#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the Comandante Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Here are some quotes from revolutionaries around the world highlighting the legacy of this beloved internationalist revolutionary.
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🇨🇺/🇵🇪 June 14 marks the birth of two of the most important revolutionaries and Marxist thinkers in Latin America: José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (1894-1930) and Ernesto Che Guevara (1928-1967).
The relationship between Mariátegui and Che Guevara is an ongoing one. It is thanks to Mariátegui’s work we remember, in the way that we do, the revolutionary Che Guevara. And thanks to Guevara we can have more access to Mariategui’s legacy.
An article by José Carlos Llerena Robles.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/15/the-amauta-mariategui-and-the-commander-che/
The relationship between Mariátegui and Che Guevara is an ongoing one. It is thanks to Mariátegui’s work we remember, in the way that we do, the revolutionary Che Guevara. And thanks to Guevara we can have more access to Mariategui’s legacy.
An article by José Carlos Llerena Robles.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/15/the-amauta-mariategui-and-the-commander-che/
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The Amauta Mariátegui and the Commander Che
June 14 marks the birth of two crucial Latin American Marxist thinkers and revolutionaries: Ernesto Che Guevara and José Carlos Mariátegui
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the Battle of Century City when the Los Angeles police viciously attacked a peaceful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) demonstration by janitors and their supporters.
On May 29, 1990, mostly-immigrant janitors of the Century City complex went on strike to demand better working and payment conditions. LAPD officers, alleging self-defense, attacked the non-violent strikers resulting in the hospitalization of dozens of workers and the arrest of 60. One protester suffered a miscarriage due to the violent attack by police.
Despite the police assault, the strikers were not beaten into submission. Instead, they met the following day and unanimously voted to return to the scene of the violence. The establishment's plan to beat the strikers back to work backfired as police violence galvanized support for the strikers.
On May 29, 1990, mostly-immigrant janitors of the Century City complex went on strike to demand better working and payment conditions. LAPD officers, alleging self-defense, attacked the non-violent strikers resulting in the hospitalization of dozens of workers and the arrest of 60. One protester suffered a miscarriage due to the violent attack by police.
Despite the police assault, the strikers were not beaten into submission. Instead, they met the following day and unanimously voted to return to the scene of the violence. The establishment's plan to beat the strikers back to work backfired as police violence galvanized support for the strikers.
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#PeoplesHistory | Happy birthday Tupac Shakur!
Today we remember the revolutionary artist who understood that capitalism was the root cause behind racism, police brutality, and mass incarceration.
Tupac who was the son of the revolutionary Black Panther, Afeni Shakur, and embraced the politics of the Black Power movement in his music and his life. Afeni Shakur named him after the Peruvian Indigenous and revolutionary leader Tupac Amaru II.
Tupac Shakur was shot dead in Las Vegas when he was 25, but his music lives on and continues to inspire millions of oppressed people around the world.
Today we remember the revolutionary artist who understood that capitalism was the root cause behind racism, police brutality, and mass incarceration.
Tupac who was the son of the revolutionary Black Panther, Afeni Shakur, and embraced the politics of the Black Power movement in his music and his life. Afeni Shakur named him after the Peruvian Indigenous and revolutionary leader Tupac Amaru II.
Tupac Shakur was shot dead in Las Vegas when he was 25, but his music lives on and continues to inspire millions of oppressed people around the world.
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We pay homage to whistleblower and activist Daniel Ellsberg who exposed the war crimes of US imperialism by releasing the Pentagon Papers, and faced charges under the Espionage Act as a result. His life is an inspiration for those who stand by the truth in spite of persecution and slander.
Ellsberg was also a steadfast supporter of recent whistleblowers and publishers of classified documents such as Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange & others.
Ellsberg was also a steadfast supporter of recent whistleblowers and publishers of classified documents such as Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange & others.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the brave high school students of Soweto, Johannesburg, who rose up against the South African Apartheid regime.
On this day in 1976, about 20,000 students took to the streets of the Soweto neighborhood to protest against apartheid and were met with brutal police repression. This sparked a national popular rebellion which inaugurated a new chapter in the South African fight against apartheid.
"The black-white power struggle in South Africa is but a microcosm of the global confrontation between the Third World and the rich white nations of the world," wrote anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko who was at the forefront of the grassroots movements against the regime and was crucial during the Soweto uprising.
On this day in 1976, about 20,000 students took to the streets of the Soweto neighborhood to protest against apartheid and were met with brutal police repression. This sparked a national popular rebellion which inaugurated a new chapter in the South African fight against apartheid.
"The black-white power struggle in South Africa is but a microcosm of the global confrontation between the Third World and the rich white nations of the world," wrote anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko who was at the forefront of the grassroots movements against the regime and was crucial during the Soweto uprising.
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, people in the US honor the heroic legacy of Black liberation struggles with Juneteenth, Freedom Day.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of Black people from chattel slavery. It marks the day, June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally gained their freedom, 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Today, this legacy lives on in the multiple struggles against racism and oppression.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of Black people from chattel slavery. It marks the day, June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally gained their freedom, 2.5 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
Today, this legacy lives on in the multiple struggles against racism and oppression.
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🇦🇷 In Jujuy, Argentina, communities and organizations have been mobilizing on the streets and highways to reject the constitutional reform that was pushed through an early approval by the provincial government of conservative Gerardo Morales.
The massive protests in cities and towns across the province, which have seen participation from Indigenous communities, trade unions, and social movements, have been met with heavy repression from state forces.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/19/jujuy-rises-up-against-repression-and-regressive-reforms/
The massive protests in cities and towns across the province, which have seen participation from Indigenous communities, trade unions, and social movements, have been met with heavy repression from state forces.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/06/19/jujuy-rises-up-against-repression-and-regressive-reforms/
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Jujuy rises up against repression and regressive reforms : Peoples Dispatch
The province led by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales has been rocked by mass protests against the reform of the constitution which undermines Indigenous rights and the right to protest
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June 20 is World Refugee Day. According to data from the UN Agency for refugees, the number of forcibly displaced people has reached a historic high.
In 2013, there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people in the world. In 2023, the number crossed 110 million.
While right-wing forces claim that refugees are "flooding" their countries and destroying people's livelihoods, the reality is that a majority of refugees (about 3/4) are in mid or low-income countries.
Still, right-wing anti-migrant policies have had catastrophic results. Just between 2014 and 2022, there were 25,716 recorded deaths of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
#WorldRefugeeDay
In 2013, there were 51.2 million forcibly displaced people in the world. In 2023, the number crossed 110 million.
While right-wing forces claim that refugees are "flooding" their countries and destroying people's livelihoods, the reality is that a majority of refugees (about 3/4) are in mid or low-income countries.
Still, right-wing anti-migrant policies have had catastrophic results. Just between 2014 and 2022, there were 25,716 recorded deaths of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
#WorldRefugeeDay
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#PeoplesHistory | Today, we remember the German Marxist and feminist activist Clara Zetkin.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
In 1910, at the International Socialist Women’s Conference, she proposed the celebration of an annual International Working Women’s Day, a commemoration that continues to this day.
For Zetkin, the issue of integrating women’s struggle with the communist movement was paramount. She debated about it at length with Vladimir Lenin, and theorized topics from sexual freedom and marriage, to the organization of the women's movement within communism.
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