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Monthly Archives: March, 2017

Coming together to resist the politics of hate

At this writing, it has been almost six weeks since President Trump was inaugurated, and protests in opposition to him continue with no let-up in sight. Emotions run high. “Hope not ...

Guarantee a home for everyone

Tent encampments are springing up all over America, from cities to rural areas: at the feet of new shining high rise towers in cities...

Attack on immigrants: attempt to deny democracy to all

"The only crime my mother committed was to go to work to give a better life for her children," said Jacqueline, the teenaged daughter of Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos ...

Women leading the fight for a new society: International Women’s Day, March 8

On March 8, International Women’s Day, when people all over the globe rally for women’s rights, organizers of the historic January, 2017 women's marches ...

Democracy in Baltimore is being replaced by a police state

Baltimore, MD, has long been known for its militant labor and civil rights struggles. Just two years ago, massive demonstrations focused attention on police ...

Student leader says: “Not okay to throw people away”

I'm here today to shed light on student homelessness. This issue has become normalized in our society and has been pushed aside by many of ...

The tragic death of immigrant workers inspired a song of solidarity

The fire began over Los Gatos Canyon. The plane crashed 20 miles west of Coalinga, California, on January 28, 1948. It came down into hills which, ...

‘Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)’

Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria; You won’t have your names when you ride the big airplane, All they will call you ...

Readers say, “Keep up the good work”

“Here is my annual donation of $30. Keep up the good work.” ——A San Quentin prisoner. Readers! Somehow this prisoner scrapes up $30 each year to ...

Stability first, says homeless leader

What does it take to get off the streets? Money? Affordable housing? Employment? Of course the answer is yes, but none of those things is the first step ...

Young and homeless in America

This young woman is one of an uncounted number of young people who find themselves without a future in America. More and more of our youth find ...

Homeless movement speaks out!

The American people are morally outraged that in this vastly powerful and wealthy country people in the millions become and stay homeless, dying ...

“You should not have to pay to live on this Earth”

The encampment on Skid Row where Stephanie Williams resides is at a major intersection next to a Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) building ...

Interview with homeless man with frostbitten fingers and toes

We’re here with Thomas, outside the St Francis Center. The center has about 800 homeless men who come through every day. It opens at 6 a.m ..

Homeless die outside Sacramento City Hall

People march to protest the cruel deaths of two homeless men who died at the entrance to Sacramento City Hall as they huddled without blankets. Homeless people ...

Standing Rock Water Protectors with ‘DAPL cough’: get tested for poisoning

Water Protectors who have traveled to the camps at Standing Rock have reported contracting a condition they refer to as the DAPL cough. Symptoms of the DAPL ...

Another Philadelphia is coming: “no politics-as-usual”

The City of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania is being afforded a special opportunity on March 21 to step out of politics-as-usual. Fraud has become the ...

Trump picks ‘Big Oil’ rep to run E.P.A.

Ever hated an organization or agency so bad you wished you could run it so you could make it fit your and your buddies’...

No justice, no water peace in Flint, MI

Flint, MI resident Lela McGee-Harvey, co-founder, Operation Unification Inc/Village, passionately spoke truth to power to elected officials at the Flint City Council after ..

The fight to end poverty and sickness from water pollution in Appalachia

You wouldn’t believe the poverty and sickness here. I lived in Iroquois, WV. The Sweeny Watershed provided water to our community. It was a thriving community ...

Why water is becoming unaffordable

“If water rates continue rising at projected amounts, the number of U.S. households unable to afford water could triple in five years, to nearly 36 percent, finds new ...

Californians go for better, bigger Medicare for All

The new government’s naked attempts to dismantle health care are galvanizing resistance across the country. The people are in a life-and-death struggle to ...

Guarantee health care for everyone

The threat to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and replace it with something unknown has millions living in fear of losing their health insurance ...

Demonstrating at the Gates of Hell is not enough

Demonstrations and protests are a good beginning. We are in a political struggle with the “billionaires” to get the government to support our side. The “billionaires” are ...

Texas: The fight for the arts

My art can be described as bringing a piece of street art indoors—whether it be a museum or your living room wall. In the past, graffiti artists have painted on. ...

People who want real change are reading the People’s Tribune!

  A supporter of the People's Tribune who speaks to large audiences about the crisis in the country posted the following on their Facebook page,...

REFUGEES

Amici, friends, immigrants,
welcome to the land of broken hearts.
Your heart is – for different reasons,
or the same as mine – broken.

Rise up and speak from your heart!

In 2009, four members of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America in San Francisco, California, created the first Revolutionary Poets Brigade ...

Letters from our readers

The People’s Tribune received many comments on our January, 2017 edition entitled: Trump: Why He Can’t and Won’t Bring Jobs Back.” ...

Whirlpool Corporation closing Benton Harbor, MI schools

Let the truth be told. Capitalism generates inequality and wealth, status and power. You must recognize the unfairness of a system ...

Soldier of Truth

Phillip A. Bassett‘s new book, Soldier of Truth, is about the author’s eyewitness account of the persecution of Rev. Edward Pinkney for his leadership in a fight against ...

From ‘Where the Suburb Dams the City’

My parents minted their love in the mountains got coaxed back by relatives who lied about dying instead of just saying “I miss you”— they were chosen by you, Chicago ...

Arkansas community with roots in slavery still fighting for its rights

  McALMONT, ARKANSAS — The area around McAlmont is an agricultural community rich with African American history. It had been a slave quarter and later...

Nationalize healthcare as a human right

The fight for quality affordable healthcare for all as a human right is once again heating up. Demonstrations and rallies are taking place across the ...

Why I am joining the March for Science

I have been a working research scientist for almost 50 years. I will join the March for Science in opposition to the current threat to science and scientific theory ...

We all know

We all know it takes a whole lot of wildness
For pain to gain and conquer the mind
To keep it thoughtless
Throughout its time
Of living