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Monthly Archives: September, 2013

Stop the corporations. Educate all children.

As schools get ready to open this year, angry and frustrated parents and teachers stormed out of the latest hearings on Chicago’s austerity budget. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) closed 49 elementary schools this year. Then CPS cut the budgets of the remaining schools by $68 million, and then ...

No Justice. No Peace!

The not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin has made clear the raw and growing disconnect between the humane and moral foundation of justice and the hard, cold immorality of some of the laws of the land. This verdict compels the American people ...

Dream Defenders: Youth movement points the way forward

A new student movement has sprung up in response to Trayvon Martin’s murder and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, George Zimmerman ...

The Onslaught Begins – corporatizing community colleges

The Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) announced on July 3 it was revoking the accreditation of CCSF ...

Thousands of school books destroyed by unelected Emergency Manager

The People’s Tribune’s, Sandy Reid, interviewed Linda G. Wheeler about the destruction of thousands of books in Highland Park, Michigan

Oscar

How do I explain to my three year old why im marching in these streets
How do I explain to my three year old why she aint seen me all week ...

Healthcare and civility spiraling out of control

The Republican Michigan Governor, spurred on by his corporate buddies, seized onto this current crisis, then suggested the current solution. We don’t want our city ...

Detroit’s Bankruptcy Reveals Threats to Retirees and America’s Pension System

On July 18, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr filed a Chapter 9 bankruptcy, making Detroit the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history ...

Challenging unjust laws

The murder of Trayvon Martin and the freeing of the criminal who committed it has become a rallying point for all who cry out against injustice ...

50th Anniversary March Demands Jobs and Justice

While capitalism was expanding in 1963, it is contracting now. It is causing more conflict between the "owning class" and the workers. Conditions are ...

Texas executes its 500th prisoner: How many were innocent?

Protests took place across Texas as the state executed its 500th prisoner since capital punishment started again in the state in 1982. Kimberly Clark ...

Fruitvale, Trayvon Martin and the Value of Human Life in America

This weekend marked the release of Fruitvale Station, a film created to share the story of Oscar Grant. The maker of the film, Ryan Coogler ...

“Forward together. Not one step back.”

10,000 voices roaring as one shook the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina: “Forward together, not one step back!” After thirteen straight “Moral ...

DC workers want a living wage

Unions, the faith community, community organizations, and low-wage workers in Washington, DC have been mobilizing to pass and to ...

Green Party annual meeting in Iowa City

The Green Party’s annual national meeting was held in Iowa City, Iowa from July 25-28. There were several notable outcomes of this year’s ...

BINGO

N-53 … G-60
B-37: Not Guilty.
His heart was in the right place,
beating in his chest,
right where it should be,

Untitled ….GP

I think ya betta sit back and pleeeeeeeaaaaaaseee watch.
Like a burned movie
Theeeeeeeeese cops.
Before you find yourself
encaotured in chains

Saving Jobs and Job Training Programs: The Green Alternative

On January 23, 2013, the Board of Trustees of Long Beach City College (LBCC) surprised students and the community by terminating 11 ...

Shout Out Poetry Reading

On July 13, 2013, at Manchester Center, a program called Manchester Experiment presented a poetry reading entitled SHOUT OUT ...

From the darkness of night, the light of a new day: Scipio Africanus Jones

Organized, formal education for African-Americans in North Little Rock began as early as 1900. Noteworthy academic progress was continuing ...

Trayvon

do we let them
murder our future?
do we let them
arm us with fear

A Fallen Leaf

Like a fallen leaf o a Fall day
Trayvon Martin lies on the ground
Dead of a bullet
Fired by a man who chased him for being young, black and in the wrong

Positive news from Benton Harbor

A city income tax will help restore the city of Benton Harbor. A Michigan-based research group, citizens research council of Michigan, says city income ...

Green Shadow Cabinet on Immigration

This is excerpts from an interview with Gloria Meneses Sandoval, Secretary of Immigration, for the Green Shadow Cabinet. It appeared in our sister ...

Momenpopcast Everybody!

This is a brand new podcast by Andy and Leslie Willis, (self-described as a free-range couple of humanoids enjoying 40+ years of lasting contention and companionship)