha reported this More and more people denounce among the people, both political and about 100 vendors who are part of the morning that a large Indigenous group is Moreno for following IMF prescriptions regional, have to be faced if fractured precarious, informal working class. on the march in Cotopaxi Province, as in imposing austerity, removing workers’ social movements are going to unite to Jácome told Workers World that the police are mobilizing to prevent them rights to a steady full-time job and his forge a new progressive party free of the increase in fuel prices “affects not only from closing a major section of the Pan ultimate goal of privatizing the nation’s sectarianism that plagued the country transport workers, but all of the people American highway south of Quito. resources. The IMF is hated in Latin even as it was making advances while of Ecuador, because when the cost of fuel The transport strike is officially over, America for promoting poverty, unem- Correa was president. rises, everything goes up—​the cost of with public transportation returning ployment and underdevelopment. People here have to follow develop- food, merchandise and the cost of trans- to normal in Guayaquil and Quito, but Poverty has made a comeback after a ments in Ecuador on a day-to-day basis portation for students.” Ibarra and other cities remain totally long decline during the years of Correa. as the Confederation of Indigenous As of Oct. 7, WhatsApp was being used shut down. Classes are suspended here Now you see elderly women begging in Nationalities of Ecuador calls for a Paro to coordinate actions in Ibarra and the in Ibarra for the third day. Teachers say the streets and homeless families and Nacional Oct. 9, which will probably be province. they are going into the streets on Oct 7. couples sleeping in the parks in Ibarra. answered by all the social sectors, despite Today’s spontaneous uprising is inevi- Military police were detained by Retired people without benefits, who their differences. ☐ tably compared to the mobilizations that Indigenous people in Cotopaxi province were receiving a monthly sum called Inmates fight back Boston hotel strike Continued from page 7 experiencing mental health crises or sui- Electrifying solidarity cidal ideations. Such struggles are com- John Wetzel manufactured a “health cri- mon, considering isolation from family sis” among prison staff to provide a pre- and community and being trapped in on the picket line text to lock down prisoners who went dangerous and unhealthy conditions. on strike. But when a genuine outbreak The CPS are supposed to have unlimited By Phebe Eckfeldt occurred among the prison population, access to fellow prisoners who are hav- Boston the authorities moved to silence and pun- ing difficulty coping. However, CPS like ish prisoners. Indeed, during this health John Ludovici report that the program Oct. 4—​Today, on crisis, lifers at Frackville were systemat- has come under serious attack. the one-month anniver- ically denied visits from family members A Frackville sergeant named Reed sary of the Battery Wharf and friends. has been arbitrarily denying CPS ses- Hotel strike, hundreds Claudio Manzanet is one of many sions between prisoners for months now. of supporters joined the inmates who have been callously denied The meetings, which are supposed to picket line. Even before visitation rights. It’s been over a year since be of unlimited duration, are now being the rally start time of he’s been able to see family members, who restricted to no more than 10 minutes. 4:30 p.m., 100 people have twice been denied access to the prison For prisoners suffering from bad health were there. The spirit of when they showed up during normal vis- and feeling trapped in these miserable solidarity was electrify- iting hours. Derrick Broadnax looked for- conditions? Ten minutes. For suicidal ing as students, unions WW PHOTO: STEVAN KIRSCHBAUM ward to seeing his mother, brother-in-law prisoners or those considering harming and community orga- Hundreds take to the streets of Boston Oct. 4 in solidarity and older sister recently, only to learn that themselves? Ten minutes. For an inmate nizations soon began with hotel strikers. Labor/community contingents and singer all three were denied entry at the gates by who just needs some time to talk about arriving to swell the line Billy Bragg join the rank and file. Frackville staff. The brother of Dominic his feelings in a safe and confidential by four to five times. Williams was likewise prevented from vis- environment? Ten minutes. The Battery Wharf strikers, mostly were forced to match the benefits won as a itation during this time. Multiple complaints have been filed migrants, are represented by UNITE result of the historic Marriott victory. But This reporter was barred entry to the against Sergeant Reed, and the Director HERE Local 26. They are fighting for Battery Wharf owners have refused. Frackville visiting room to see Arroyo last of Supervisors Lynne Patron has been affordable health care, job security, a