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Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Anger boils over at denial of healthcare

  At a town hall by Rep. Tom Reed (R-New York), a woman angrily told him, “I’m a veteran and I have single-payer and it...

3 Years Too Long: Fear, Anger, and Resistance Grows Over Flint Water Crisis

  Editor’s note: As we go to press, the Flint City Council passed a "bandaid" ordinance which enacts a one-year Moratorium on Water Liens. Meanwhile,...

Healthcare: will the people be crucified to profit the rich?

Our ruling class seems to be putting into practice Mark Twain’s advice when he once said, “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” ...

‘I’m embedded in the homeless condition of humanity in America’

No place is safe to sleep in Vegas. If you're not gambling, you have no business being here . . .  I've been thrown outa casinos, buses, laundromats—but to jail for sleeping in a hospital waiting room?

City of Houston’s war on the homeless

First came the ordinance that restricted feeding the homeless. On April 12 this year, Houston passed a ban on panhandling and tents. On the outskirts of downtown...

Community helps families living in storage units

Following the issuance of an eviction notice by the city, the tenants at Fiesta Flea Market living in storage units made plans to move out. The media was called after ...

First they came for the homeless

The “First They Came for the Homeless” California speaking tour brought together some key leaders of the movement against homelessness from April 22 to 24 ...

Homeless movement speaks out about strategies and visions

The voices you read here are of people waking up to this reality in their own lives and in those they see around them, and organizing for systemic change. The billionaire ruling class ...

Homeless, Not Hopeless

Sitting in my tent
More time spent
Defending
Pretending
Everything's just okay

Coal miner: ‘We need to get together and build a huge movement for a better future’

We won a permanent fix on healthcare, but many in Congress don’t want to give the miners their pensions. They’re afraid non-union miners will say, ‘You gave it to them ...

Keystone XL: Nebraskans uniting to fight pipeline

The People's Tribune interviewed Art Tanderup of Nebraska about the Keystone XL pipeline that has been approved by the Trump administration. In our May ...

Flint: Six arrested at ‘public’ meeting

Just days before the three-year commemoration of the living Hell known as the Flint water crisis, six residents were arrested. But the City can still charge them. ...

A 500-pound rock broke my back in five places: a miner’s story and vision

In 34 years underground, I had three very close calls. First, I was at American Coal, and we were moving equipment. As I prepared ...

Fighting for our future

We’re at the end of an era. Right now our principal challenge is the construction of a new model of how people work and how ...

Coal miner’s daughter runs for Senate to represent the people

I am a native of West Virginia. I’m a coal miner’s daughter, granddaughter, niece and stepdaughter. As a child, I felt a deep sense of pride in our state’s coal industry ...

You can’t deport this problem

In March 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement busted into a taco place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, as if this were Nazi Germany. Three men ...

Water shutoffs to another 18,000 households

In April, the Detroit Mayor and water department announced their decision to shutoff water to another 18,000 households, mostly poor people. A community research ...

Inhumane treatment of immigrant women and children is America’s shame

Journalist Sharon Lerner recently reported for The Intercept on letters she got from immigrant women describing the cruel and degrading ...

We’ve got a world to win!

I bring you greetings from the Women’s Economic Agenda Project! I'm going to talk about advancing from a MOMENT OF RESISTANCE to a MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM. ...

Justice for teen killed by Texas police

Fifteen-year old Jordan Edwards was killed by Texas police who opened fire on a car of kids leaving a party. The boys in the car saw smoke coming from Jordan’s head ...

The March for Science: Where do we go from here?

On April 22, 1,000,000 + scientists and supporters joined the March for Science in 600 events in 50 states and 66 countries (into@marchforscience.com) ...

‘Without justice there can be no love’

Janice Jo Lee’s album, Sing Hey, begins with three deep breaths, as if she’s thinking through what she has to say before launching into a kind of slam-sung poem ...

An untold story of poverty

Too many of us who are lacking money are afraid and ashamed to stand up and build a country of liberties. In a society that teaches ...

We have a right to healthcare

The USA is rapidly approaching a decision point regarding health care. There is a growing consensus among American workers across the political spectrum that ...

i do not know “what i am,”

i do not know “what i am,”
except a worker
trying
to pay for groceries
like you

The battle for democracy in Benton Harbor, MI

Rev. Edward Pinkney, incarcerated for fighting the corporate giant Whirlpool on behalf of the poorest workers of Benton Harbor, has without fail written a monthly column for ...

Johann Christoph Arnold: 1940-2017

With great sadness, the People’s Tribune notes the passing of Johann Christoph Arnold, who died in Rifton, New York on April 15, , 2017 after a months-long battle ...

Rev. Pinkney’s lawyers speak on recent Michigan Supreme Court Order on Pinkney’s appeal

As we go to print, the Michigan Supreme Court has issued an order which Rev. Pinkney’s lawyers discuss below. Please be aware, also ...

My city Cries.

Pity lies under the Foot of the Heartless. So much self Hatred Harnessed. Catastrophe and Carnage are the Guidelines for Modern Civilization ...