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Monthly Archives: May, 2014

May Day 2014: Fighting for Victory Over the Corporations

As we mark International Workers’ Day May 1, the ruling classes of the world are attacking the working class everywhere. People demonstrating against the...

Assault on pensions demands a new society

The national attack on pensions for US workers has surged from Detroit to Chicago. These two cities are setting precedents that will be used...

When is murder justified?

When is murder justified? When you carry an Albuquerque Police Department (APD) badge, or so it seems? A homeless man, James Boyd, was killed for allegedly threatening ...

Envisioning a society where children grow up safe

On March 16, 2014 Albuquerque police used excessive force when they shot and killed James Boyd, a 38 year old homeless man who had been camping out in the foothills ...

“Crying for mercy”

“I watched firsthand, standing toward the front of a crowd of perhaps a hundred unarmed protesters on the edge of Civic Plaza late Sunday night, as we were almost ...

Moral Monday moves against politicians who don’t listen

On Saturday, April 5th, Moral Monday GA joined forces in Atlanta with other organizations and supported the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) rally ...

Homeless stand up to criminalization

So now I’m a criminal. My crime is poverty and being homeless. I’m a wanted man in San Francisco. Or to put it more accurately, the city doesn’t want me, or thousands like me ...

‘Louder Than A Bomb:’ An Educational Revolution

Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB), the world’s biggest youth Poetry Slam festival, held in Chicago every year during February and March, is truly a revolution in education ...

Leader of ‘Bad Ass Moms’ speaks out

“How can you celebrate anything when you kill schools and over test our children . . . Stop threatening students and teachers, stop over testing and closing schools ...

Flipping the City: The Battle for the City College of San Francisco

A wave of gentrification is hitting San Francisco, with real estate speculators “flipping the rents” by evicting entire buildings. Average rent in the San Francisco is now ...

Immigrant Students Won’t Sell Out Their Communities

Across America, undocumented high school seniors prepare to leave school not knowing what's in store for them. President Obama's DACA order allows many young ...

It’s Fighting Time

If not now, then when is the question everyone should be asking today. We can no longer sit on the sideline and say this is somebody else's fight. No, this is my fight but ...

Rakiba Brown—May you R.I.P.

Oh Rakiba. You were, with me, almost equal parts sharp and cutting, and warm, soft, and loving. You sugarcoated nothing, conceded rarely, and loved fully. I knew ...

No Sleep for the Poor

No sleep for the poor.
Only sleep for the rich.
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As people walk,
as people ignore,

People of Detroit to Bankruptcy Court: We Object!

On April 1, 2014, hundreds of Detroiters, retired pensioners and unionists picketed the federal courthouse in Detroit to object to the corporate ‘plan of adjustment’ filed ...

“Imagine a New California”: Luis J. Rodriguez for Governor

The Luis J. Rodriguez campaign for California governor is heating up! After fielding teams of supporters, we obtained close to 5,000 signatures of registered voters ...

We were conned: Big business funded California’s shift to “top-two” primaries

If the Republicans field enough candidates in the June primary to severely split their vote, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Luis Rodriguez could place second and ...

California Drought

This has been the driest year in recorded history. The Sierra snowpack is 12% of normal. Delta water may be unavailable for many Central Valley farmers. In some ...

Toxic Waste Sites and the Need for New Leadership

My name is Eric and I have lived in Gardena, CA for almost ten years. It is a friendly city with a special and unique farm history, multicultural residents, and open-minded ...

Benton Harbor is becoming a police state

The Berrien County Sheriff's department has created a police state surrounding the legal recall of Benton Harbor’s Mayor James Hightower. A Benton Harbor resident, ...

How it feels to be homeless

I want you to know how it feels to be homeless, sleeping up under a bridge, in vacant houses and doorways; and how it feels to never know who is coming. In the long, sleepless nights, you doze off in fear and without comfort. Street people always carry some kind of weapon out of fear—fear of enemies, ..

Confronting the American Police State

The police murder of James Boyd is a wakeup call for the American people. As the economy automates and uses less human labor, the government is abandoning its ...

We need Medicare for all

In 2010, the 35 th UAW Constitutional Convention supported the ACA. It’s exclusion of 12 million undocumented immigrants from medical insurance was ignored. Half of the states have ...