pen- After a month on strike, the Battery month, despite a gate clearance and offi- alerted to this illegal denial of services sion and a yearly wage increase. They are Wharf workers are still determined.to cial visitor status with the Pennsylvania that amounts to de facto cancellation also fighting against racism in the hotel fight on. Union supporters showing up Prison Society. Arroyo said later in a of the CPS program. But she has taken industry, demanding steps be taken to in solidarity included the building and phone call that it is “no coincidence that no action, nor has Sergeant Reed been diversify the workforce and hire more construction trades, Teamsters Local 25; it’s all lifers who got our visits denied.” reprimanded. African-American workers. The hotel United Steelworkers Local 8751, Boston After a sustained pressure campaign Shut it down! owners, Westmont Hospitality Group, School Bus Drivers; Service Employees from inside and outside the prison, it have refused to negotiate. union (SEIU) 32 BJ; American Federation appears that Frackville staff have relented Consider the leadership and tireless The 75 strikers want what their com- of State, County and Municipal Employees and loosened up their capricious denial work of organizers like Bryant Arroyo. rades at Marriott hotels won in 2018 Local 3650, Massachusetts Asian Pacific of visitation rights. Signage in the waiting Consider the bravery of men like Manzanet, when they struck nationwide. In Boston American Labor Alliance, Pride at Work, room lobby has been updated with clearer Broadnax, Williams and Ludovici to stand seven hotels were virtually shut down for and other groups like the Harvard and more accurate explanations of state up to this white supremacist, mass-incar- 46 days. The Marriott victory set a prece- TPS Coalition, International Workers’ prison policy, and the visitors room is ceration machine. We on the outside must dent for workers’ rights with contract lan- Solidarity Network, and students from reportedly full again during normal hours. heed their words and join the struggle to guage guaranteeing paid parental leave, Harvard University and Tufts University. dismantle the system that forces them to Mental health support withheld accomodations for pregnant workers and At today’s rally, as a busload of chanting live under these brutal conditions. That an alert system for housekeepers in case nurses represented by the Massachusetts Meanwhile, the scant services that inspector was right—Frackville​ should be of sexual assault. Workers also won a cru- Nurses Association pulled up, they were prison staff are supposed to provide shut down. So should every high-tech dun- cial guarantee that immigrants who lose greeted with cheers. Later, the boisterous are under attack. The Correctional Peer geon in this prison nation, and so should their protected status will have their jobs picket line took to the narrow streets of Support Specialists (CPS) are inmates every prisoner be freed. waiting for them if they regain the right to the North End, marching to a final rally who have been given some training on Free Bryant Arroyo and all prison lif- work within five years. where Billy Bragg, English musician and how to talk with fellow prisoners who are ers! Free ’Em All! ☐ The majority of hotels in the Boston area labor activist, sang union songs. ☐ workers.org Oct. 10, 2019 Page 9 Part 1 Cuba, reforestation and the climate crisis

The following is Part 1 of a slightly edited talk given atmosphere, the forests that draw at a Workers World Party forum on Oct. 3 in New York carbon back out of the atmosphere City. Hedgecoke participated in the 50th Venceremos have been destroyed. The world Brigade this summer. needs reforestation. Part 2 will be published in the Oct. 17 issue of Workers World newspaper. Cuban reforestation: role model for the world By Stephanie Hedgecoke As someone who has suffered eco-grief for years, [this writer We meet on stolen land. This is Lenapehoking, brings] a message of hope. As a Lenape homeland. We look forward to the day that all member of the 50th Venceremos Indigenous nations’ land claims are paid in full. Brigade, I witnessed Cuba doing As we are meeting on environmental issues tonight, what the world needs to do. I wonder how many of you may have read part of the After the 1959 Revolution, Cuba new U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change implemented its first Agrarian (IPCC) report on the status of the oceans? The report Reform. Cuban reforestation began covers the impacts of carbon pollution on ocean, coastal, in 1968 in the [mountainous region polar and mountain ecosystems and the human commu- of] Sierra del Rosario, with support nities that depend on them. Part of that extra carbon in from the revolutionary govern- the atmosphere goes into the ocean waters and makes ment, when local villagers decided the water more acidic. The acid directly impacts shellfish on a plan. growing their shells—and​ coral reefs. The area had been totally The acidity and the extra heated temperatures, which