Month: September 2024

Peaceful protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black “violence interrupter” in Washington, DC, turned violent Tuesday evening when protesters threw bottles and rocks at police officers, leading to arrests, authorities said. Crowds had gathered outside the Metropolitan Police Department 7th District station in southeast DC, calling for justice for Justin Robinson, a 26-year-old […]

This week we are honoring the incarcerated revolutionaries that took part in the groundbreaking Attica Prison Uprising of September 9-12, 1971. Hundreds of people living inside the infamous Attica State Prison in upstate New York brought the prison to a standstill, and the state responded brutally. The power dynamic of prisons in the United States […]

As Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier approaches his 80thbirthday on September 12, Amnesty International USA has written a letter to President Biden again urging him to grant clemency for Peltier and to release him immediately.   Peltier has been incarcerated for nearly 50 years despite serious and ongoing concerns about the fairness of his trial. Earlier this […]

Online | Tuesday, October 1 | 7pm ET / 6pm CTBuilding Rank & File Power to Fight Fascism RSVP at this link Join the Southern Workers Assembly and a panel of rank and file workers from across the South for a discussion on the upcoming elections, strategies for building power vs the right wing, and how […]

Industry Councils The SWA has constituted four industry councils: Service/Retail, Education Workers, Public Sector, Manufacturing. The role of the councils is to: 1) Link workers in the same sectors together across the region, in order to exchange lessons and experiences from struggle, build a higher level of solidarity, and identify opportunities for deeper coordination on […]

17,000 AT&T workers and members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) are continuing their unfair labor practice strike as the company refuses to bargain in good faith. Picket lines are up across the region, and many assemblies have mobilized to stand in solidarity with these workers. Let’s continue the efforts to build solidarity as […]