Catalonia’s Fight for Self-Determination

A new mass movement for Catalan self determination has emerged.

Strike with Pride: Interview with Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

In 1984, during the year-long strike by British coalminers, a group of activists formed an organisation called Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. In this interview, they share their political and personal experiences of one of the most turbulent periods in modern British history.

Catalan Referendum Takes Place under Heavy Repression

Catalan Referendum October 1 2017 – YouTube

Catalonia: A Vote for Independence Amidst Violence

Police stormed polling stations and repressed demonstrators during the referendum on Catalan independence.

Class, Party and Leadership: Lessons from the Spanish Revolution

Eighty years after the Spanish Civil War, we review one of its main lessons: the preparatory task of building revolutionary parties and leaderships in non-revolutionary periods.

337 Reported Wounded by Police Violence on the Day of the Referendum in Catalonia

Polls opened at 5AM on Sunday, October 1 in Spain for the referendum on the question of Catalonia’s independence.

Puerto Rico: Drowning in Debt While Capitalists Swim in Profits

In an interview with Left Voice, Francisco J. Fortuño Bernier describes on-the-ground organizing and conditions in Puerto Rico, considering the political implications of disaster capitalism’s greed, U.S. imperialist neglect, and the devastation wrought by two destructive hurricanes.

Mexico’s Women Workers: Most Oppressed, Most Courageous

Far more than half of reported deaths due to the earthquake in Mexico City were women due to unsafe working conditions and the segregation of domestic labor. But women refuse to be victims and are on the front lines of the rescue effort.

Millenials Shatter Myths, Save Thousands

The millennial generation has a bad rap: selfish, self centered and always online. The Mexican earthquake of 2017 dispels all of these myths and is forging a new definition of millennials.