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Mothers Helping Mothers of the Central Valley
In December 1990, record freezing temperatures destroyed most of the citrus crop in the Central Valley. More than 30,000 farmworkers had no work, and their more than 100,000 family members had no [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Incursion Strikes Venezuela
On Jan. 3, U.S. forces launched a military attack against Venezuela. The purpose was to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and to terrify the government and people of [...] Continue Reading
Ataque Militar Estadounidense Contra Venezuela
El 3 de enero, las fuerzas estadounidenses lanzaron un ataque militar contra Venezuela. El objetivo era secuestrar al presidente Nicolás Maduro y a la primera dama Cilia Flores, y aterrorizar al [...] Continue Reading
We Will Be Prepared
[Editor's note: This interview was held on December 12, just prior to the Trump administration's incursion into Venezuela] An interview with Giselle P in Caracas, Venezuela Leni Villagomez [...] Continue Reading
Starting a War with Venezuela
As of Oct. 15, the United States had attacked five small boats off the coast of Venezuela, in international waters. Six people were killed in the most recent attack (as of this writing). The first [...] Continue Reading
Provoking a War with Venezuela?
On Sept. 15, the United States announced that another boat in international waters thousands of miles from the U.S. coast had been bombed by U.S. forces, killing three people. Daphne Eviatar, [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Threats and Attacks in Latin America
In August, Trump secretly issued a directive approving use of military force in other countries “to target Latin American drug cartels.” This would give the Pentagon authority to invade other [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Government Repeatedly Attacks Mexican-Americans
Farmworker labor and community organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino came to the United States as a child and had applied for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). In March 2025, he was [...] Continue Reading
Agustín Lira: Music and Theater for the People
Agustín Lira will be inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame on Sept. 17. It is not the first honor for the singer-songwriter-organizer-director, who has previously been honored as a National [...] Continue Reading
Honoring Our Revolutionaries
The third annual Malcolm X El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz birthday event on May 18 at Free AME Ministries featured young poets Alani Kent and Love Quezada, speakers Dr. Melissa Knight and Dr. Michael [...] Continue Reading
Cuban Doctors the Pride of the Nation
For many decades, Cuba has been sending thousands of medical professionals overseas to work in countries that needed doctors for a variety of reasons—post-colonial countries such as Algeria, Zimbabwe, [...] Continue Reading