denuded during Spanish coloni- are much worse in the oceans, and massive amounts of zation. The original forest was cut plastic trash made from petroleum, are killing life in the down for livestock and plantations. oceans. But life on an ocean planet depends upon the The indigenous trees—​Mahogany, life in the oceans! Majagua, Cedar, Ebony and oth- How many of you may have read part of the August ers—​were entirely wiped out. IPCC climate and land-use report, the first one with a By the mid-1800s, the soil was majority of its authors from developing countries, the degraded, and deforestation con- first one to rely on interviews with Indigenous popula- tinued into the early 1900s. The tions as a key source? impoverished rural people worked That report covered destruction of lands and habi- for ranchers, or they burned trees tats by agriculture, logging, mining and drilling—​and to make charcoal to sell. By the it covered the point of view of people first impacted by time of the Cuban Revolution, there global warming. It said, “Based on Indigenous and local was nothing left but isolated palm WW PHOTO: STEPHANIE HEDGECOKE knowledge, climate change is affecting food security in trees in those mountains. On the Rio San Juan in the Sierra del Rosario biosphere in Cuba. drylands, particularly those in Africa, and high mountain Socialist Cuba saw a need to regions of Asia and South America.” implement social and economic Many young people are reading these reports. For projects in the rural areas. This reforestation plan, In 1985, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural those of you who have not been keeping up with the news launched along with the establishment of community Organization (UNESCO) recognized this reforestation about global heating, the youth have left you behind. It’s services and livelihoods, targeted improving soil quality project—​and, in conjunction with the Cuban govern- time to catch up. and providing essential work for the area’s people. They ment, added 61,776 acres (25,000 hectares) of the Sierra used a terrace-planting system on the mountain slopes. del Rosario—as​ the first Biosphere Reserve in Cuba. Settlers’ war with nature The plan began with an initial 12,355 acres (5,000 hect- During the Special Period, after the loss of the Soviet Deforestation and environmental devastation started ares) in the eastern part of the mountain range. Union and Cuba’s other former socialist trading part- in North and South America and in Africa with colo- Cuban scientists assisted [the project] to determine ners, there was revolutionary support to promote eco- nialism, and the arrogant thieving mentality that came which indigenous trees to plan, and the villagers planted logical and cultural tourism with a doubled focus on with it of “man over nature.” The settlers started a war 3,000 Mahogany, Hibiscus and Teak trees. Within eight sustainability. Also beginning with the Special Period, it with nature in these lands. In fact, Europe’s massive years, the rural people in the valley had planted 6 million became mandatory to grow organic food. ship-building phase, [which enabled settlers] to go forth trees. In 1971, they founded the village of Las Terrazas Local villagers restored a coffee plantation from the and steal, leveled swaths of Europe’s forests. [the terraces]. ruins of one of the colonial plantations. They planted Modern scholars now estimate Indigenous popula- The revolutionary Cuban government stated that fruit coffee trees and began to harvest shade-grown, arabica tions pre-invasion at 50 million to 100 million people [in trees should also be planted among the other trees in coffee. Honey is also locally produced, and beekeeping North America]. But by 1800, less than 1 million Native order to feed the people. Over 80 percent of the food is widely practiced. people remained within what are the current U.S. bor- eaten in the biosphere is locally grown, all of it organic, Cuba’s socialist planning centers on sustain- ders, threatened by 15 million European settlers. including bananas, pumpkins, grapefruit, avocados, ability and enables the Cuban people to do all this. And the Native peoples’ population collapse led to oranges, mandarins and mamey—​all grown between Revolutionary Cuba, despite the economic aggressions immediate imbalances with other species such as game the forest trees. of imperialism, is a model for fighting global warming. animals. Why? Because Indigenous cultures centered on living in balance with the natural world, centered stew- Indigenous ecosystems restored Source: “Our Nation's Forests Need America's First ardship of the forests and lands. When the Cuban people restored the forests, the Stewards.” Gary S. Morishima and Larry Mason. Before 1492, what is today the U.S. had about 1 bil- indigenous mammals, plants, birds and insects, many of Journal of Forestry, volume 115, issue 5, September lion acres of forests. Since 1600, some 286 million acres which had become endangered during centuries of colo- 2017, pp. 354-61. (tinyurl.com/y4jzowbp) were