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Train wrecks, earthquakes and profits

What’s the connection between the earthquake in Syria and Turkey with the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio? More than 41,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed by the Feb. 6 earthquake. No […] Read more

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RWU Wants YOU to Support the Public Ownership of the Railroads!

View this Email as a Webpage An Open Letter to All Unions, Locals, Lodges, Divisions, Worker Organizations, Environmental Groups, Rail Advocates, Transportation Justice Folks & Others Dear Friends and Fellow Workers: In face of the degeneration of the rail system in the last decade, and after more than a decade of discussion and debate on […]

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Early in-person and vote-by-mail are underway in Wisconsin.VOTE TODAY!

TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW.https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/meet-the-candidates-running-in-the-2023-wisconsin-supreme-court-primary/ FIND YOUR POLLING SITE AND VIEW A SAMPLE BALLOT BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW.https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Find-My-Polling-Place Center for Media and Democracy: Super PAC Ads Unleashed in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Before Heated Primary. Don Wiener,  February 7th, 2023 Wisconsin State Journal: Early voting begins Tuesday. Here’s what […]

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THE POLICE MURDER OF TYRE NICHOLS: THE SAD, YET FORESEEABLE RESULT OF A POLICING SYSTEM BASED ON THE “SLAVE PATROLS”

https://www.ncbl.org/ Statement by the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBLCJ) The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. This is yet another murder of a Black person by police in a long history of […]

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200+ NEW YORK TIMES CONTRIBUTORS SIGN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE STANDARDS EDITOR CRITIQUING THE PAPER’S COVERAGE OF TRANS, NON-BINARY, AND GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 Contact: NYTTransSolidarity@gmail.com New York, NY — Today a group of New York Times contributors and member-organizers at the Freelance Solidarity Project, the digital media division of the National Writers Union, independently published an open letter to the Times Standards editor Philip B. Corbett decrying the failings of the […]

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Newark, NJ, Feb. 25, 2023: Protest Against the Ban on Black History!

Dear Friends: February is Black History Month, but all over the country the teaching of black history in schools, colleges, and universities is under attack. Black History courses are being revised to benefit a white supremacist narrative. Books are being banned and certain historical figures and events are being removed from the curriculum. Newark’s own […]

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Alliance for Global Justice Has Been Attacked – Needs Support NOW!

2/14/23 https://afgj.org/ S.O.S. – This is an emergency!  Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They’re doing their best to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness in growing and supporting movements for liberation and justice worldwide. They have convinced the company that handles our […]