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The best antidote to COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism is solidarity with the Asian communities and Asian nations, and also public health options. We must have all hands on deck to uproot racism and fight for international cooperation.

Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

NYC cannot police its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creative solutions, not budget cuts are what's needed. The police don't serve our interests, they only serve the interests of the ruling class.

Hear PSL organizers speak on coronavirus and the epidemic of racism in capitalist America.

Class 1 of a 3-part series. There are times when solidarity appears more important than ever. When things are tough, we need comrades who will have our backs. This three-part course examines political solidarity by focusing on comradeship as the relation between those on the same side of a political struggle. Taught by political theorist and organizer Jodi Dean, this course draws on ideas developed in her recent book, Comrade: An essay on political belonging, and discusses what it means to be a comrade, the difference between comrades and allies, the importance of comrades for political struggle, and how to maintain comradeship.

This first class focuses on the differences between allies and comrades, and how we go from the former to the latter. The reading for the class can be found here: https://liberationschool.org/from-allies-to-comrades/

Since taking office, the aggressively anti-environment, anti-people Trump regime has overturned nearly 100 environmental regulations — 34 of which are still being fought in the courts. The rollbacks include lifting restrictions on power plants, vehicle emissions, extractive industries and toxic substances, opening up protected lands for drilling, and overturning laws protecting water and wildlife.

These rollbacks will increase greenhouse gas emissions just two years after scientists warned that we have only 12 years to drastically cut emissions in order to avert complete climate catastrophe.

In the end we need socialism, a system run by and for the workers to meet the needs of all people and the planet. We need a planned economy where the workers determine what is needed for society and the health of the planet, where the protection of the planet is inherent to the system. The workers make society run, not the billionaires, and we have the knowledge and tools to overcome the challenges of climate change. When we organize ourselves across borders and divisions and struggle together for a better world, we can win.

Read the full article: https://www.liberationnews.org/nearly-100-environmental-rollbacks-is-it-the-president-or-the-system/

The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying and threatening the United States. Don’t fall for it — the truth is just the opposite. Now more than ever the world needs international cooperation and dialogue, not “great power competition” leading to potentially devastating conflict.

Day in and day out on TV, in newspapers, online and in the halls of Congress, the White House and think tanks, the elite molders of public opinion repeat one message over and over: China is the aggressor on the world stage.

This is a lie. To reverse the Pentagon’s reckless drive towards potentially catastrophic confrontation, people in this country need to be aware of the true nature of relations between the United States and China. In fact, it is the United States that is engaged in a comprehensive push to encircle and isolate China using military, economic and political aggression.

Read the full article: https://www.liberationnews.org/why-china-is-not-the-aggressor/

Building unity between the union and the community. "We as a union have fought for privileges for ourselves, but we know that beyond our personal needs, we also have to lift up families. If we don't rise together, we're going to go back to the same situation we faced before."

Hear PSL leaders speak on the fight for public education in the new era of class struggle from a recent livestream.

The power of strikes and the continuing class struggle. "We were able to undo the damage of a decade of austerity, now we are facing COVID-related budget cuts that threaten to erase our gains from the strike. But what cannot be erased is the fundamental shift in consciousness that came about from our strike."

Hear PSL leaders speak on the fight for public education in the new era of class struggle from a recent livestream.

Reds in Ed: a new initiative from the Party for Socialism and Liberation. "Our communities are on the front line and we, as teachers, stand atthe intersection of so many communities. We have to be tribunes of the people and commit to a struggle for the common good."

Hear PSL leaders speak on the fight for public education in the new era of class struggle from a recent livestream.

Budget cuts and the covid-19 crisis, exacerbating inequities in NYC and beyond. The intequities that students and their families face are already noteworthy. Cutting the budget will push NYC publish schools into an even deeper crisis which we may not be able to bounce back from.

Hear PSL leaders speak on the fight for public education in the new era of class struggle from a recent livestream.

"We know our role in society. We know our families trust us. We know people stand for public education. And we're going to use every opportunity right now to build a fight back for public education. Because when we come together, as workers, as families, as students, we can win!"

Hear PSL leaders from a recent livestream on the fight for public education in the new era of class struggle.