destroyed (and that might be a low estimate). In nialist and capitalist exploitation of the environment, The entire article is posted at workers.org. a 1763 letter, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Cleared land began to come back. The absorbs more heat and melts snow quicker.” That he indigenous ecosystems and [Thomas] Jefferson and the settlers were focused began to be restored. on rapidly taking down the forests is well-documented Today Cuba has 131 in their writings. species of birds, 26 [of By the early 1800s, settlers had cleared a 100-mile- them] indigenous, the rest wide swath from what is now Maine to Georgia, with pass through on migra- one-half to three-quarters of the forests cleared. Settlers tory routes to their nest- regarded these lands and resources as plunder for them ing areas in Cuba. There to abuse. It was not long before soil fertility was dam- are 33 reptilian species, aged—​lands were abandoned, and more lands stolen including 17 species of from Native nations. snakes and 11 species Eighty percent of Earth’s land animals and plants live of lizards. Some of the in forests. Even taking out part of a forest’s insulating world’s smallest mammal Unnatural Disasters canopy damages habitats and causes temperature swings species are from Cuba—​ harmful to plants and animals. And rainforests are key the jutía conga and jutía to water supplies and clean air. Between 1990 and 2016, carabalí, rodents which we lost another 502,000 square miles of Earth’s forests. live in the trees, returned Workers World articles on the climate crisis, 2001–12 Colonialism fueled capitalism’s growth. Colonialism to the forest, and, it is and the growth of capitalism have deforested the world. believed, the tiny endan- Available at tinyurl.com/y5y6nhwh/ This is a big part of the crisis of global warming; in addi- gered Cuban solenodon tion to the massive ongoing increases of carbon in the as well. Page 10 Oct. 10, 2019 workers.org China's revolution at 70 editorial Behind its amazing progress

What major country in the world can claim greater in China, but it has not brought about a counterrevolu- progress than People’s China in raising the standard of tion. State ownership and planning continue to hold the living and the educational level of its people over the last upper hand. 70 years? The increasingly hostile attitude of the U.S. rulers In 1949, the leader of the Chinese socialist revolution, toward China comes from the fact that these capitalists Mao Zedong, declared victory over the landlords, corpo- had engaged in commerce with China and set up fac- rations, banks and imperialists who had ruled China. His tories there not only to make money, but also with the famous words were, “China has stood up,” delivered to intention of undermining the socialist underpinnings of an immense crowd in Tiananmen Square. the Chinese economy. And that hasn’t happened. China was then a terribly poor and underdeveloped Nor have Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods, and country of 541 million people. The vast majority were China’s responding tariffs on U.S. goods, broken down peasants who had lived on the edge of starvation for the will of the 90-million-member Communist Party to generations, suffering monstrous abuse from the land- defend its socialist system. It is Wall Street and the stock lords. A small, but equally impoverished, working class PHOTO: XINHUA market here, not China, that is trembling over the effects Millions gathering in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the had long been in rebellion against foreign and domestic of the trade war. 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic exploiters. Women were on the bottom of the heap, their of China, in Beijing, Oct. 1. Workers World newspaper’s very first issue in 1959 feet bound and their labor discounted. was headlined “Hail the Communes!” Those communes Today, China is a country of 1.4 billion people. Its autocratic. started People’s China on its trajectory toward a social- advanced economy has made it the world’s largest What the capitalists around the world dare not admit ist future. exporter of manufactured goods. Life expectancy has is that China’s centrally planned economy is superior to China’s massive celebrations on its 70th anniversary more than doubled since the revolution—​from only 36 the dog-eat-dog system of capitalism, in which privately showed the enthusiasm of the people for their great years in 1949 to 76 years today. The adult literacy rate owned corporations and banks hold a monopoly over achievements. They are looking not to the capitalist has risen from an estimated 15-20 percent in 1949 to 97 production and must turn a profit for their obscenely “West,” but to themselves and their own system to blaze percent today. rich owners. new trails forward in a world shaken by the emergence Yet, when People’s China celebrated its 70th anniver- China’s incredible advances have come despite its of a global climate crisis. sary this Oct. 1, the bourgeois media mentioned none leaders deciding they had to compromise with world All the more reason for progressive people to reject of this tremendous progress achieved by the Chinese capitalism and let in foreign exploiters to get the capital China bashing and focus on how to make system change people. Everything was focused on accusing China’s to build up the country’s infrastructure. That has been a a reality everywhere. ☐ Communist Party leaders of being dictatorial and two-edged sword, resulting in a class of millionaires now

