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Monthly Archives: February, 2013

Violence in America Reflects a Militarized Society

 A little girl sits in a classroom receiving her lesson for the day. Suddenly, through the door enters a man who shoots her teacher...

Third Parties: From Impulse to Imperative

It is an American belief that our political parties will serve the interests of all Americans—that politicians are to serve the people of America...

Early Saturday morning – Tenderloin

stretched
across the sidewalk
against a fence
not, in the coolness of October,
yet awake
dark, their clothes,
their coats

Benton Harbor Schools are in Shambles

Governor Rick Snyder, who passed a law giving unprecedented and dictatorial powers to unelected Emergency Financial Managers, was invited to be the Grand Marshall...

Discarded as Yesterday’s News

Women and Children in the Age of Welfare ‘Reform’—It’s Time to Redefine Our Values! Grand Rapids, Michigan - Sarah Reames helps two toddlers with lunch...

I’m not going out without a good hard Fight

 OAKLAND, CA—In May 2012, The U.S. Courts of Women on Poverty, Western Region, held the first United States’ court in Oakland, California. Since then,...

Houstonians Protest Racist Slumlord

 HOUSTON—For almost a year, Martina Grifaldo and Monica Rodriguez, President and Vice President respectively of Alianza Mexicana, an organization formed by Mexican origin residents...

CABRINI EVICTIONS: Know Your Rights

CHICAGO—If you receive an eviction notice from the CHA (Chicago Housing Authority) or one of its private management firms, you must know your rights....

Claiming Rights of Homeless People

Truth Commission documents Economic Human Rights Violations  CHATTANOOGA, TN—Over 150 people attended the December 10 Truth Commission at the public library in downtown Chattanooga, TN. ...

Humanize our society, particularly the schools

 ATLANTA—“No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top” are educational policies put into place by the government as “reform” measures. Actually these programs...

“Whose Names Are Unknown” by Sanora Babb

A Book Review Sanora Babb offered this explanation for the title of her novel, Whose Names Are Unknown. “The title of this book is taken...

Vision of Technology

If technology could
If it were in the people's control
It could provide the means
For industry to work
Without the stress
So many laborers endure
On the assembly line

Urinating While Homeless — Los Angeles Cracks Down on Poverty

 It started in the early hours of an April morning, when the Los Angeles Police Department decided to make a sweep of the intersection...

Black-Latino Unity Key to Working Class Unity

Black History Month  With the start of a new year it is fitting to look back at history to see where we have been to...

After Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Next Phase is School Closings

 When the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted to end their strike, teachers around the country applauded their accomplishments.  The union had resisted the corporate...

Candidate Boycotts Debate Sponsored by TransCanada

Maria Selva for Texas Senate:  HOUSTON—Maria Selva, the Green Party candidate in the special election for Texas Senate District 6, boycotted the January 11 debate...

The People will Rise Up against Austerity

An Interview with Shamako Noble  The Peoples Tribune interviewed Shamako Noble, the Racial and Economic Justice Organizer for Jill Stein’s 2012 Green Party campaign for...

Michigan Sizzles: Organize, organize, organize—that is the way out! 

 DETROIT—As Michigan sizzles—its cities of Pontiac, Saginaw, Flint, and Detroit burn. These cities represent, along with others, the face of industry—past.  Gone are the...

A Danger to All: Militarization of US-Mexico Border

 SAN DIEGO, CA—In less than six weeks four tragic deaths—three civilians and one Border Patrol agent—have marred the U.S.-Mexico border. In the most recent...

Foul Water and Fracked Politics

 This article is in two parts. Part two will appear in the March 2013 edition of the People’s TribuneCROSSVILLE, IL—Driving down a small road...

Martin Luther King Jr. “Where do we go from here?”

Excerpts from his 1967 speech, “Where Do We Go From Here?" "Why are there forty million poor people in America? And when you begin to...

David Cobb and Move To Amend in PA & OH

David Cobb, 2004 Green Party presidential candidate and co-founder and spokesperson for the Move To Amend coalition is touring across PA and OH Jan...