Excerpted from Alarm Manifesto of OCRFI PRESENTATION On February 27, when there were only 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, President Trump suggested that the virus would be seasonal. “It’s going to disappear,” Trump insisted. “One day, it’s like a miracle. It will disappear.” Almost nine months later, far from “disappearing,” the exponential growth of cases throughout the United States has reached over 11 million, and the death toll approaches a quarter [...]

Interview with Liliana Plumeda, women’s rights activist Liliana Plumeda addresses rally in Mexicali, Baja California, on the U.S. border (The following interview is reprinted from Issue No. 265 — Nov. 20) of Tribune des Travailleurs [Workers Tribune], the weekly newspaper of the Democratic Independent Workers Party / POID, of France. Liliana Plumeda is also a member of the Organization of Workers and People / OPT.) Question: What happened in Cancún on November 9th? Liliana: A rally of [...]

Socialist Organizer Statement On Saturday, November 7, Joe Biden was declared the new president of the United States. Biden’s victory – with 80 million votes at the latest counting – represents a massive repudiation of Trump and his policies. This vote against Trump was the expression in the electoral arena of the strike wave of teachers, often illegal, against Trump’s drive to destroy public education. It was an expression of the 24 million people who took to the streets earlier this [...]