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By G. Dunkel question “Kot Kòb Petwo Karibe a?” (“Where is the Petrocaribe money?”) is Angry Haitians flooded the streets of one of the major issues the protests raise. Port-au-Prince Oct. 4, coming from many What makes the issue of “corruption” of its neighborhoods, such as Nazon, in Haiti so explosively compelling is that Solino, Bel-Air, Fort National and Delmas, its people are so poor. Forty percent of to converge at the U.N. logistics base in Haitians depend on agriculture for their Clercine near the airport. According to livelihood, but farming is vulnerable to reports in the Haitian press, the action natural disasters like droughts, floods and included people in wheelchairs. hurricanes. Three-quarters of the popula- What angered the crowd in par- tion lives on $2 a day or less. Some 2.6 ticular was the support that the Core million Haitians, according to a U.N. esti- Group—ambassadors​ of the U.S., France, mate, are “food insecure”—they​ regularly Germany, Canada, Spain, the EU and go hungry. Recent food shortages in Haiti some big international organizations—​ have caused acute malnutrition among Protesters in Haiti demanding ouster of U.S.-backed government hold their flag in defiance was giving to President Jovenel Moïse more than 5,000 children under the age of armed repression. and his gang, known as the Party of Bald of five. Headed Haitians (PTKH). The Core Currently there is a scarcity of fuel, as in southern Haiti. gave her a different message to take back Group wants at least a truce or a dialogue Venezuela can no longer export oil to Haiti In Cap-Haïtien, where demonstrations to the Democratic Party in Washington: between the PTKH and the militants in at low prices. Besides, the U.S. boycott have been massive, the cops fired directly The U.S. must stop meddling in Haiti's the streets—​some period of calm. imposed on Venezuela makes it impossi- at people, and a 65-year-old woman was internal affairs and Moïse must go. The militants are hostile to the Core ble for Haiti to pay Venezuela. Since the killed. According to some civil rights Gepsie Metellus, the executive direc- Group’s call for a truce. One of them Haitian government can no longer pay its groups in Haiti, at least 17 people have tor of Sant La Haitian Neighborhood told AlterPresse, an online Haitian news bills, food distribution by the U.N. and been killed and 187 injured by police Center, put it this way: The U.S. ambas- source, “Today we are waging a battle other relief groups is more difficult. It has actions, since protests intensified in the sador in Haiti, Michele Sison, was acting for the liberation and well-being of the also significantly increased the inflation middle of September. (Miami Herald, like a commander in chief in Haiti and a Haitian people.” Another demonstrator raging in Haiti. Oct. 3) “cheerleader” for Moïse. She was ignoring explained the U.S., France and Canada The huge turnout on Oct. 4, which the massive protests. Speaker Pelosi's visit to Miami are acting like “gangsters by condoning shut down much of Port-au-Prince, was Marleine Bastien, executive director the corruption and violence that this gov- the third Friday when massive, country- Before the protests in Haiti heated up, of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (Haitian ernment carries out.” (Oct. 4) wide demonstrations “locked” down the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was Women in Miami), said, “Why is the In the past 10 years, the government of country. Most businesses and factories invited to speak at the Father Gerard world so silent about what’s going on Haiti has brought in about $4 billion by in Port-au-Prince closed. Major demon- Jean-Juste Community Center in North in Haiti? Why is the world silent about selling Venezuelan oil, which it purchased strations took place in most of the large Miami-Dade on the many issues that the massacres? The Haitian people are at a substantial discount through a pro- Haitian cities: Cap-Haïtien in the north, affect the Haitian community in south suffering. The Haitian people are ask- gram called PetroCaribe. This money was Gonaïves and Saint-Marc on the central Florida. ing for our support. The Haitian people supposed to be spent for the economic Haitian coast, Mirebalais in the central But the Miami Herald also reported that are dying.” ☐ development of Haiti, but it wasn't. The plateau, Miragoane, Jacmel and Jeremie the anger of the Haitians at the meeting Stop the U.S.-backed massacres in Haiti!

