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Month: February 2023
2/3/23 January can be a slog. It’s cold. It’s gray. It feels like it’s never going to end. Striking members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh were feeling it too, especially with an alarming milestone — 100+ days on strike — on our horizon. And then, unexpectedly, the sun burst through those clouds. And to […]
When Dr. King was murdered, Nina Simone, in song, raised the question “are they men or are they beast?” On January 7, 2023, the Memphis PD Scorpion Squad once again answered the question. They, representatives of a racist system, are monsters in service of controlling oppressed communities, defending the social order and the profits of […]
Bay Area ILWU Local 10 has voted to close all Bay Area ports on February 16, 2023 to free CWA NABET journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu-jamal. They will be marching from their union hall to Harry Bridges Plaza next to the Ferry Building in San Franciso. ILWU Local 10 member David Newton and ILWU 10 retiree […]
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 