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Monthly Archives: January, 2013

No Austerity: Tax the rich and cut the military budget

The recent “fiscal cliff” wrangling in Congress over the federal deficit was a hoax—a charade—a scam, created to scare us into accepting ground-breaking cuts...

‘Right to Work:’ Another step along the facist road

Unions across the nation were shocked by the passage of the Right to Work law in Michigan. It is the second state (after Indiana)...

Green Party Presidential Campaign Manager Speaks to Next Steps

I think the ruling class is done pretending that climate change is a question mark. The only question is what will be done in response to climate disaster? Who will pay? ...

Move to Amend: Fighting the Corporate Grip on Power

Move to amend (MTA) is a multi-racial coalition of groups and individuals coming together to demand a constitutional amendment to abolish two illegitimate ...

Governor Snyder: Take This Law and Shove It! Michigan voters defeat dictator bill

A statewide bus tour, letters to the editor, TV ads, big donors, and more, did not keep Michigan’s Governor Snyder from suffering a stunning defeat on November 6 ...

Water fight heats up in Michigan

The water fight is heating up again in Michigan. The state, which is the representative of corporate interests, is now trying to take over the Highland Park and Detroit ...

Fighting corporate ‘Right to Work’ law

In the face of 12,000 protesters, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a right-to-work bill December 11, 2012, making Michigan the 24th state to become right to work ...

Walmart Workers Strike on Black Friday

In November, Walmart workers at the La Quinta store joined the historic wave of Black Friday actions that took place at over 1,200 Walmart stores in cities across the ...

Teachers Continue Fighting for the Children: Interview with Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teachers’ Union

Preparations for the strike started before the Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) took office. We attended school closing hearings, charter school opening ...

Put the “Public” back into Public Education

On November 6, 87% voters in the affected precincts found their way to the end of the ballot and voted yes for an elected school board—this despite some irregularities ...

Latino Vote—Today and Tomorrow

With immigration and jobs the main issues on their people’s minds during the election, Latinos overwhelmingly voted Democratic to elect Obama for yet another ...

Debt is the Tie that Binds the 99%

Debtors Assemblies are rising across the country. People come together in public spaces to discuss how we all are ensnared in debt. The natural question always comes ...

March Calls for End to Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Food System

Standing outside an Atlanta Kroger grocery store, food advocate Steven Wing reads lyrics to a crowd of protestors and curious shoppers. “If you’re gonna play God with ...

A New Green Deal for America

I am a Colorado native and a disabled senior. Today I received notice from the state that an “Administrative Error” was made and I was overpaid foodstamps. So effective ...

Corporations Are Filling Millions of Jobs With Second-Generation Robots

Last fall’s presidential election was all about the economy, specifically how to create good-paying jobs. But the candidates ignored the elephant in the room—the increasingly ...

Strange fruit reappears in Silicon Valley

Billie Holiday sang in 1939: “Southern trees bear a strange fruit, blood on the leaves and blood at the root.” Recently, suspicious deaths of African-American men have ...

Bangladesh Garment Factory Workers Killed by Wal-Mart’s Low Prices

One day after “Black Friday,” when shoppers rushed to stores to buy holiday gifts and OUR WALMART rallied to raise salaries and increase full-time jobs with benefits ...

When society, as a whole, is oppressed:

* The act of rebellion is the only true sign of intelligence.
* The course of love is driven to resonate from its core, humans being humane to each other.

Benton Harbor’s Emergency Financial Manager Should Be Terminated

Since Mr. Joseph Harris arrived in Benton Harbor, the city operating deficit, list of unpayable and pension plan deficits have increased significantly. Elected leaders, ...

Quote from Rev. Pinkney

“The Emergency Financial Manager, Mr. Harris, has destroyed all of the homeless camps in the city of Benton Harbor and violated the constitution rights of...

Synchronicity

(Progressive Collective Unconscious)
Carl Jung
Robert Bly
Perfect Strength
Meeting of the minds

Fund Appeal

Dear Readers of the People's Tribune, We’ve had a tremendous year and look forward to the start of a new year! We continue to publish...

Texas Special Election: Green Party in ballot battle to stop toxic TransCanada XL Keystone Pipeline

On November 29 the Green Party launched a special election campaign for Texas Senate District 6 and to mobilize voters behind Maria Selva, a strong working class Latina ...