By Workers World and massacres while fighting for Party, who has been on two delegations Bay Area, Calif., bureau these basic rights. to Haiti. Amazu expressed his organiza- Many organizations, including the tion’s admiration for the Haitian people, A week of solidarity actions for the Task Force on the Americas, Arab for their “resilience” and their continued people’s struggle in Haiti reached hun- Resource and Organizing Center, and resistance to U.S. colonialism. dreds of people from Oakland to San Jose Workers World Party, delivered soli- Following the rally, a small group beginning Sept. 30. The public meetings darity messages to the struggle of the of students and other Haiti activists and demonstrations were organized by Haitian people at the rally. marched and blocked the entrance of the the Haiti Action Committee to protest On Oct. 3, students led a rally and federal building to demand an end to the police terror and massacre of the Haitian march in the South Bay. Chanting U.S.-backed massacres. Labossiere and people who are resisting with their lives San Jose, Calif., Oct. 3. WW PHOTO: JUDY GREENSPAN “Stop the occupation of the Haitian the Haiti Action Committee affirmed its the current U.S.-financed and -armed nation,” people gathered in San Jose continuing fight for justice for the people corrupt government of President Jovenel to have access to clean water—​every- in front of the Robert Peckham U.S. Federal of Haiti. Moïse. thing that human beings are entitled Building to demand “U.S. out now!” For more information about the strug- The week began with a well-attended to.“ He pointed out that, throughout the The event featured many local activists gle in Haiti and to get involved in the public meeting, “The Lasalin Massacre country’s history, the people of Haiti have and leaders, including Akubundu Amazu, Haiti Action Committee, check out face- and the Human Rights Crisis in Haiti” suffered countless bloody military coups of the All-African People’s Revolutionary book.com/HaitiActionCommittee/. ☐ at the Eastside Arts Alliance in Oakland. Videos documenting police shooting unarmed Haitian demonstrators in Lasalin were shown. Pierre Labossiere, Change is essential! Build Workers World! a leader of the Haiti Action Committee, gave a political update about the situa- As a newspaper that promotes rev- Workers World to salute the importance tion in Haiti. Seth Donnelly, of HAC, and olutionary socialism, it’s essential to of change this month, then it’s time to Judith Mirkinson, of the San Francisco welcome change—​especially long over- join the Workers World Supporter Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, due change. Like throwing Christopher Program, which since 1977 has helped announced the release of a joint report Columbus into the dustbin of world his- put out the paper. Members receive a condemning human rights violations in tory with other false idols of colonialism year’s subscription to WW, a monthly Haiti. and imperialism. letter about timely issues and five free September 30 was chosen for the A movement has been afoot for sev- subscriptions to give to friends for a meeting date to mark the anniversary eral decades to eliminate Columbus donation of a minimum of $75 or $100 of the first coup against democratically Day, the second Monday in October, or $300 (only $25 a month). Workers elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and rename it Indigenous Peoples’ Day. World appreciates your generosity. in 1991, orchestrated by the U.S. This country, from the Atlantic Ocean Write checks to Workers World People rallied again the next day to the Pacific Ocean, was built on sto- and mail them, with your name and in front of the Phillip Burton Federal len lands. Indigenous Peoples' Day calls address, to 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Floor, Building in San Francisco to demand an WW PHOTO: MONICA MOOREHEAD attention to U.S. genocidal policies of Stephanie Hedgecoke, a WWP member New York, NY 10011. Or donate online end to U.S. support and financing of the warfare, massacres, smallpox blankets of Huron/French Canadian and mixed at workers.org/donate/; it’s easy to current Haitian government. Labossiere and forced assimilation. southeastern Native heritage. set up monthly deductions. Know spoke on the inhumanity of the U.S.- Indigenous Peoples' Day also com- we’re grateful for your help in building backed Haitian regime, saying: “The peo- memorates and honors the great his- nations and peoples have made across Workers World—​for today and for the ple of Haiti—​what they want is to have torical, cultural, social, economic and this country. future! ☐ access to a decent job, to have access to political contributions that Native If you agree that it’s essential for education, to have access to health care, Correspondencia sobre artículos en Workers World/Mundo Obrero pueden ser enviadas a: [email protected]

