Horrendous Fire at Rohingya Refugee Camp
The treatment of refugees is a problem of the capitalist system that destroys people’s lives.
The Border Crisis is a Crisis of Capitalism
The Biden administration continues some of the same Trump-era policies that worsen the border crisis.
Democrats Bail When Feet Held to the Fire!
Democrats may claim to care about social justice, but when they have the opportunity to take action on issues such as ending contracts with ICE, their true priorities are revealed.
Video of Townhall: U.S. Domination – A Disaster for the People of Central America (with Roberto Lovato)
For more than a century, the ruling class of the U.S. has ruthlessly exploited the people and resources of Central and South America. In response, the population has resisted or fled, often ending up in the land of their oppressor.
International Students Still Face Risks
On July 10, Trump’s administration announced that international students had the option of either taking in-person classes or losing their student visa
Students Organize in Solidarity as ICE Announces it will Deport Students in Online Classes
ICE has announced that they will deport any immigrant on a student visa in the US who is enrolled only in online classes this fall
A Court Victory for Dreamers – But We Have to Keep Fighting
On Thursday, June 18 The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to overturn Trump’s plan to end DACA
Undocumented Immigrants: The Virus Doesn’t Discriminate, but the U.S. Government Does
The virus doesn’t discriminate based on where you were born. But the U.S. government does.
California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits
ICE Raids Continue to Terrorize Communities, Despite “Shelter in Place”
At the end of 2019, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, began a massive series of raids in “sanctuary cities” such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston, which have passed ordinances against fully cooperating with ICE. In this effort, called “Operation Palladium,” hundreds of ICE officers have orders to “flood the streets,” using […]
Climate Disruption, Migration, and the Rise of Walls (February, 2020)
As global warming accelerates, tens of millions of people are displaced all over the world every year. In response, governments have intensified their construction and expansion of border walls along with their criminalization of immigrants. And the U.S. only leads the charge in these dehumanizing policies. Join us to discuss these important issues with Todd […]
Macron subscribes to Le Pen
The government is under pressure. It fears an extension of the fights against its attacks, after the strikes in railways, Paris public transports, hospitals and elsewhere, not to mention the still active Yellow Jackets. So it finds scapegoats and uses the old distraction recipe: anti-immigrant talk. Macron insults the working class by pretending to believe […]
The U.S. Border Crisis: A Crisis of the Capitalist System
The capitalist system has created an international crisis of displaced people due to a convergence of factors.
Syria and migrants: a hypocrite and cynical government
Macron’s hypocritical speech on February 21st, giving moral lessons and asking for a truce in Syria, was given the same day as his Interior Minister, Gerard Collomb, presented his new bill to close even further the door on migrants and increase police measures against them. Security council… rich against poor It took days, while Syrian […]
The Refugee Crisis in Europe & Social Movements in France
Revolutionary University October 2016 Pauline Casy. activist in the French revolutionary group “L’Etincelle” (The Spark) and Toni Robert, activist in the German revolutionary group Sozialistische Arbeiterstimme (Socialist Workers Voice)
Migrants: We Can Fight Unemployment By Standing Together!
The migrants continue to make their way to the gates of a Europe that has closed its borders: barbed wires erected by Hungary on its border with Serbia; columns of exhausted refugees trying to reach the border with Croatia, only to face another wall, a wall of police officers seeking to channel them with batons. […]
NAFTA: Free Trade and Forced Immigration
In 1990, 4.5 million Mexicans lived in the U.S. In 2000, the number more than doubled to 9.75 million, and in 2008 it peaked at 12.67 million. This migration is not because so many millions of people are eager to leave their families behind in order to chase some dream in the U.S. In reality, […]
Everyone is an Immigrant
Everyone living in the U.S. is an immigrant. Every one migrated to this region of the world, whether it was 5 years ago, 50 years ago, 500 years ago, or 15,000 years ago. People migrated for many reasons – poverty, escaping from intolerable conditions, looking for a better life, or as captives. The original inhabitants […]
The Immigration Bill: A Pathway to More Exploitation
Supporters of the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act” claim the bill offers a pathway to citizenship and benefits. This is a complete lie. The purpose of this bill is to further militarize the border, increase deportations, and essentially force immigrant workers to be the captives of their employers. It’s no surprise the […]
Immigrant Workers – The Most Exploited Workers in Society
Immigrants, with or without legal status, have just as much of a right to be in this country as anyone else. But their legal status is held over their heads as a threat. The combination of intimidation, harassment and lack of access to resources forces immigrants into some of the worst, dirtiest, and hardest jobs […]