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cargo, Donald Trump emprendió una enfrentan la opresión. La acusación parece posible, quizás campaña racista contra Central Park 5, Primero, investigaron las relaciones de también para Trump, quien explotó con- jóvenes negros y latinos encarcelados en Trump con el presidente ruso, intentando tra los demócratas que lo atacaron. En su editorial la cárcel por falsas acusaciones de violar a vincularlo con ayudar a las elecciones de habitual estilo descaradamente racista, una corredora, quienes finalmente fueron este. Eso falló. llamó a esos demócratas que encabezan Contemos los crímenes que el actual exonerados. En el cargo, despotrico a Ahora los cargos de destitución involu- la investigación de la Cámara contra él presidente de los Estados Unidos ha com- varios países, llamándoles “basura” todos cran el intento de Trump de utilizar un “salvajes”, señalando a Alexandra Ocasio- etido contra la clase trabajadora y todas los cuales eran países de África o habita- régimen ucraniano instalado por Estados Cortez y al resto de “The Squad”, además las masas oprimidas. das por personas de ascendencia africana. Unidos contra Joe Biden, uno de los can- de Adam Schiff y Jerrold Nadler, cuatro Su campaña vilipendió a los mexica- Entre otras cosas, este presidente ha didatos demócratas más probables para mujeres de color y dos hombres judíos. El nos y otros migrantes y refugiados cen- insultado a las personas con discapaci- presidente el próximo año. presidente también insinuó que su juicio troamericanos, llamándolos mafiosos dad por su discapacidad, ha tratado de El primer año de la administración político podría provocar una guerra civil. y violadores. En el cargo, cerró el asilo prohibir su participación a las personas Trump trajo sonrisas a los rostros de Estos crímenes verbales son dignos de legal, encarceló a inmigrantes y separó transgenerxs en el ejército y con todo la clase dominante cuando redujo los una movilización masiva para deshacerse a los padres de los niños, y restringe la lo anterior escrito ha cometido delitos impuestos para los ricos y las corpora- del presidente. Pero lo que realmente se entrada a los musulmanes. graves contra las masas trabajadoras y ciones y abrió nuevas áreas de la Tierra necesita no es una maniobra legal que Toda su vida, Trump lució abierta- oprimidas. para la explotación desenfrenada de los reemplace a Trump con el subordinado mente su misoginia, alardeando de abu- Sin embargo, los cargos que el Partido recursos naturales. Ahora están sonriendo Mike Pence, sino un movimiento de masa sar de las mujeres. En el cargo nombró Demócrata y varios sectores de la clase menos. El negocio es inestable, y la jactan- que arrase con toda la pandilla racista y jueces misóginos a los tribunales federa- dominante han intentado usar contra cia de “hacer que Estados Unidos vuelva prejuiciosos. ☐ les e incluso al Tribunal Supremo. este presidente han sido los más aislados a ser grandioso” le ha costado a Estados Mucho antes de postularse para un de la clase trabajadora y las personas que Unidos estratégica y económicamente.

Huelgas climáticas mundiales La crisis de la Tierra despierta millones Por Minnie Bruce Pratt destacó en Montreal, donde los jóvenes vinculada a las fuerzas especiales hondure- indígenas lideraron la marcha. Rosalie ñas entrenadas en Estados Unidos. Cáceres En Montreal, provincia de Quebec, LaBillois (Mi’kmaw), copresidenta del se oponía a una presa hidroeléctrica finan- Canadá, más de 500.000 personas mar- Consejo Nacional de la Juventud de la ciada internacionalmente. (Ver “Detrás del charon el 27 de septiembre en un esfuerzo Asamblea de las Primeras Naciones, dijo: asesinato de Berta Cáceres”, WW/MO, 19 por detener la crisis climática, en la “Debemos asegurarnos de que nuestras de marzo de 2017). huelga más grande en la historia de la tierras, aguas, seres no humanos, medi- Las acciones de la huelga mundial FOTO: NACIONES UNIDAS ciudad, según los organizadores. cinas y sitios sagrados estén protegidos del 27 de septiembre se extendieron de Autumn Peltier (Wikwemikong) se dirigió Este y otros eventos de Global Climate ahora y durante las siete generaciones por Suecia a Marruecos a Canadá, de Nueva a la Asamblea General de la ONU en el Día Strike terminaron una semana después, venir “(turtleislandnews.com) Zelanda a India e Italia. En Argentina, la Mundial del Agua, 22 de marzo de 2018. cuando 7,5 millones de personas parti- El jefe nacional de AFN, Perry gente marchó en Buenos Aires a la Plaza ciparon en 6.135 acciones en 185 países, Bellegarde, el jefe regional de AFN Yukon, de Mayo, lugar de resistencia histórica partidarios financieros de Big Oil. junto con más de 70 sindicatos nacionales Kluane Adamek, y otros líderes, incluida la a la opresión en ese país. Alrededor del Workers World Party/Partido Mundo e internacionales, y más de 800 organi- activista ambiental sueca Greta Thunberg, borde de la Amazonía en peligro, la gente Obrero participó y ayudó a organizar una zaciones que respaldaron y marcharon. marcharon con los jóvenes indígenas. de la selva tropical se manifestó en Brasil, marcha desde una de las intersecciones La movilización global del 20 al 27 de Autumn Peltier (Wikwemikong), quien Bolivia, Ecuador y Paraguay. de calles bloqueadas a una sede local septiembre fue la mayor participación de cumplió 15 años en la marcha, fue nomi- de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas. personas decididas a defender el planeta nada recientemente para el Premio Estados Unidos parte de Dirigido por QUIT (Queers socavando contra la explotación y la destrucción. Internacional de la Paz de los Niños por su acciones globales el terrorismo israelí) El grupo bloqueó el (globalclimatestrike.net) trabajo como Comisionada Jefe del Agua En los Estados Unidos, hubo muchas camino utilizado por los autobuses de ICE Muchos manifestantes acusaron enfá- de la Nación Anishinabek. manifestaciones determinadas en todo el e hizo una fuerte conexión entre la crisis ticamente a la economía capitalista, las Los pueblos indígenas en estrecha país, tipificadas por dos acciones que tuvie- climática y la intensificación de los ata- empresas con fines de lucro y los políticos relación con la Tierra han liderado la ron lugar en la costa este y la costa oeste. ques contra migrantes/inmigrantes. comprados y vendidos como responsables. protección del medio ambiente durante En Atlanta, más de 200 personas mar- El 27 de septiembre, cientos de jóvenes En los EE.UU., algunos letreros declararon milenios antes de los “movimientos ver- charon el 27 de septiembre en una mani- y sus simpatizantes se manifestaron en las “El capitalismo creó la crisis climática” y des” del siglo XX. La explotación inten- festación militante pidiendo soluciones puertas de la sede corporativa de Chevron “Tontos fósiles” [Fossil fools]. Los lemas sificada del planeta en el siglo pasado ha inmediatas a la crisis climática. El grupo en San Ramón, California, en el área de la en Inglaterra señalaron “Capitalismo de visto medidas intensificadas dirigidas por Extinction Rebellion cantó y se apoderó de Bahía de San Francisco. Los jóvenes mani- desastre = apocalipsis climático” y pidieron los pueblos indígenas. las calles, concentrándose primero en el festantes no solo pidieron a Chevron que “Cambio del sistema, no cambio climático”. El campamento de la Piedra Sagrada, Distrito Comercial de Buckhead, la parte dejara de usar combustible fósil, sino que En Escocia, los signos airados proclama- creado en 2016 para bloquear el camino más lujosa de la ciudad. Después de blo- los jóvenes exigieron que Chevron dejara ban: “Los ricos se hacen más ricos, el pla- del oleoducto Dakota Access, se convirtió quear el tráfico y tomar arrestos allí, se tras- de envenenar el aire y poner en peligro la neta se empobrece” y “¡Salva a las abejas o en un sitio de reunión internacional para ladaron al distrito comercial de Midtown. vida de las comunidades pobres de color te romperé las rodillas!” activistas ambientales. Una vez más bloquearon una intersección que rodean sus plantas. Muchas pancartas El liderazgo de los pueblos indígenas en Activistas ambientales indígenas en importante, llevando 19 arrestos en total. responsabilizaron a Chevron de financiar y la protección de la Tierra y sus seres se América Central y del Sur han estado El joven grupo multinacional mantuvo su beneficiarse de las guerras por el petróleo luchando contra la incau- acción enérgica en un día con un nivel de en todo el mundo. tación y explotación de sus calor récord en los altos 90. Una delegación de Juventud vs. El tierras por parte de colo- El 25 de septiembre, activistas de la Apocalipsis, el principal organizador del nos y empresas durante huelga climática cerraron las calles prin- evento, fue invitado detrás de las puer- siglos, mucho antes de que cipales del distrito financiero de San tas para reunirse con los funcionarios de el Amazonas comenzara a Francisco y bloquearon las entradas a Chevron. La delegación informó que, como arder. los principales bancos. Llevando carte- era de esperar, Chevron no se comprome- Muchos activistas han les y pancartas y cantando: “¡Gente, sí! tería a dejar de producir combustible fósil perdido la vida en esa lucha, Ganancias, no! ¡Big Oil tiene que irse!” o de contaminar el aire en las comunidades incluida Berta Cáceres Cerraron Wells Fargo, Chase Manhattan, pobres alrededor de la bahía. de Honduras, ganadora Citibank y Bank of America durante varias FOTO: TURTLE ISLAND NEWS del prestigioso Premio horas. Siete personas fueron arrestadas También contribuyeron a este artículo Jóvenes indígenas encabezaron la masiva huelga climática Ambiental Goldman en por bloquear todas las puertas y entra- Kathy Durkin, Judy Greenspan y Jimmy de Montreal, el 27 de septiembre. 2015. Su muerte estuvo das de Wells Fargo, uno de los mayores Raynor.